macro warning
I have a workbook that consists of 15 worksheets. One for each
month and then a summary page for the year plus a couple of worksheets containing charts. Every time I open it I'm prompted that the workbook contains macros. I haven't created any macros. I go to toolsmacros and bring up the window no macros are shown. Anybody have any ideas why this is happening? Not really a show stopper but rather irritating. gls858 |
One possibility is that you need to delete any empty modules that may have
housed macros. Hit ALT+F11 and this will open the VBE (Visual Basic Editor) Top left you will hopefully see an explorer style pane. Within this pane you need to search for your workbook's name, and when you find it you may need to click on the + to expand it. Within that you should see the following:- VBAProject(Your_Filename) Microsoft Excel Objects Sheet1(Sheet1) Sheet2(Sheet2) Sheet3(Sheet3) ThisWorkbook Modules Module1 Module2 etc etc (You may have just 1 of these) If you have named your sheets then those names will appear in the brackets above as opposed to what you see at the moment in my note. Right click on the modules and select remove. When prompted with a question re exporting, just hit no. Then hit File / Close and return to Microsoft Excel and save the file. -- Regards Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "gls858" wrote in message ... I have a workbook that consists of 15 worksheets. One for each month and then a summary page for the year plus a couple of worksheets containing charts. Every time I open it I'm prompted that the workbook contains macros. I haven't created any macros. I go to toolsmacros and bring up the window no macros are shown. Anybody have any ideas why this is happening? Not really a show stopper but rather irritating. gls858 |
Ken Wright wrote:
One possibility is that you need to delete any empty modules that may have housed macros. Hit ALT+F11 and this will open the VBE (Visual Basic Editor) Top left you will hopefully see an explorer style pane. Within this pane you need to search for your workbook's name, and when you find it you may need to click on the + to expand it. Within that you should see the following:- VBAProject(Your_Filename) Microsoft Excel Objects Sheet1(Sheet1) Sheet2(Sheet2) Sheet3(Sheet3) ThisWorkbook Modules Module1 Module2 etc etc (You may have just 1 of these) If you have named your sheets then those names will appear in the brackets above as opposed to what you see at the moment in my note. Right click on the modules and select remove. When prompted with a question re exporting, just hit no. Then hit File / Close and return to Microsoft Excel and save the file. Ken, thanks for the reply. I did in fact have an empty module. I deleted it and saved the file. I still get the warning. Any other ideas? gls858 |
Nick Hodge wrote:
gls858 Try here http://www.nickhodge.co.uk/tipstrick...warningremoval Thanks Nick. There was an event code on each workbook. I deleted it and the warning is gone. I know I didn't write any code on these sheets. I wouldn't know how :-) I assume it was something that Excel put in automagically for some reason. Here's the VB. Any idea why it was added? Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) End Sub gls858 |
Nothing is put there by MS. It requires the steps you took and then
dropping down the top left dropdown and selecting the 'object' (Worksheet, etc). This then puts the default event code template in ready to enter your code. That's what you have. On it's own that code does nothing. (Except fire the security warning!) -- HTH Nick Hodge Microsoft MVP - Excel Southampton, England HIS "gls858" wrote in message ... Nick Hodge wrote: gls858 Try here http://www.nickhodge.co.uk/tipstrick...warningremoval Thanks Nick. There was an event code on each workbook. I deleted it and the warning is gone. I know I didn't write any code on these sheets. I wouldn't know how :-) I assume it was something that Excel put in automagically for some reason. Here's the VB. Any idea why it was added? Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) End Sub gls858 |
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Debra Dalgleish has info and instructions here......... http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlfaqMac.html#NoMacros Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:27:41 -0600, gls858 wrote: I have a workbook that consists of 15 worksheets. One for each month and then a summary page for the year plus a couple of worksheets containing charts. Every time I open it I'm prompted that the workbook contains macros. I haven't created any macros. I go to toolsmacros and bring up the window no macros are shown. Anybody have any ideas why this is happening? Not really a show stopper but rather irritating. gls858 |
Gord Dibben wrote:
gls Debra Dalgleish has info and instructions here......... http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlfaqMac.html#NoMacros Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:27:41 -0600, gls858 wrote: I have a workbook that consists of 15 worksheets. One for each month and then a summary page for the year plus a couple of worksheets containing charts. Every time I open it I'm prompted that the workbook contains macros. I haven't created any macros. I go to toolsmacros and bring up the window no macros are shown. Anybody have any ideas why this is happening? Not really a show stopper but rather irritating. gls858 Thanks Gord. Got it sorted. Looks like it must be a fairly common problem. gls858 |
Nick Hodge wrote:
Nothing is put there by MS. It requires the steps you took and then dropping down the top left dropdown and selecting the 'object' (Worksheet, etc). This then puts the default event code template in ready to enter your code. That's what you have. On it's own that code does nothing. (Except fire the security warning!) Can't imagine who would have done it. My end users wouldn't have a clue. The weird thing is that it was on every sheet. No matter, got it fixed now. Thanks, gls858 |
If it was on every sheet then chances are that during the design stage
somebody was looking at the original sheet in the VBE before all the other sheets were copied from that one. Just clicking on the dropdown arrow in the VBE would generate that code, albeit by itself it does absolutely nothing. Copying the sheet would then also copy the code etc etc. -- Regards Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "gls858" wrote in message ... Nick Hodge wrote: Nothing is put there by MS. It requires the steps you took and then dropping down the top left dropdown and selecting the 'object' (Worksheet, etc). This then puts the default event code template in ready to enter your code. That's what you have. On it's own that code does nothing. (Except fire the security warning!) Can't imagine who would have done it. My end users wouldn't have a clue. The weird thing is that it was on every sheet. No matter, got it fixed now. Thanks, gls858 |
Ken Wright wrote:
If it was on every sheet then chances are that during the design stage somebody was looking at the original sheet in the VBE before all the other sheets were copied from that one. Just clicking on the dropdown arrow in the VBE would generate that code, albeit by itself it does absolutely nothing. Copying the sheet would then also copy the code etc etc. Thanks Ken. I built the workbook in 2000 and we simply copy it over each year to a new workbook and clear the data. It's possible that I was poking around in the VBE. Not sure WHY I would have been doing it because I don't know VB at all. But then, that's never stopped me before :-) gls858 |
If you've never had the message before then my theory's out the window, but
if it's always been there then my money's on my theory :-) -- Regards Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "gls858" wrote in message ... <snip |
Ken Wright wrote:
If you've never had the message before then my theory's out the window, but if it's always been there then my money's on my theory :-) My guess is it's always been there. I rarely use this workbook. My end users have a bad habit of not telling me when something isn't working exactly as expected. They just click yes or no and go their merry little way. I always tell them I can't fix it if I don't know it's broke. thanks again for the help, gls858 |
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