XL98: No "Record at Mark" Feature in Microsoft Excel

ID: Q182412

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

You cannot record a Visual Basic for Applications macro within another macro in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. This feature is available in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.

CAUSE

Because of the major changes made to the Visual Basic for Applications environment in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, this functionality is no longer available.

WORKAROUND

If you need to record a Visual Basic for Applications macro within another macro, follow these steps:

1. Record your macro.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor by pressing OPTION+F11.

3. Select the code in your newly recorded macro, copy it, and paste it

   into your existing macro.

MORE INFORMATION

The following menu items are available in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.

   Menu    Menu item      Submenu
   --------------------------------------------------

   Tools   Record Macro   Mark Position For Recording
   Tools   Record Macro   Record At Mark

In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, you can use these menu items to record a Visual Basic for Applications macro within another macro.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q108060
   TITLE     : XL: Recording a Visual Basic Macro in an External Module

These menu items, and the functionality they provide, are not available in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. To circumvent this limitation, use the steps shown in the "Workaround" section of this article.

Additional query words: XL98 vbe

Keywords          : kbprg xlui xlvbainfo kbfaq
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 14, 1999