That explains it, I was using XL2000.

FWIW, even in XL2000 disabling events within own instance does persist and
prevents a wb's open event firing, but not with automation.

Regards,
Peter T

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
That would be the case in xl2000 and earlier as I recall. In xl2002 and
later I believe it was fixed.

Are you using one of these earlier versions?

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Peter T" wrote:

Hi Tom,

It's odd but that doesn't work for me with automation. Events are
disabled
OK but then are re-enabled when opening the wb allowing the wb's Open
event
to run.

Regards,
Peter T



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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Dim oXL as Object
Dim oWB as Object
Dim sFullName = "fully qualified path to my file.xlt"
Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oxl.EnableEvents = False
Set oWB = oXL.Workbooks.Open(FileName:=sFullName, _
Editable:=True)

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"XP" wrote:

Using Office 2003 and Windows XP;

I have a template file that I need to open for editing using
automation
(late binding) and in doing so, I want to programmatically prevent
macros
from firing. My code so far:

Dim oXL as Object
Dim oWB as Object
Dim sFullName = "fully qualified path to my file.xlt"
Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set oWB = oXL.Workbooks.Open(sFullName)

Can someone please post example code and/or modify my code to
achieve
this?

Thanks much in advance.