XL97: Modules Inserted Manually Are Not in Modules Collection

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Visual Basic for Applications macro to determine the members in the Modules collection in a workbook, some Visual Basic modules may be excluded from the collection.

CAUSE

Any modules that you manually insert into a project in the Visual Basic Editor are not added to the Modules collection. Only modules that are added using the Add method for the Module object are members of the Modules collection.

For backward compatibility, the Modules collection is available in Microsoft Excel 97; however, modules that you add manually are not added to the collection.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft provides examples of Visual Basic for Applications procedures for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. The Visual Basic procedures in this article are provided 'as is' and Microsoft does not guarantee that they can be used in all situations. While Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular macro, they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality, nor will they help you construct macros to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to consult one of the Microsoft Solution Providers. Solution Providers offer a wide range of fee-based services, including creating custom macros. For more information about Microsoft Solution Providers, call Microsoft Customer Information Service at (800) 426-9400.

To return all components of a project, use the VBComponents collection of the project. For example, the following macro loops through all of the components in the active project and displays a message box with the name of each component:

   Sub Project_Components()
      For Each x In Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents
         MsgBox x.Name
      Next
   End Sub

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97.

REFERENCES

For more information about modules, click the Index tab in Visual Basic for Applications Help, type the following text

   modules, creating