XL97: Problems with Recorded Macro That Creates Map Object (157311)

WORKAROUND

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Recording the Macro

1. In Microsoft Excel, open a new workbook.
2. In cells A1:B2 on Sheet1, type the following:

         A1: Mexico     B1: 100
         A2: Canada     B2: 150
   						

3. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Record New Macro. Type CreateMap in the "Macro name" box, and click OK to start recording.
4. Select cells A1:B2.
5. On the Insert menu, click Map. Draw the map object on the worksheet.
6. Select cell A1 on the worksheet to deactivate the map object.
7. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and click Stop Recording.

Modifying the Macro

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and click Macros. Select the Createmap macro and click Edit.
   
   The CreateMap macro appears in the Code window in the Visual Basic Editor. It will look similar to the following example:

         Sub CreateMap()
   
             Range("A1:B2").Select
             Range("B2").Activate
             ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="MSMap.8", Link:=False, _
                 DisplayAsIcon:=False, Left:=3.75, Top:=9, Width:=3.75, _
                 Height:=9).Activate
             Application.CutCopyMode = False
             Range("A1").Select
         End Sub
   						

2. Modify the macro such that the modified macro looks like the following example:

         Sub CreateMap()
   
             Range("A1:B2").Select
             Range("B2").Activate
             ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="MSMap.8", Link:=False, _
                 DisplayAsIcon:=False, Left:=50, Top:=50, Width:=200, _
                 Height:=160).Activate
             Range("A1").Select
         End Sub
   						

   Notice that you change the arguments for the Add method for the OLEObjects collection to indicate the coordinates and size of the data map. Additionally, you must remove the Application.CutCopyMode = False line.
3. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel".

To run the macro, activate Sheet1, point to Macro on the Tools menu, click Macros, select the macro "CreateMap" and click Run.