XL97: UserForm May Not Be Closed Using QueryClose Event

ID: Q167611

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you use the QueryClose event in a Visual Basic for Applications macro to control a UserForm, the UserForm may still be visible after you close it.

CAUSE

The UserForm may still be visible after you close it if the macro for the QueryClose event uses the Show method to display another UserForm.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, unload the UserForm in the QueryClose event macro before you display another UserForm. The "More Information" section in this article contains information about implementing this solution.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

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The following steps demonstrate the workaround for using the Show method in a QueryClose event macro:

 1. Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

 2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).

 3. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

    This step inserts UserForm1 into the project.

 4. Add a CommandButton to UserForm1, and then double-click the
    CommandButton to display the Visual Basic module behind the UserForm.

 5. Enter the following code for the CommandButton Click event:

       Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

          UserForm1.Hide
          UserForm2.Show

       End Sub

 6. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

    This step inserts UserForm2 into the project.

 7. Double-click UserForm2 and enter the following code for the QueryClose
    event for UserForm2:

       Private Sub UserForm_QueryClose(Cancel As Integer, _
          CloseMode As Integer)

          If CloseMode = 0 Then

             ' Unload UserForm2.
             Unload Me

             UserForm1.Show
          End If

       End Sub

 8. Click UserForm1 and run the UserForm (press F5).

    UserForm1 is displayed.

 9. Click the CommandButton on UserForm1.

    UserForm1 is hidden and UserForm2 is displayed.

10. Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of UserForm2.

    UserForm2 is hidden, and then UserForm1 is displayed.

11. Close UserForm1.

REFERENCES

For more information about UserForms, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "UserForm" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the "Creating a UserForm" topic.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Excel Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta KbVBA kbhowto 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999