OFF97: Unable to Record Adding To Favorites in Open Dialog Box (176174)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q176174 SYMPTOMS
If you click Add To Favorites in the Open dialog box while recording a
macro, the program does not record this step.
CAUSE
The Open dialog box does not return the selection of Add to Favorites to
the macro recorder, so it is not recorded.
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To add a file shortcut to the Favorites folder, you need to manually insert
one of the following statements into your recorded macro, where <file name>
is the name of the file you want to add.
Excel
Worksheets("<file name>").AddToFavorites
PowerPoint
Presentations("<file name>").AddToFavorites
Word
Documents("<file name>").AddToFavorites
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATIONREFERENCES
For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for
Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/13/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming KB176174 |
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