XL5: File Opened by Dialog Box Macro Is Not Recognized as Open

ID: Q110560

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Visual Basic or a Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro assigned to a button or other item in a dialog box to open a file, the File and Help menus may be the only menus displayed on the menu bar. This behavior is incorrect; when you open a non-hidden workbook, the workbook menu bar should be displayed.

When you attempt to edit or close the open workbook, you may receive a general protection (GP) fault.

WORKAROUNDS

To open the file so that worksheet menu bar is visible, do any of the following:

Click the title bar of the document or resize the document window.

Open or unhide another file.

In the macro that called the dialog box, activate the workbook window after you use the Dialog.Show command. For example, use the following command:
```
      Workbooks("bookname").Activate 
```

Additional query words: error application

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Version : 5.00
Platform : WINDOWS
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