Excel 2002: I want to display a series of dialog boxes
when a new file is created from a template, but not have
the dialog boxes display for subsequent file opens. In
Word you name the macro AutoNew to do this, but Excel
only seems to have Auto_Open, which opens every time the
file is reopened. I have a workaround that requires the
user to click a button that bypasses the dialog boxes. Is
there a way to get the file to "remember" that it has
already run the macro and doesn't need to run it again?

you could stash a value to indicate whether or not to run the macro on a
hidden sheet

"Jim Birch" wrote in message
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Excel 2002: I want to display a series of dialog boxes
when a new file is created from a template, but not have
the dialog boxes display for subsequent file opens. In
Word you name the macro AutoNew to do this, but Excel
only seems to have Auto_Open, which opens every time the
file is reopened. I have a workaround that requires the
user to click a button that bypasses the dialog boxes. Is
there a way to get the file to "remember" that it has
already run the macro and doesn't need to run it again?

Jim
AFAIK you have to put a value in the sheet. Then
if A1 = Y
exit sub
end if

You could hide the column as well
Regards
Peter
-----Original Message-----
Excel 2002: I want to display a series of dialog boxes
when a new file is created from a template, but not have
the dialog boxes display for subsequent file opens. In
Word you name the macro AutoNew to do this, but Excel
only seems to have Auto_Open, which opens every time the
file is reopened. I have a workaround that requires the
user to click a button that bypasses the dialog boxes. Is
there a way to get the file to "remember" that it has
already run the macro and doesn't need to run it again?
.