XL98: Unable to Open File After Changing Code Name of Sheet

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you open a file in Microsoft Excel, you may receive one of the following error messages:

   The Application "Microsoft Excel" has unexpectedly quit, because an
   error of type 2 occurred.

   You should save your work in other open applications and restart the
   computer.

   -or-

   Sorry, a system error occurred.
   "Microsoft Excel"
     error type 11

CAUSE

This problem occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

• You rename a worksheet in a workbook.

  -and-

• You change the code name of a worksheet with a Visual Basic for Applications macro.

  -and-

• You save the workbook.

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.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about recovering information from damaged files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q142117
   TITLE     : Excel: Summary of Methods to Recover Data from Corrupted
               Files

REFERENCES

For more information about code names, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "codename," click Search, and then click to view "CodeName Property."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component