XL97: Deactivate Event Doesn't Occur After Moving Sheet

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you create a macro with a Deactivate event that applies to a worksheet, and you move the worksheet to another workbook, the Deactivate event macro for the worksheet does not occur.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the Deactivate event does not occur for the worksheet. The Deactivate event occurs when an object is no longer the active window. When you move the worksheet to another workbook, the worksheet is still the active worksheet. After you select another worksheet in the workbook into which you moved the worksheet, the Deactivate event occurs.

NOTE: When you move a worksheet to another workbook, the SheetDeactivate event for the Workbook object also does not occur.

RESOLUTION

Instead of using either the Deactivate event for the worksheet or the SheetDeactivate event for the workbook, use the WindowDeactivate event for the workbook to trap the movement of the worksheet.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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The following example macro traps the WindowDeactivate event for the Workbook:

1. Save and close any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).

3. If the Project Explorer window is not displayed, click Project Explorer on the View menu.

4. In the Project Explorer window, double-click ThisWorkbook for the current project.

1. In the Object list, click Workbook.

1. In the Procedure list, click WindowDeactivate.

1. Type the following code in this subprocedure:

   MsgBox "You deactivated the previous window."

   The procedure should appear as follows:

   Private Sub Workbook_WindowDeactivate(ByVal Wn As Excel.Window)

              MsgBox "You deactivated the previous window."
   
          End Sub
   
   

2. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."

3. Click New on the Standard toolbar to open another new workbook.

   You deactivated the previous window.