I would like to make a message appear in the form of a pop-up, like an input
or error message, whenever a workbook is opened.

Right-click the excel LOGO (near the file menu), select View Code, enter this:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Msgbox "Hello, World!"
End Sub
Bob Umlas

"twiftshoeblade" wrote:

I would like to make a message appear in the form of a pop-up, like an input
or error message, whenever a workbook is opened.

Hi,

Alt+F11 to open VB editor. Double click 'This Workbook' and paste this in on
the right

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
response = MsgBox("Hello World", vbOKOnly, "My Welcome message")
End Sub

Mike

"twiftshoeblade" wrote:

I would like to make a message appear in the form of a pop-up, like an input
or error message, whenever a workbook is opened.

Thanks to both Mike H and Bob Umlas... exactly the result I was seeking.
My target audience, however, is likely to disable macros upon opening the
workbook... anyway to disable that warning?

"Mike H" wrote:

Hi,

Alt+F11 to open VB editor. Double click 'This Workbook' and paste this in on
the right

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
response = MsgBox("Hello World", vbOKOnly, "My Welcome message")
End Sub

Mike

"twiftshoeblade" wrote:

I would like to make a message appear in the form of a pop-up, like an input
or error message, whenever a workbook is opened.

There are t ways around it. One is to have your users set their macro
security to low. The down side is that if a workbook contains a virus then
they will open it without warning and get infected. A better option is to
digitally sign your work. That makes your work into a trusted source and the
book can open without need for the macro security alert... Check out this
link...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...495551033.aspx
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"twiftshoeblade" wrote:

Thanks to both Mike H and Bob Umlas... exactly the result I was seeking.
My target audience, however, is likely to disable macros upon opening the
workbook... anyway to disable that warning?

"Mike H" wrote:

Hi,

Alt+F11 to open VB editor. Double click 'This Workbook' and paste this in on
the right

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
response = MsgBox("Hello World", vbOKOnly, "My Welcome message")
End Sub

Mike

"twiftshoeblade" wrote:

I would like to make a message appear in the form of a pop-up, like an input
or error message, whenever a workbook is opened.