I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

RBS


"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
.. .
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RBS

"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
. ..
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

No, just a standard workbook (TimeTracking.xls) and as mentioned in my
original post, it worked just fine prior to my reinstallation of
Windows and Office.

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

Try running the VBA CodeCleaner:
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/CodeCleaner.htm

RBS

"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
m...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Try running the VBA CodeCleaner:
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/CodeCleaner.htm

It's not a code problem -- it's something with this particular
spreadsheet and only on my machine. The procedure runs fine on other
machines, and the event runs fine on my machine in other spreadsheets.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I don't think I'll ever figure out what exactly is causing this. In
the interim, I've changed the event to TempWorkbook_Open and called
another procedure that holds my original code in it. That seems to be
working, and while it doesn't fix the problem, it's a formiddable
workaround.

Thanks again,
MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
om...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

Maybe you should post all the code involved.

RBS

"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Try running the VBA CodeCleaner:
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/CodeCleaner.htm

It's not a code problem -- it's something with this particular
spreadsheet and only on my machine. The procedure runs fine on other
machines, and the event runs fine on my machine in other spreadsheets.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I don't think I'll ever figure out what exactly is causing this. In
the interim, I've changed the event to TempWorkbook_Open and called
another procedure that holds my original code in it. That seems to be
working, and while it doesn't fix the problem, it's a formiddable
workaround.

Thanks again,
MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
m...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
news:1tmkf2t07ngsdo09c667nvqtrdn99nk5cg@4ax. com...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is
handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products
at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is
focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook
and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever
I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next
time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've
even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no
avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Maybe you should post all the code involved.

I did so in my original post. I changed the code (for simplicity) to:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

Even that didn't run at startup. There's no point in posting the
entire code that I normally run, because it's long and the problem is
not the code. A simple MsgBox won't even run when the spreadsheet is
opened. This is not a problem with the code, but with this particular
spreadsheet firing off this particular event on this particular
machine.

If you understand this (and realize that I'm not being difficult),
you'll see why it is so frustrating for me.

MP-


"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Try running the VBA CodeCleaner:
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/CodeCleaner.htm

It's not a code problem -- it's something with this particular
spreadsheet and only on my machine. The procedure runs fine on other
machines, and the event runs fine on my machine in other spreadsheets.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I don't think I'll ever figure out what exactly is causing this. In
the interim, I've changed the event to TempWorkbook_Open and called
another procedure that holds my original code in it. That seems to be
working, and while it doesn't fix the problem, it's a formiddable
workaround.

Thanks again,
MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
om...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
news:1tmkf2t07ngsdo09c667nvqtrdn99nk5cg@4ax .com...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is
handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products
at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is
focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook
and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's whenever
I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next
time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've
even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no
avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

I still think there is some code somewhere in your workbook that is causing
this trouble. Many times I have thought: this is just baffling and I never
will
find the cause for this problem, but in the end I always do.

What happens when you remove all the code of the WB, except:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

Does it compile in the original (trouble-some) state?

Could there be a problem with the References?

Did you actually run the CodeCleaner?

I would be interested in the opinion of one of the real Excel experts.

RBS


"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Maybe you should post all the code involved.

I did so in my original post. I changed the code (for simplicity) to:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

Even that didn't run at startup. There's no point in posting the
entire code that I normally run, because it's long and the problem is
not the code. A simple MsgBox won't even run when the spreadsheet is
opened. This is not a problem with the code, but with this particular
spreadsheet firing off this particular event on this particular
machine.

If you understand this (and realize that I'm not being difficult),
you'll see why it is so frustrating for me.

MP-


"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Try running the VBA CodeCleaner:
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/CodeCleaner.htm

It's not a code problem -- it's something with this particular
spreadsheet and only on my machine. The procedure runs fine on other
machines, and the event runs fine on my machine in other spreadsheets.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I don't think I'll ever figure out what exactly is causing this. In
the interim, I've changed the event to TempWorkbook_Open and called
another procedure that holds my original code in it. That seems to be
working, and while it doesn't fix the problem, it's a formiddable
workaround.

