XL2000: Alert for Previous Version Is Displayed by Using the OnSave Property (212030)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
This article was previously published under Q212030

SYMPTOMS

When you save a workbook to an earlier version of Microsoft Excel, you may receive the following error message, where File name is the name of the workbook that you are trying to save:
File name was created in a previous version of Microsoft Excel. Do you want to update it to the new format?

To update it, click Yes.

To save it in the existing format, click No. Some types of changes may be lost.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you have run a macro that uses the OnSave property of the ActiveWorkbook property, and you are saving to an earlier version of Microsoft Excel.

WORKAROUND

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To avoid receiving this message, temporarily change the default workbook format when you save the workbook. The following macro example illustrates how to do this: 
Dim bFlag As Boolean
Sub Auto_Open()
   ' Automatically invoke the OnSave property when user clicks Save
   ' and redirect to the Save_Macro routine.
   ActiveWorkbook.OnSave = "Save_Macro"
End Sub
Sub Save_Macro(bFlag)
   ' Change the default file format to Excel 6.0.
   Application.DefaultSaveFormat = xlExcel6
   ' Save the workbook.
   ActiveWorkbook.Save
   ' Change the default file format back to Excel 2000.
   Application.DefaultSaveFormat = xlWorkbookNormal
End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

The OnSave property is included in Microsoft Excel 2000 for backward compatibility with earlier versions of Excel. The OnSave property was introduced in Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0, but can still be used in Excel 2000. The OnSave property returns or sets the name of a Visual Basic procedure to run after the user invokes the Save command, but before the workbook is actually saved. The OnSave property has been replaced by the BeforeSave event in Excel 2000.

For additional information about the OnSave property, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

213779 XL2000: OnSave Property Is Not Available in Object Browser

REFERENCES

For more information about the BeforeSave event, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type beforesave event in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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