XL97: Clicking Cancel Button May Not Dismiss UserForm (157758)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q157758 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, when you click a Cancel button in a custom UserForm,
the UserForm may not be dismissed as you expect.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because setting the Cancel property of a button to
True does not actually cause the UserForm to be dismissed when you click
the button.
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.
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In addition to setting the Cancel property of the button to True, you must
also include the following line of code in the subroutine assigned to the
Click event of the button:
For example, if your Cancel button is named "CancelButton", assign the
following to the Click event for the button:
Private Sub CancelButton_Click()
'You can include any additional code here. The next line of code
'is the important line.
Unload Me 'Unloads the UserForm.
End Sub
To view or edit subroutines attached to a specific button, double-click the
button while editing the UserForm in the Visual Basic Editor.
MORE INFORMATION
When you design custom UserForms in Microsoft Excel 97, you can set one
command button in the UserForm as a Cancel button. When the UserForm is
active, pressing the Escape key activates the Cancel button, just as if it
were clicked.
However, if you click the Cancel button (or press the Escape key), the
UserForm may not be dismissed. To make sure that the UserForm is dismissed,
you must also add the code "Unload Me" (without quotation marks) to the
Click event subroutine assigned to the button.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/11/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbdtacode kbProgramming KB157758 |
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