Object Is Not Visible After Using CreateObject Method

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you create an object with the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications CreateObject method, the object may not be visible.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because an object you create with the CreateObject method is not visible unless the macro performs some action that affects the object.

RESOLUTION

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To make the object visible, perform an action that affects that object. The following macro causes the object to become visible:

   Sub object_example()
   Dim xlsheet As Object
      Set xlsheet = CreateObject("excel.sheet.8")
      xlsheet.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").Value = 100
      MsgBox xlsheet.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").Value
   Set xlsheet = Nothing
   End Sub

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97.

REFERENCES

For more information about the CreateObject function, click the Index tab in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Help, type the following text

   createobject function