Subtotal command behaves differently 97 - 2003
 

I've had an Excel workbook given to me to examine because it fails to work
as expected when converted from Excel 97 to Excel 2003. There is no run time
error or any such problem. What I have identified is that the subtotal
command behaves differently in 97 to what it does in 2003.

The code in the program selects a range of ~648 rows which it then sorts
desc on Column "I". Column "I" contains blank values from row 152 downward
when the statement;

Selection.subtotal ....

executes. In 97, after this execution, 2 subtotal lines are inserted. One
at line 152 in the middle of the selection displaying a total for the lines
above it (NOTE: Cell I:152 now contains the value of I:151 followed by the "
Totals"), and one at line 650 for all lines in the selection (649 is left
blank for reasons I am not aware of). In 2003 however, the two lines are
inserted at line 649 and 650 both displaying the same values.

In 97 it appears that the execution is interpretting where the end of the
dataset is by finding where cells become blank in Column "I" and inserts a
total line immediately thereafter (Row 152). Whereas 2003 pays no attention
to this factor whatsoever and totals the entire selection as is dictated by
the code.

This workbook has since been passed through a proprietary 'converter' which
has no effect whatsoever. Because Excel uses thesame format for 97 and 2003
I can run the converted file on both versions however I am experiencing
precisely the same results.

I haven't been able to uncover any documentation of this issue anywhere via
google so I'm wondering if anyone can provide any answers. I have
essentially concluded that it is a but and that I will end up having to code
around it but given the nature of my current project, I half expect to
experience this again so wouldlike to know if code changes are my only option.

Regs,
Mr. Smith

BUMP - Please help
 

Mr. Smith