OFF97: Unable to Record Adding To Favorites in Open Dialog Box

ID: Q176174

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you click Add To Favorites in the Open dialog box while recording a macro, the program does not record this step.

CAUSE

The Open dialog box does not return the selection of Add to Favorites to the macro recorder, so it is not recorded.

WORKAROUND

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To add a file shortcut to the Favorites folder, you need to manually insert one of the following statements into your recorded macro, where <file name> is the name of the file you want to add.

Excel

   Worksheets("<file name>").AddToFavorites

PowerPoint

   Presentations("<file name>").AddToFavorites

Word

   Documents("<file name>").AddToFavorites

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications
Additional query words: adding files ppt97 pp8 ppt8 vbe vba favrite include set 
Keywords          : kbcode kbmacro kbprg OffVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 6, 1999