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SYMPTOMSIn Microsoft Excel 97, when you run a Visual Basic for Applications subroutine that protects a workbook, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you attempt to set either the Structure argument
or the Windows argument (or both) of the Protect method to a value other
than True or False. Although you can do this in earlier versions of
Microsoft Excel, you cannot use a value other than True or False in
Microsoft Excel 97.
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.
WORKAROUNDMicrosoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web: http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.aspIf you use the Structure and Windows arguments of the Protect method, you must set them to either True or False. For example, use the following line of code:
This code works in Microsoft Excel 97 and in earlier versions of Microsoft
Excel.
MORE INFORMATION
The Structure and Windows arguments of the Protect method allow you to
decide whether the structure of the workbook (the relative location of
sheet tabs, and whether sheets are hidden) and the workbook's window (size
and position on the screen) are protected.
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