XL97: Show Method Fails with Passed Arguments

ID: Q165407

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you use the Show method with one of the built-in Microsoft Excel dialog boxes, you may receive the following error message:

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

CAUSE

This problem may occur when both of the following conditions are true:

The constant you use for the built-in dialog box is new to Microsoft Excel 97.
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You attempt to pass an argument to the dialog box by using the Show method.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not pass any arguments when you are using a constant that is new to Microsoft Excel 97 and you are using the Show method.

MORE INFORMATION

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The following sample code uses the xlDialogDataValidation constant (which is new to Microsoft Excel 97) to display the Data Validation dialog box:

   Sub Test()
      Application.Dialogs(xlDialogDataValidation).Show
   End Sub

Note that if you use this constant in the following sample code, you receive the error message:

   Sub Test2()
      Application.Dialogs(xlDialogDataValidation).Show 1
   End Sub

The "1" that follows the Show method implies you wanted to select the first item in the Allow list, which is Whole number.

The following lines of code do not generate an error message because the constant is not new to Microsoft Excel 97:

   Sub Test3()
      Application.Dialogs(xlDialogFormulaReplace).Show ,,,2
   End Sub

When you run the Test3 macro, the Replace dialog box is displayed, and By Columns (the second item in the list) appears in the Search list.

REFERENCES

To find more information about built-in constants in Microsoft Excel 97, follow these steps:

1. In the Visual Basic Editor, display the Object Browser (press F2).

2. In the list of libraries, click Excel.

3. Type "xldialog" (without the quotation marks) in the box below the list

   of libraries, and then press ENTER

The list of built-in dialogs is displayed in the Search Results pane.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbprg kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999