XL97: "Project Is Unviewable" Error Message When You Try to View Project (169374)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q169374

SYMPTOMS

If you try to view a Visual Basic for Applications project in the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, you may receive the following error message
Project Locked
Project is unviewable
even though you did not lock the project for viewing in the properties for the project. You may also receive this message if you click VBAProject Properties on the Tools menu in the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you try to view a project that is in a shared workbook.

WORKAROUND

You cannot view a project in a shared workbook. If you want to view a project in a shared workbook, disable sharing. To disable sharing, use the following steps:
  1. Open the shared workbook.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Share Workbook.
  3. Click to clear "Allow changes by more than one user at the same time" and click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

Some features in Microsoft Excel 97 are not available when you use a shared workbook. In a shared workbook, you cannot write, change view, record, or assign macros. However, you can record a macro that is stored in another workbook that is not shared. You can run macros that were created before the workbook was shared; however, if you run a macro that includes an operation that is unavailable, the macro stops at that point.

REFERENCES

For more information about limitations using shared workbooks, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text

shared workbooks, limitations

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Limitations of shared workbooks" topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/22/2000
Keywords:kberrmsg KB169374
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