XL98: Basic Files and Class Files Not Listed in Insert Dialog

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you click File on the Insert menu in the Visual Basic Editor in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the Insert File dialog box does not list any files if you select Basic Files or Class Files in the List Files Of Type list.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the file type of basic files and class files is usually "TEXT." The Insert File dialog box does not list files whose types are "TEXT" when you select Basic Files or Class Files in the List Files Of Type list.

WORKAROUND

To display basic files and class files, select either Text Files or All Files in the List Files Of Type list. You can then select the files you want to insert, and click Open to insert them into the active module or class module.

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

Note that you cannot export modules or class modules from Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. This feature is supported in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows.