XL97: Prompt to Save Changed Workbook Fails to Appear
ID: Q173113
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
SYMPTOMS
When you change and then close a workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, you are
not prompted to save the changes.
CAUSE
This problem may occur if both of the following conditions are true:
- You run a macro that changes the caption of the workbook window.
-and-
- You try to close the workbook without first saving the changes.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, do either of the following:
- Click Save on the File menu before you click Close on the File menu or
click the Close button (the box with the "X" in it) at the upper-right
corner of the workbook window.
-or-
- Add a line of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code in the macro
to set the Saved property to False after the line that sets the Caption
property of the workbook window.
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The sample macro in following example prompts you to save the workbook. To
use the macro, follow these steps:
- Start Microsoft Excel and create a new workbook.
- Press ALT+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.
- On the Insert menu, click Module.
- Type the following into the new module:
Sub Caption_Macro()
'
'More code here.
'
'Changes the Caption property of the first window
Windows(1).Caption = "Window 1"
'Setting that the workbook has changed.
ActiveWorkbook.Saved = False
'
'More code here.
'
End Sub
- Switch to Microsoft Excel (press ALT+F11).
- On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Macros. Then, click
Caption_macro and click Run.
- On the File menu, click Close.
You receive a message that prompts you to save the workbook.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
In most cases, if you attempt to close a changed workbook that you have not
saved, you are prompted to save the changes. To retain changes you want to
keep, save them before you close the workbook.
The Saved property returns a True or False value depending on whether
changes have been made to the workbook. Note that it is possible to set the
Saved property to True or False.
REFERENCES
For more information about saving files, click the Index tab in Microsoft
Excel Help, type the following text
saving, files
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Save a workbook"
topic.
Additional query words:
XL97
Keywords : kbprg kbdta xlloadsave KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug