XL98: Embedded Worksheet Object Stops After Running Macro

ID: Q188499

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro in a Microsoft Excel workbook that is embedded in a Microsoft Word document, Excel unexpectedly quits. When you double-click the Excel object to edit it, you receive the following error message:

   Word cannot edit the Microsoft Excel Worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:

You insert a Microsoft Excel Worksheet object into a Microsoft Word document.
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You add a Visual Basic macro to the Excel workbook that adds a custom view to the workbook.
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You run the macro.

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 macro creates a new custom view in Microsoft Excel 98 and fails when the macro is run from a Microsoft Excel 98 worksheet object that is embedded in a Microsoft Word 98 document:

   Sub My_View()

       ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Add ViewName:="test"

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the CustomViews Collection object, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "customviews," click Search, and then click to view " CustomViews Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: wd98 embed

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode xlgpf 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999