Thanks again,
MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
m...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
news:do7mf2t3srbh3eqacg93dim7qf80t0lbmd@4ax. com...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change
was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
news:1tmkf2t07ngsdo09c667nvqtrdn99nk5cg@4a x.com...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is
handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products
at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is
focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook
and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's
whenever
I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave
one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next
time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've
even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no
avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

I still think there is some code somewhere in your workbook that is causing
this trouble. Many times I have thought: this is just baffling and I never
will find the cause for this problem, but in the end I always do.

What happens when you remove all the code of the WB, except:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

The only code that remained in ThisWorkbook was the Workbook_Open
event above. The remaining code was moved to a module for holding.
The Workbook_Event still doesn't fire as it should.

Does it compile in the original (trouble-some) state?

Yes, it compiles fine, and runs as expected when I run it from the
VBE. Similarly, if I open the spreadsheet on one of the other
machines on my network here at the house, the Workbook_Open event
performs perfectly upon opening the document. This problem is limited
to my machine, and only to this particular spreadsheet.

Could there be a problem with the References?

No, because dropping the code to a MsgBox and running it doesn't work
either, yet creating a new spreadsheet (on same machine) and writing
an Workbook_Open event runs just fine.

Did you actually run the CodeCleaner?

No, because dropping the code to a MsgBox and running it doesn't work
either, yet creating a new spreadsheet (on same machine) and writing
an Workbook_Open event runs just fine.

I would be interested in the opinion of one of the real Excel experts.

Me too. This seems to be one of those weird quirky things that I
don't know we'll ever truly figure out. My request was not so much
for knowledge (i.e. how to fix Excel when it does this) as it was for
experience (i.e. it did that to me once and here's how I fixed it).

I don't think it's a problem with Excel, my code, this file, or my
machine. The only thing I can think of is that it's a bug that
depends on something in the file (specifically with the Workbook_Open
event) and my machine in order to appear.

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Maybe you should post all the code involved.

I did so in my original post. I changed the code (for simplicity) to:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

Even that didn't run at startup. There's no point in posting the
entire code that I normally run, because it's long and the problem is
not the code. A simple MsgBox won't even run when the spreadsheet is
opened. This is not a problem with the code, but with this particular
spreadsheet firing off this particular event on this particular
machine.

If you understand this (and realize that I'm not being difficult),
you'll see why it is so frustrating for me.

MP-


"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Try running the VBA CodeCleaner:
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/CodeCleaner.htm

It's not a code problem -- it's something with this particular
spreadsheet and only on my machine. The procedure runs fine on other
machines, and the event runs fine on my machine in other spreadsheets.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I don't think I'll ever figure out what exactly is causing this. In
the interim, I've changed the event to TempWorkbook_Open and called
another procedure that holds my original code in it. That seems to be
working, and while it doesn't fix the problem, it's a formiddable
workaround.

Thanks again,
MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
om...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
news:do7mf2t3srbh3eqacg93dim7qf80t0lbmd@4ax .com...
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change
was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
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I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is
handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various products
at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is
focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in ThisWorkbook
and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's
whenever
I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave
one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me next
time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago, it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and I've
even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no
avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

How about taking items out of the WB, step by step and re-save and see when
the problem disappears?
So, start with taking out normal modules.
Take out any class modules.
Then delete sheets one by one.
etc.

Still think it is worth a try to run the CodeCleaner.

RBS

"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
...
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

I still think there is some code somewhere in your workbook that is
causing
this trouble. Many times I have thought: this is just baffling and I never
will find the cause for this problem, but in the end I always do.

What happens when you remove all the code of the WB, except:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

The only code that remained in ThisWorkbook was the Workbook_Open
event above. The remaining code was moved to a module for holding.
The Workbook_Event still doesn't fire as it should.

Does it compile in the original (trouble-some) state?

