XL98: OnData Property Doesn't Work With Object Links

ID: Q192898

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use the OnData property in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure in Microsoft Excel, the procedure that is set to run does not run when dynamic data exchange (DDE) or OLE data arrives in Microsoft Excel.

CAUSE

The OnData property only works when the updated object is a text string or a formula, not a linked object that uses another format. Only linked text values cause the procedure that is assigned (using the OnData property) to run.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kbdta xlvbainfo 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: September 24, 1998