XL97: Run-Time Error Using ShowDependents Method

 Last reviewed: February 27, 1998
Article ID: Q164810
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses the ShowDependents method, you may receive the following error message: 

   Run-time error '1004':
   ShowDependents method of Range class failed

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the ExecuteExcel4Macro method in your macro.

Examples

If your macro contains the following line of code to trace formula dependents 

   Selection.ShowDependents
replace it with the following line of code: 

   Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro "TRACER.DISPLAY(FALSE,TRUE)"
If your macro contains the following line of code to remove the arrows that trace formula dependents 

   Selection.ShowDependents Remove:=True
replace it with the following line of code: 

   Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro "TRACER.DISPLAY(FALSE,FALSE)"

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.

REFERENCES

For more information about auditing, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text 

   auditing formulas, tracing dependents and precedents
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "About examing the structure of formulas" topic.

Additional query words: XL97 xl97vbmigrate
Keywords : kbprg
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: February 27, 1998
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