Thanks for replying Tom.

"...Are you sure you saved personal.xls after making the change and before
you tried to close it?..."
Yes, retested on 2 computers, one with XL2002 and one with XL2003. I also
created a new "Personal.xls" file without any code other than the WorkBook
open and close messages. I also uninstalled all addins.

I think the problem lies with the Acrobat writer.....
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XL2003
Regards

William



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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It works fine for me.

Are you sure you saved personal.xls after making the change and before
you
tried to close it?

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"William" wrote in message
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Hi

Can anyone explain why the "Workbook_BeforeClose" event does not work
with
the "Personal.xls" file.

The code below is in the "ThisWorkBook" module of the Personal.xls file.

'This works fine
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Opening"
End Sub

'This does not work
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
MsgBox "Closing"
End Sub
'(This does work however if Personal.xls is not closed at the same time
as
the Excel application.)



Thanks
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XL2003
Regards

William