XL: Excel 4.0 Macro Sheets Not Included in Worksheets Collection

ID: Q145572

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 Macintosh, versions 5.0 and 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In the Microsoft Excel versions listed at the beginning of this article, the online Help topic for the "Worksheet Object" indicates that a worksheet

object represents a worksheet, a Microsoft Excel version 4.0 macro sheet, or a Microsoft Excel version 4.0 international macro sheet. However, if you

have a Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheet in a workbook, it is not considered part of the Worksheets collection in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro or procedure as the Help topic indicates.

RESOLUTION

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Although a Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheet is not considered a part of the Worksheets collection, it is considered a Sheet object. Therefore, you can use a macro, such as the following, to determine which sheets in a workbook are of the type "Microsoft Excel 4.0 Macro Sheet."

   Sub FindXLMSheets()

       Dim x as Object

       ' Loop through each sheet in the active workbook.
       For Each x In ActiveWorkbook.Sheets

           ' Test to determine if the TypeName of the sheet is "Worksheet."
           If TypeName(x) = "Worksheet" Then

               ' If the sheet has the type Excel 4.0 macro sheet or Excel
               ' 4.0 international macro sheet, then display its name.
               If x.Type = xlExcel4MacroSheet Or _
                   x.Type = xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet Then

                   MsgBox x.Name

               End If
           End If
       Next

   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q108350
   TITLE     : XL: Distinguishing Sheet Types with Visual Basic Macro

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 5.00c 7.00 7.00a XL98 XL97 XL7 XL5

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode PgmOthr KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999