XL98: Closing Workbook with VBA Appears to Stop the Macro

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

If you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that closes a workbook in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, a dialog box that contains only a single (OK) button may appear instead of a dialog box with two (OK and Cancel) buttons. When you click OK, Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition stops responding (hangs).

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the Save As dialog box is still displayed in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition when the macro ends. Until this dialog box is dismissed, the program does not respond. Note that when this problem occurs, the notification manager does not indicate a problem.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, switch to Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition and dismiss the Save As dialog box. After you do this, the program behaves normally, and your macro runs.

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.