XL2000: Sample Macro That Won't Allow User to Cancel Dialog Box

ID: Q213617

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2000

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can create a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro to display built-in dialog boxes, such as the Open or the Save As dialog box. After this type of dialog box is displayed, a user can cancel it by clicking Cancel, pressing ESC, or by clicking the control menu. If you want to force a user to take a certain action in the dialog box, you can "trap" the cancellation process; that is, you can design the macro so it will not allow the user to cancel the dialog box.

The "More Information" section of this article contains a macro that requires a user to select a file to be opened in the Open dialog box.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

When you run the following sample macro, the Open dialog box is displayed. If you try to cancel the dialog box, the macro prompts you with a message box. When you click OK in this message box, you are returned to the Open dialog box. This process continues until you select a file to open.


Sub Test()
    Dim X As Boolean
    Do
        X = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show
        ' X returns False if the box is canceled.
        If X = False Then MsgBox "Please select a file to open."
    ' X equals True when you open the file.
    Loop Until X = True
End Sub

Additional query words: XL2000

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto