"DisplayAlerts" Error Running Macro in MS Internet Explorer (165435)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q165435

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0, when you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that is in a Microsoft Excel workbook, you may receive the following error message
Run-time error '1004':
Method 'DisplayAlerts' of object '_Application' failed
and the macro halts.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you set the DisplayAlerts property of Microsoft Excel to True or False using macro code that is similar to the following: 
   Application.DisplayAlerts = False

-or- 

   Application.DisplayAlerts = True

WORKAROUND

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   On Error Resume Next
You can also add the following line of code AFTER the line of code that changes the DisplayAlerts property: 
   On Error GoTo 0
For example, use the following macro: 
   Sub Test()
       On Error Resume Next                'This line is required.
       Application.DisplayAlerts = False
       On Error GoTo 0                     'This line is optional.
   End Sub
By adding these lines of code to your macro, you suppress the error message and the macro continues to run. Note that you cannot change the DisplayAlerts property.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

You cannot change the DisplayAlerts property of the Microsoft Excel program when you view a workbook in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. When you do this, you receive an error message and the macro halts.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB165435
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