XL: Macro to Determine If Excel Is Open for In-Place Editing

 Last reviewed: December 1, 1997
Article ID: Q110754
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, there is no Visual Basic function to determine whether Microsoft Excel is open for in-place editing. To return this information in a Visual Basic procedure, you must run a Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro that uses the GET.WORKSPACE() macro function.

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When you embed a Microsoft Excel worksheet or chart in a program that supports in-place activation, when you double-click the embedded object, you remain in the client application but the menus and toolbars change to those of Microsoft Excel. It may be useful in a Visual Basic procedure to determine whether Microsoft Excel is open for in-place editing. For example, you may create an add-in that needs to perform different actions if Microsoft Excel is open for in-place editing.

The GET.WORKSPACE() macro function returns information about the workspace. You can use this function with the following syntax to determine whether Microsoft Excel is open for in-place editing: 

   =GET.WORKSPACE(71)
To return this information in a Visual Basic procedure, you can use the RUN method to run a Microsoft Excel version 4.0 macro containing the GET.WORKSPACE(71) function. The following procedure, demonstrates how to use this method.

  1. In a new Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheet, enter the following: 

          A1:  Inplace_Edit
      A2:  =ALERT(GET.WORKSPACE(71))
      A3:  =RETURN()

  2. Select cell A1. On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define.

  3. In the Names In Workbook box, type "Inplace_Edit" (without the quotation marks). In the Refers To box, type "=Macro1!$A$1" (without the quotation marks). Under Macro, select the Command option, and then click OK.

  4. In a new Visual Basic module, type the following: 

          Sub Test()
         MsgBox Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro("GET.WORKSPACE(71)")
      End Sub
When you run the Visual Basic procedure "Test," a message box appears with the value "True" if Microsoft Excel is open for in-place editing, or "False" if Microsoft Excel is open for normal editing.

REFERENCES

For more information about Editing a Microsoft Excel Object Embedded In Another Application, choose the Search button in Help and type: 

    in-place activation
For more information about the Run Method, choose the Search button in the Visual Basic Reference and type: 

    Run Method

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Last reviewed: December 1, 1997
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