I have a shared workbook in Excel 2000 that is automatically turning off
Windows in Taskbar whenver it is opened and I can't see why. Does anyone out
there know a macro that will automatically turn on the Windows in Taskbar
option in Excel when the workbook is opened?

Thanks
David Lee

David

Add the following line code to an Auto_Open or Workbook_Open event:

Application.ShowWindowsInTaskbar = True

*pretty sure that was in Office 2000, I am in 2003 so I wasn't able to
check...

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Charles
www.officezealot.com



"David Lee - NZ" <David Lee - wrote in message
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I have a shared workbook in Excel 2000 that is automatically turning off
Windows in Taskbar whenver it is opened and I can't see why. Does anyone
out
there know a macro that will automatically turn on the Windows in Taskbar
option in Excel when the workbook is opened?

Thanks
David Lee

Is the workbook shared? (A bug in xl2k turns it off for shared workbooks.)

You could create a new workbook saved into XLStart (or put this into your
personal.xls workbook) and it'll toggle that option each time you open a
workbook.

In the ThisWorkbook module:

Option Explicit
Public WithEvents xlApp As Excel.Application
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Set xlApp = Application
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_Close()
Set xlApp = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub xlApp_NewWorkbook(ByVal Wb As Workbook)
Application.ShowWindowsInTaskbar = True
End Sub
Private Sub xlApp_WorkbookOpen(ByVal Wb As Workbook)
Application.ShowWindowsInTaskbar = True
End Sub

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

David Lee - NZ wrote:

I have a shared workbook in Excel 2000 that is automatically turning off
Windows in Taskbar whenver it is opened and I can't see why. Does anyone out
there know a macro that will automatically turn on the Windows in Taskbar
option in Excel when the workbook is opened?

Thanks
David Lee

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Dave Peterson