XL: COMPARE.XLA Only Works in Microsoft Excel 4.0

ID: Q122330

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Some add-ins that are available in Microsoft Excel version 4.0 are not included with the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article. For example, the COMPARE.XLA add-in (WORKSHEET COMPARISON in Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh) is not included in Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and later.

If you use the Microsoft Excel version 4.0 COMPARE.XLA add-in in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of the article, it will not run correctly: when COMPARE.XLA (or WORKSHEET COMPARISON on the Macintosh) is used in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or later, the OK button is unavailable (dimmed) after you select the sheet to be compared.


CAUSE

This behavior is by design of the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

The GET.DOCUMENT() command in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of the article is different from the GET.DOCUMENT() function in 4.0. In Microsoft Excel version 4.0, GET.DOCUMENT(3) returns 5 if the document is a workbook. In Microsoft Excel version 5.0, GET.DOCUMENT(3) does not check for a workbook file type because all files in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 are workbooks. The Type_Num 5 is marked as reserved. Because of this, the error checking in the add-in does not allow the macro to proceed.


REFERENCES

For more information about the GET.DOCUMENT() function, click the Search button in Reference Information Help and type:

GET.DOCUMENT

"Function Reference," version 4.0, pages 196-199
"User's Guide 2," version 4.0, page 201

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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0;5.0c;7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a,98
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Last Reviewed: July 29, 1999