XL: How to Remove User-Defined Functions from Function Wizard

ID: Q142123

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SUMMARY

When you create a custom function in Microsoft Excel using Visual Basic for Applications, it will be displayed in the Function Wizard under the User Defined Function category. You can prevent the custom function from being displayed in the Function Wizard by adding "Option Private Module" at the top of the module sheet.

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Sample Function That Will Not Be Displayed in Function Wizard

1. On the File menu, click New to open a new workbook.

2. In Microsoft Excel 97 or later, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and 

   then click Visual Basic Editor. In Excel version 7.0 or earlier, point
   to Macro on the Insert menu, and then click Module. Then click Module on
   the Insert menu.
3. Type the following code: 

      'Statement needed to keep function out of Function Wizard
      Option Private Module

      'Sample function
      Function AddTwoNumbers(Number1, Number2)

         AddTwoNumbers = Number1 + Number2

      End Function
4. On Sheet1, click Function on the Insert menu, and then click 
   All in the Function Category.
Note that AddTwoNumbers is not listed as a function Name in Step 1 of the Function Wizard.

If you remove the "Option Private Module" line from the module sheet, go back to Sheet1, and then click Function on the Insert menu, the AddTwoNumbers function is listed.

Note that when you add "Option Private Module" to the module sheet, functions and subroutines on that sheet are unavailable to other workbooks.

REFERENCES

"Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 4, "Protecting Modules from Calls by Other Procedures in Other Workbooks"

For more information about Option Private Module, click the Index tab Microsoft Excel Help and type: 

   Option Private Module
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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999