XL97: Unexpected Results Using the Caller Property in a Menu

ID: Q172103

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Caller property in a Visual Basic for Applications macro to determine which menu item has been clicked, you may get incorrect results.


WORKAROUND

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The Caller property for a menu item returns an array of information about that menu item. The fourth element of the array should equal zero. The following sample macro illustrates how to set the fourth element of the array to zero. This emulates the behavior of earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. 

   Sub Run_Menu_Item()
       z = Application.Caller
       z(4) = 0
       For Each i In z
           MsgBox i
       Next
   End Sub


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, Service Release 1.


REFERENCES

For more information about the Caller property, click the Office Assistant, type caller, click Search, and then click to view "Caller Property."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Additional query words: XL97 vba 


Keywords          : kbmacro kbprg kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA xltoolbar KbVBA xlvbmigrate 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999