MXL5: Cannot Publish Chart Object from a Visual Basic Macro

• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0, you cannot publish a chart object out of Microsoft Excel to the system using a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro. Although a chart can be manually selected and published, running the Visual Basic for Applications code will result in one of the following error messages:

   Run-time error '1001':
   ChartObject does not have CreatePublisher Method

      or

   Run-time error '424':
   Object Required

WORKAROUND

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   Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro _
      (CREATE.PUBLISHER(""Hard Drive:Desktop Folder:Test Edition #1"",2,1)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

REFERENCES

"Visual Basic User's Guide", version 5.0.

Microsoft Excel online Help, version 5.0.