XL97: Macro Recorder Doesn't Record Some Menu Commands

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you click a menu command while recording a Visual Basic for Applications macro, Microsoft Excel does not record the macro code for the menu command you clicked. When you run the recorded macro, it may not perform as expected.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if while recording a macro, you click a menu command that was added to a menu by an add-in file included with Microsoft Excel 97. For example, when you click Save As HTML on the File menu while recording a macro, the recorded macro does not contain code to run the macro assigned to the Save As HTML command. Microsoft Excel does not record the code because the menu command was added by the Html.xla add-in file.

RESOLUTION

If you are creating a macro that executes code assigned to a menu command, you must manually edit the macro and add the appropriate code. Code assigned to a menu will be assigned using the OnAction property in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q162040
   TITLE     : XL97: Sample Macros to Customize or Replace a Menu Bar

Note: Add-in macros cannot be edited as they are protected and hidden.

STATUS

This behavior is by design in Microsoft Excel 97.

MORE INFORMATION

When you record a Visual Basic for Applications macro, Microsoft Excel 97 does not record the following menu commands.

   Menu    Command                Submenu command
   -----   --------------------   ---------------

   Tools   AutoSave
   Tools   Data Analysis
   Tools   Look Up Reference
   Tools   Solver
   Tools   Wizards                Conditional Sum
   Tools   Wizards                File Conversion
   Tools   Wizards                Lookup
   Tools   Wizards                Web Form
   File    Save As HTML
   Data    Convert to MS Access
   Data    MS Access Form
   Data    MS Access Report
   Data    Template Wizard

   Menu   Command
   ----   --------------

   View   Custom Views
   View   Report Manager