XL97: "Cannot Quit" After Using Visual Basic Editor (172261)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q172261 SYMPTOMS
When you quit Microsoft Excel 97, you may receive the following error
message:
Cannot quit Microsoft Excel.
You are unable to quit Microsoft Excel 97.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if you attempt to quit Microsoft Excel 97 after
performing either of the following actions:
- You press F8 when the pointer is not inside a subroutine or a function.
-or-
- You press F8 when the pointer is in an empty Visual Basic module.
NOTE: If you subsequently run a Visual Basic macro or subroutine, the
problem does not occur.
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If this problem occurs, run a Visual Basic subroutine. To run a subroutine,
use either of the following methods:
After you run a subroutine, you can quit Microsoft Excel 97.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in
Microsoft Excel 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
Normally, if you press F8 when the Visual Basic Editor is active, the
selected subroutine or function is run in "step into" mode. When you run a
macro in this mode, you can execute one line of code at a time by pressing
F8 repeatedly. You can exit step into mode by pressing F5. The Visual Basic
Editor also automatically exits Step Into mode when a macro is completed.
If you press F8 when the pointer is not inside a subroutine or function,
Microsoft Excel 97 enters step into mode; however, no macro is active. As a
result, even though no macro is running, Microsoft Excel 97 behaves as
through a macro is running. When this behavior occurs, you cannot quit
Microsoft Excel 97.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/23/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbbug kbdtacode kbProgramming KB172261 |
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