XL OLE Automation: Workbook Hidden Using GetObject Function

 Last reviewed: September 2, 1997
Article ID: Q111247
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

If you use the GetObject function in a Microsoft Visual Basic version 3.0 procedure to open and save a Microsoft Excel workbook, the workbook is saved as hidden and does not appear when you open the workbook again.

WORKAROUND

To avoid saving a workbook as hidden when you use the GetObject function in a Visual Basic procedure to open and save the workbook, unhide the workbook before saving it, as in the following Visual Basic procedure: 

   ' Dimension variable xl as Object type
   Dim xl As Object
   ' Set xl equal to Excel workbook as OLE Automation object
   ' and open file BOOK1.XLS located in c:\excel5
   Set xl = GetObject("C:\excel5\book1.xls")
   ' Make the hidden workbook visible
   xl.Parent.Windows("BOOK1.XLS").Visible = True
   ' Save the file BOOK1.XLS
   xl.Parent.Save
   ' Close the file BOOK1.XLS
   xl.Parent.[Close]
   ' Free the memory used for storing xl variable
   Set xl = Nothing
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MORE INFORMATION

Note that the above behavior also occurs when you use the CreateObject function in a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, procedure to open and save a Microsoft Excel workbook. However, because Microsoft Excel has an object library, use the functions defined in that library rather than the GetObject or CreateObject function when you access Microsoft Excel objects in a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, procedure.

Additional query words: 7.00 5.00 3.00 B_VBasic
Keywords : IntpOthr kbprg PgmOthr kbprg
Version : 5.00 5.00c 7.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: September 2, 1997
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