XL97: "Cannot Quit" After Using Visual Basic Editor

ID: Q172261

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you quit Microsoft Excel 97, you may receive the following error message:

   Cannot quit Microsoft Excel.

You are unable to quit Microsoft Excel 97.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you attempt to quit Microsoft Excel 97 after performing either of the following actions:

NOTE: If you subsequently run a Visual Basic macro or subroutine, the problem does not occur.

WORKAROUND

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If this problem occurs, run a Visual Basic subroutine. To run a subroutine, use either of the following methods: After you run a subroutine, you can quit Microsoft Excel 97.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Normally, if you press F8 when the Visual Basic Editor is active, the selected subroutine or function is run in "step into" mode. When you run a macro in this mode, you can execute one line of code at a time by pressing F8 repeatedly. You can exit step into mode by pressing F5. The Visual Basic Editor also automatically exits Step Into mode when a macro is completed.

If you press F8 when the pointer is not inside a subroutine or function, Microsoft Excel 97 enters step into mode; however, no macro is active. As a result, even though no macro is running, Microsoft Excel 97 behaves as through a macro is running. When this behavior occurs, you cannot quit Microsoft Excel 97.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode xlvbainfo KbVBA 
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999