XL97: Worksheet Change Event Macro Fails to Run

ID: Q172832

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When data on a worksheet is changed, a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Change event macro that you created does not run.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

You create a Change event macro that is associated with a worksheet.

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You paste data in the worksheet from the clipboard instead of typing it.

-or-

You create a dynamic data exchange (DDE) link from another program to the worksheet.

-or-

You are using data validation from a list.

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 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

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You can create a Visual Basic event macro that runs whenever the data on a worksheet is changed. The Change event macro runs when data is added or updated on the worksheet. However, when you paste data from another program or update data by using a DDE link, the Change event does not occur.

OnData Macro Example


Sub Auto_Open()
   Worksheets("Sheet1").OnData = "DDEDataChangeMacro"
End Sub

Sub DDEDataChangeMacro()
   MsgBox "Data has Changed."
End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about using a Change event, click the Index tab in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Help, type the following text

change event

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Change Event" topic.

Additional query words: XL97


Keywords          : kbprg kbdta KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 23, 1999