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This evening I ran into a problem with starting excel or more precisely
opening workbooks. I was writing some code in an addin I am developing. As close as I can recreate the problem it went something like this: I opened MyAddin which automatically opens MyFile. I created a new Forms command button on MyFile and opened the dialog to assign a macro. Since the target macro is in MyAddin it didn't show up on the list (as expected). I typed in the macro name (BUT critically, I think I forgot to enter "MyAddin.xla!" to fully qualify the location of this macro). When I clicked the button, it started another addin (Rob Bovey's VBA CodeCleaner) which crashed in mid procedure. I'm not sure how started this sub but I suspect that lacking a fully qualified assigned name, my button click caused the program to search thru all available addins til it locates one with the name I assigned to the button. The problem now is that the above mentioned crash seems to have left some excel setting modified (which I assume would have been re-set if I could have completed the CodeCleaner procedure). The current symptom I am having is that whenever I click on a workbook icon in the desktop or wherever, an instance of Excel is opened but the particular workbook does NOT open. (I get the same blank grey screen that I get whenever I close all workbooks, but have not closed the xl program.) I can then use FileOpen and find the file again and open it, or click on New to open a new wbk. So, the question: Is there a way to re-set some property of Excel so I can directly open files from the window icons? TIA |
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Look in tools=Options in the general tab and see if "Ignore Other
applications" is checked. If so, uncheck it. (you need a workbook open at the time to get into options) If that doesn't work, then close excel and go to the windows start menu, and select run. type in excel.exe /regserver and click OK. This will refresh excels registry settings. One of these will usually rectify that problem. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "cush" wrote in message ... This evening I ran into a problem with starting excel or more precisely opening workbooks. I was writing some code in an addin I am developing. As close as I can recreate the problem it went something like this: I opened MyAddin which automatically opens MyFile. I created a new Forms command button on MyFile and opened the dialog to assign a macro. Since the target macro is in MyAddin it didn't show up on the list (as expected). I typed in the macro name (BUT critically, I think I forgot to enter "MyAddin.xla!" to fully qualify the location of this macro). When I clicked the button, it started another addin (Rob Bovey's VBA CodeCleaner) which crashed in mid procedure. I'm not sure how started this sub but I suspect that lacking a fully qualified assigned name, my button click caused the program to search thru all available addins til it locates one with the name I assigned to the button. The problem now is that the above mentioned crash seems to have left some excel setting modified (which I assume would have been re-set if I could have completed the CodeCleaner procedure). The current symptom I am having is that whenever I click on a workbook icon in the desktop or wherever, an instance of Excel is opened but the particular workbook does NOT open. (I get the same blank grey screen that I get whenever I close all workbooks, but have not closed the xl program.) I can then use FileOpen and find the file again and open it, or click on New to open a new wbk. So, the question: Is there a way to re-set some property of Excel so I can directly open files from the window icons? TIA |
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Worked a charm. thanks
"Tom Ogilvy" wrote: Look in tools=Options in the general tab and see if "Ignore Other applications" is checked. If so, uncheck it. (you need a workbook open at the time to get into options) If that doesn't work, then close excel and go to the windows start menu, and select run. type in excel.exe /regserver and click OK. This will refresh excels registry settings. One of these will usually rectify that problem. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "cush" wrote in message ... This evening I ran into a problem with starting excel or more precisely opening workbooks. I was writing some code in an addin I am developing. As close as I can recreate the problem it went something like this: I opened MyAddin which automatically opens MyFile. I created a new Forms command button on MyFile and opened the dialog to assign a macro. Since the target macro is in MyAddin it didn't show up on the list (as expected). I typed in the macro name (BUT critically, I think I forgot to enter "MyAddin.xla!" to fully qualify the location of this macro). When I clicked the button, it started another addin (Rob Bovey's VBA CodeCleaner) which crashed in mid procedure. I'm not sure how started this sub but I suspect that lacking a fully qualified assigned name, my button click caused the program to search thru all available addins til it locates one with the name I assigned to the button. The problem now is that the above mentioned crash seems to have left some excel setting modified (which I assume would have been re-set if I could have completed the CodeCleaner procedure). The current symptom I am having is that whenever I click on a workbook icon in the desktop or wherever, an instance of Excel is opened but the particular workbook does NOT open. (I get the same blank grey screen that I get whenever I close all workbooks, but have not closed the xl program.) I can then use FileOpen and find the file again and open it, or click on New to open a new wbk. So, the question: Is there a way to re-set some property of Excel so I can directly open files from the window icons? TIA |
