Can't Shut Down or Restart Computer After Creating Binder Object

• Microsoft Visual Basic Programming System, Applications Edition, version 1.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you create a Microsoft Office Binder OLE Automation object, using a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, procedure, you may receive the following error message when you restart or shut down your computer:

   Please close Office Binder documents before shutting down Windows

CAUSE

When you create an Office Binder OLE Automation object, an invisible instance of Microsoft Office Binder is started. If you do not make the instance visible by using the Visible property, an invisible instance of Microsoft Binder is still running when you exit Windows, and you receive the error message described above.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, use any of the following methods.

Method 1

Make the Binder object visible, by using the Visible property as in the following example. You can then close the application by clicking Close on the Office Binder File menu.

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   Sub BinderObject()
      ' Dimension variables
      Dim MyBinder As Object, SectionCount As Integer

      ' Set value of MyBinder variable equal to
      ' binder OLE Automation object
      Set MyBinder = CreateObject("Office.Binder")

      ' Add new Microsoft Excel worksheet object to binder
      MyBinder.Sections.Add Type:="Excel.Sheet.5"

      ' Add worksheet to workbook
      MyBinder.Sections(1).Object.Parent.Worksheets.Add

      ' Enter value "Test" in cell A1 on new worksheet
      MyBinder.Sections(1).Object.Parent.Worksheets(1) _
        .Range("A1").Value = "Test"

      ' Set value of variable SectionCount equal to
      ' number of sections in binder
      SectionCount = MyBinder.Sections.Count

      ' Save binder as MINE.OBD
      MyBinder.SaveAs "c:\Mine.obd"

      ' Display dialog box with binder name and number of
      ' sections
      MsgBox "A new binder named " & MyBinder.Name & _
        " has been created and contains " & SectionCount _
          & " sections."

      ' Make Office Binder visible
      MyBinder.Visible = True

      ' Prompt user to close Office Binder
      MsgBox "To close Office Binder, click Close on the _
        File menu."

         ' Clear Binder object from memory
         Set MyBinder = Nothing

   End Sub

Method 2

Close the invisible instance(s) of Office Binder using the Close Program dialog box by doing the following:

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

2. In the Close Program dialog box, click Binder, and then click the End Task button.

MORE INFORMATION

Note that after creating an Office Binder OLE Automation object, when you press ALT+TAB to switch to another application, a Binder icon may appear on the task-switching window, although when you select the object, the Binder application does not appear.

Version           : 1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS