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Default Help with Excel Add-in

Hi, Peter. The problem is, I can't get it to work from a custom button,
either. I click on the button and it gives me a message like, "The macro
'Book1.xls!Name of Macro' cannot be found".

As I said to Bob, I'm just very confused about all this and I'm probably
doing something very wrong on a very basic level. I also don't really
understand why it keeps telling me that a .xls file can't be found. I
thought the point of an add-in was that once you had it loaded, the macros in
it would be available to other workbooks. Or does it always have to be
associated with a regular .xls workbook on each computer where you want to
use the macros in that add-in?

Sorry if this is a really basic question. All this is very new to me.




"Peter T" wrote:

"FJ" wrote in message

Hi, Bob, thanks for your response. Actually, the thing is that when I

open a
new workbook and go into the VBE, I can see the macro code, but I can't

see
the macros listed when I go to dialog box under Tools, Macro, Macros on

the
worksheet itself. Shouldn't they be listed in that dialog box if the

add-in
is loaded correctly?


Macros in addins are not listed in the macros dialog, they are typically
activated from a custom menu button that you have added.

To get you started you can add a button manually with Customize menus, try
the smiley face listed under 'macros'. Place it where you want and assign
your macro. Later though you will probably want to add and remove your
custom menu buttons programmatically.

Regards,
Peter T