XL: How to Create and Use an Auto_Close Procedure

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SUMMARY

An Auto_Close procedure is an automatic procedure stored in a workbook that runs automatically when the workbook is closed. You can place automatic procedures in any Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications module in the workbook. A workbook-level automatic procedure is identified by its name (that is, Auto_Close or Auto_Open) as it appears in the module.

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To create an Auto_Close procedure, name the procedure "Sub Auto_Close()" (without the quotation marks). You can only have one Auto_Close procedure per workbook. If you have multiple Auto_Close macros in a workbook, none of them will run.

To create an Auto_Close procedure, use the following steps:

1. In the module sheet you want to store the procedure in, create a new 

   procedure named Sub Auto_Close().
2. Write the code for the procedure.

3. End the procedure with the code "End Sub" (without the quotation marks).

To test an Auto_Close procedure without closing the workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, click the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Macros. Then, click "Auto_Close" and click Run. To test the procedure in earlier versions, click Macro on the Tools Menu, select the Auto_Close macro, and click the Run button.

Auto_Close procedures run just before the workbook closes. You may want to use this type of procedure to restore menu bars or toolbars, or to close and save workbooks.

Example

   ' Auto_Close macro to save the active workbook.

   Sub Auto_Close()
      ActiveWorkbook.Save
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about Auto_Close procedures, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text 

   Auto_Close Procedures
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Running procedures when you open or close a workbook" topic.

"Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Programmer's Guide," pages 208-210

"Microsoft Excel Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, pages 266-267

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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999