XL: Some Window Properties Only Affect Active Worksheet

ID: Q107703

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, some Window properties, such as WindowHeadings, affect only the active worksheet in the window.

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Window properties, such as scroll bars, gridlines, and worksheet tabs, can be turned on or off using Visual Basic commands. They are accessed as properties of the Window object. Some of these properties affect every worksheet in the window, while others affect only the active worksheet. This behavior is by design, and is consistent with the behavior of the Window Options setting. To set these options, click Options on the Tools menu, and click the View tab.

The following is a list of window properties that affect only the active worksheet in the window.

DisplayFormulas
DisplayGridlines
GridlineColor
DisplayHeadings
DisplayOutline
DisplayZeros

These properties are "per sheet-window" properties. To change these properties on each worksheet in the window, you must select each worksheet before changing the properties.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new workbook that contains at least two worksheets.

Insert a new module, and then type the following code:


      Sub Window_Test()
          ' Activate first worksheet.
          ' Substitute name of first worksheet for "Sheet1."
          Sheets("Sheet1").Activate
          ' Turn off vertical scroll bar and row and column headings
          ' in active window.
          With ActiveWindow
              .DisplayVerticalScrollbar = False
              .DisplayHeadings = False
          End With
      End Sub

In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Macros. In the Macro Name list, click to select Window_Test, and click Run.

In Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0, click Macro on the Tools menu, select Window_Test in the Macro Name/Reference list, and click Run.

In the first sheet in your workbook, the vertical scroll bar and row and column headings are turned off.

Select the second worksheet in your workbook.

The vertical scrollbar is turned off in the second sheet of your workbook, but the row and column headers are still displayed. Although both are properties of the active window, DisplayHeadings only affects the active worksheet in the window, while DisplayVerticalScrollBar affects all worksheets in the window.

REFERENCES

Excel 97 and Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

For more information about the Window object, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "window object," click Search, and then click to view "window object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: 8.00 XL98 XL97 XL7 XL5

Keywords : kbenv kbprg kbdta kbdtacode EvnOs KbVBA
Version : MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a,98; WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,7.0a,97
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo