It appears that when an installation key is over used that Microsoft is
turning off some of the features in VBA.

It is odd but that just doesn't seem very plausible to me. MS has never
been reluctant to get in your face if it thinks your unlicensed, etc. I
think (hope) it's something else but I can't think of what it might be.

--
Jim
"Bob Flanagan" wrote in message
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Just had an interesting problem with a customer. He reported that a macro
wouldn't run. When I debugged, I found that a macro statement that counts
the columns in the used range was returning an overflow error. And
another statement that counted the rows in the used range also reported an
overflow error. The used range was small, A1:V195. I suggested he
upgrade his copy to insure he had the latest updates. He tried. However
his installation key, which came from a friend, would not allow him to
upgraded - the key was "over used".

It appears that when an installation key is over used that Microsoft is
turning off some of the features in VBA. I didn't see what message he got
when he started Excel, so I don't know if he got any warnings. Obviously
he didn't get any that made him think Excel and addins wouldn't work.

Bob Flanagan
Macro Systems
http://www.add-ins.com
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