Yes, it compiles fine, and runs as expected when I run it from the
VBE. Similarly, if I open the spreadsheet on one of the other
machines on my network here at the house, the Workbook_Open event
performs perfectly upon opening the document. This problem is limited
to my machine, and only to this particular spreadsheet.

Could there be a problem with the References?

No, because dropping the code to a MsgBox and running it doesn't work
either, yet creating a new spreadsheet (on same machine) and writing
an Workbook_Open event runs just fine.

Did you actually run the CodeCleaner?

No, because dropping the code to a MsgBox and running it doesn't work
either, yet creating a new spreadsheet (on same machine) and writing
an Workbook_Open event runs just fine.

I would be interested in the opinion of one of the real Excel experts.

Me too. This seems to be one of those weird quirky things that I
don't know we'll ever truly figure out. My request was not so much
for knowledge (i.e. how to fix Excel when it does this) as it was for
experience (i.e. it did that to me once and here's how I fixed it).

I don't think it's a problem with Excel, my code, this file, or my
machine. The only thing I can think of is that it's a bug that
depends on something in the file (specifically with the Workbook_Open
event) and my machine in order to appear.

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Maybe you should post all the code involved.

I did so in my original post. I changed the code (for simplicity) to:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

Even that didn't run at startup. There's no point in posting the
entire code that I normally run, because it's long and the problem is
not the code. A simple MsgBox won't even run when the spreadsheet is
opened. This is not a problem with the code, but with this particular
spreadsheet firing off this particular event on this particular
machine.

If you understand this (and realize that I'm not being difficult),
you'll see why it is so frustrating for me.

MP-


"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
m...
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:
Try running the VBA CodeCleaner:
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/CodeCleaner.htm

It's not a code problem -- it's something with this particular
spreadsheet and only on my machine. The procedure runs fine on other
machines, and the event runs fine on my machine in other spreadsheets.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I don't think I'll ever figure out what exactly is causing this. In
the interim, I've changed the event to TempWorkbook_Open and called
another procedure that holds my original code in it. That seems to be
working, and while it doesn't fix the problem, it's a formiddable
workaround.

Thanks again,
MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Is the workbook an .xla file?
Workbook_Open may not work with that.

RB, what's really weird, is that I created a new workbook and added
a
MsgBox to the Workbook_Open event and it worked fine. So apparently
it's only my OLD spreadsheet that is no longer working as expected.

Any suggestions at all?

MP-




"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, "RB Smissaert" wrote:

Try lowering security in Excel, via Tools, Macro, Security.

Hi, and thanks for responding..

My macro security setting is already on Medium (since that change
was
necessary to load macros) and setting it to Low does not rememdy
the
problem. My previous installation was set to Medium as well.

Any other thoughts?

MP-



"Mangus Pyke" <manguspyke[at]comcast[dot]net wrote in message
news:1tmkf2t07ngsdo09c667nvqtrdn99nk5cg@ 4ax.com...
I recently installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am experiencing
some
odd behavior with the way in which the workbook.open event is
handled.

I keep a timesheet for which I record my hours on various
products
at
work, which allows me to see a breakdown of where my time is
focused,
as well as some convenient statistics (average hours/day, etc).

I wrote a short procedure a while back that lives in
ThisWorkbook
and
locks all of the worksheets except for the current month's
whenever
I
open the document, with the intent that if I inadvertently leave
one
unlocked, the document will automatically remedy this for me
next
time
I load it. When I reloaded Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago,
it
suddenly stopped working.

My procedure is not running when the document is opened, and
I've
even
shortened it to just a MsgBox (see below) to test it, but to no
avail.
Any suggestions would be very welcomed.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Test.", vbOKOnly, "Macro"
End Sub

MP-

I have been trying to figure out the same issue with my spreadsheet.
File works fine on the computer I wrote it on but trying to use it on my
laptop and the Workbook_Open won't fire. If you find the cause please
post it and I will do the same. Thanks.


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