XL97: Menu Editor and Make Add-In Dialog Boxes Cause Error

ID: Q160489

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro in Microsoft Excel 97, you receive the following error message

   Run-time error '1004':
   Show method of Dialog class failed

and the macro halts.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the Visual Basic macro uses Application.Dialogs to display either of the following dialog boxes:

   Menu Editor
   Make Add-in

For example, the problem occurs when the macro contains either of the following commands:

   Application.Dialogs(xlDialogMenuEditor).Show

    -or-

   Application.Dialogs(xlDialogVbaMakeAddin).Show

These dialog boxes are not available in Microsoft Excel 97 and cannot be displayed.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97.

MORE INFORMATION

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The Menu Editor and Make Add-In dialog boxes are not available in Microsoft Excel 97. However, the functionality that is provided by these dialog boxes is still available. The functionality is provided in the following ways:

The Customize dialog box allows you to edit menus. To display this dialog box in a Visual Basic macro, use the following command:
```
      Application.Dialogs(xlDialogCustomizeToolbar).Show
```
The Save As and VBAProject Properties dialog boxes allow you to create add-ins. To display the Save As dialog box in a Visual Basic macro, use the following command:
```
      Application.Dialogs(xlDialogSaveAs).Show
```
NOTE: You cannot display the VBAProject Properties dialog box with a Visual Basic macro. However, you can set individual properties for a project with Visual Basic code.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode xlui KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999