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Cush,
Can you tell us which of those two suggestions, that Tom gave, worked? Alok Joshi "cush" wrote: Worked a charm. thanks "Tom Ogilvy" wrote: Look in tools=Options in the general tab and see if "Ignore Other applications" is checked. If so, uncheck it. (you need a workbook open at the time to get into options) If that doesn't work, then close excel and go to the windows start menu, and select run. type in excel.exe /regserver and click OK. This will refresh excels registry settings. One of these will usually rectify that problem. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "cush" wrote in message ... This evening I ran into a problem with starting excel or more precisely opening workbooks. I was writing some code in an addin I am developing. As close as I can recreate the problem it went something like this: I opened MyAddin which automatically opens MyFile. I created a new Forms command button on MyFile and opened the dialog to assign a macro. Since the target macro is in MyAddin it didn't show up on the list (as expected). I typed in the macro name (BUT critically, I think I forgot to enter "MyAddin.xla!" to fully qualify the location of this macro). When I clicked the button, it started another addin (Rob Bovey's VBA CodeCleaner) which crashed in mid procedure. I'm not sure how started this sub but I suspect that lacking a fully qualified assigned name, my button click caused the program to search thru all available addins til it locates one with the name I assigned to the button. The problem now is that the above mentioned crash seems to have left some excel setting modified (which I assume would have been re-set if I could have completed the CodeCleaner procedure). The current symptom I am having is that whenever I click on a workbook icon in the desktop or wherever, an instance of Excel is opened but the particular workbook does NOT open. (I get the same blank grey screen that I get whenever I close all workbooks, but have not closed the xl program.) I can then use FileOpen and find the file again and open it, or click on New to open a new wbk. So, the question: Is there a way to re-set some property of Excel so I can directly open files from the window icons? TIA |
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Actually, I tried the first which worked, so I did the 2nd for good measure :-)
"Alok" wrote: Cush, Can you tell us which of those two suggestions, that Tom gave, worked? Alok Joshi "cush" wrote: Worked a charm. thanks "Tom Ogilvy" wrote: Look in tools=Options in the general tab and see if "Ignore Other applications" is checked. If so, uncheck it. (you need a workbook open at the time to get into options) If that doesn't work, then close excel and go to the windows start menu, and select run. type in excel.exe /regserver and click OK. This will refresh excels registry settings. One of these will usually rectify that problem. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "cush" wrote in message ... This evening I ran into a problem with starting excel or more precisely opening workbooks. I was writing some code in an addin I am developing. As close as I can recreate the problem it went something like this: I opened MyAddin which automatically opens MyFile. I created a new Forms command button on MyFile and opened the dialog to assign a macro. Since the target macro is in MyAddin it didn't show up on the list (as expected). I typed in the macro name (BUT critically, I think I forgot to enter "MyAddin.xla!" to fully qualify the location of this macro). When I clicked the button, it started another addin (Rob Bovey's VBA CodeCleaner) which crashed in mid procedure. I'm not sure how started this sub but I suspect that lacking a fully qualified assigned name, my button click caused the program to search thru all available addins til it locates one with the name I assigned to the button. The problem now is that the above mentioned crash seems to have left some excel setting modified (which I assume would have been re-set if I could have completed the CodeCleaner procedure). The current symptom I am having is that whenever I click on a workbook icon in the desktop or wherever, an instance of Excel is opened but the particular workbook does NOT open. (I get the same blank grey screen that I get whenever I close all workbooks, but have not closed the xl program.) I can then use FileOpen and find the file again and open it, or click on New to open a new wbk. So, the question: Is there a way to re-set some property of Excel so I can directly open files from the window icons? TIA |
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