XL97: Problems with Recorded Macro That Creates Map Object

ID: Q157311

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you record a macro that embeds a Microsoft Map object in a worksheet, the following problems may occur when you run the macro:

The position and size of the map differs from the map you created when you recorded the macro.
-and-

You receive the following error message:

      Run-time error '1004':
      Method 'CutCopyMode' of Object '_Application' failed.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, modify the macro to set the proper coordinates for the map object and remove the CutCopyMode method. The following steps illustrate how to record and modify a macro that embeds a Microsoft Map object on your worksheet.

Recording the Macro

1. In Microsoft Excel, open a new workbook.

2. In cells A1:B2 on Sheet1, type the following:

      A1: Mexico     B1: 100
      A2: Canada     B2: 150

3. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Record New Macro. Type

   "CreateMap" (without the quotation marks) in the "Macro name" box, and
   click OK to start recording.

4. Select cells A1:B2.

5. On the Insert menu, click Map. Draw the map object on the worksheet.

6. Select cell A1 on the worksheet to deactivate the map object.

7. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and click Stop Recording.

Modifying the Macro

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and click Macros. Select the Createmap

   macro and click Edit.

   The CreateMap macro appears in the Code window in the Visual Basic
   Editor. It will look similar to the following example:

      Sub CreateMap()

          Range("A1:B2").Select
          Range("B2").Activate
          ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="MSMap.8", Link:=False, _
              DisplayAsIcon:=False, Left:=3.75, Top:=9, Width:=3.75, _
              Height:=9).Activate
          Application.CutCopyMode = False
          Range("A1").Select
      End Sub

2. Modify the macro such that the modified macro looks like the following

   example:

      Sub CreateMap()

          Range("A1:B2").Select
          Range("B2").Activate
          ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="MSMap.8", Link:=False, _
              DisplayAsIcon:=False, Left:=50, Top:=50, Width:=200, _
              Height:=160).Activate
          Range("A1").Select
      End Sub

   Notice that you change the arguments for the Add method for the
   OLEObjects collection to indicate the coordinates and size of the
   data map. Additionally, you must remove the Application.CutCopyMode =
   False line.

3. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel".

To run the macro, activate Sheet1, point to Macro on the Tools menu, click Macros, select the macro "CreateMap" and click Run.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: XL97 8.0 8.00 datamap

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999