XL7: Visual Basic Command to Show Set Background Dialog Fails

ID: Q134264

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel version 7.0, when you attempt to show the Set Background Picture Dialog box in a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, macro, you will receive the following error message:

   Run-time error '1004'
   Dialog method of Application class failed

CAUSE

This problem occurs because of the following line of code:

   Application.Dialogs(xlDialogSetBackground).Show

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the ExecuteExcel4Macro method as in the following example:

   Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro(Sheets.BackGround'())

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 7.00

Keywords          : kbprg xlwin 
Version           : 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 3, 1997