Versioning Question

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ExcelMan

Is there a way to use a VBA feature in Excel 2000 when running in Excel
2000, but have the system not us it when running in Excel 97?

I've created a modeless dialog box for my application. I want it to run in
Excel 2000 (and it does) but when I try to run the app in Excel 97 I get a
compile error because Excel 97 does not accept the vbModeless parameter
after the Form.Show command.

I've tried containing it in a If statment, but that doesn't solve the
problem.

Is there anything equivalent to the precompiler statements in C that I can
use here?

Thanks.
 
ExcelMan,

Have you tried

If Application.Version > 8 Then
UserForm1.Show vbModeless
Else
UserForm1.Show
End If


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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
 
Hi Bob

It errs on 97 because vbModeless is unknown. The trick is to place that into an isolated
sub that won't be called in 97:

Sub Main()
Select Case Val(Application.Version)
Case 8
UserForm1.Show
Case 9 To 99
Call Modeles
Case Else
End Select
End Sub

Private Sub Modeles()
UserForm1.Show vbModeless
End Sub
 
Harald,

Thanks for showing me that. I don't have 97 on this machine to test, and
although what you say is obvious (once someone tells you that is <vbg>), I
just strung together logical code. Ain't that always the way, logical code
doesn't always work. I guess that is why we spend so much on testing!

Regards

Bob
 
What's a Mac <vbg>

Bob

PS Actually I had an Apple IIe back in 1980, then one of the early Macs. I
wanted a Lisa, but could never afford it.
 
Hi Bob

Except for the brilliant conditional compilation, I think isolating it is the only way
around it. This was one of the colorful debates back in the Hawley days, that's why I
remember it so well:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2C4167F5

quote: "I have not tested this but if the UserForm ShowModal Property is set to False, it
will simply show as Modal in pre 2000 versions and show as not Modal in >97 versions. So
is there any need to test?"

:-)

HTH. Best wishes Harald
Excel MVP

Followup to newsgroup only please.
 
Thanks, Harald, you confirm what I expected, but that makes an interesting
read anyway.

I see what Dave was getting at, but a very loose phrasing certainly confused
a few folks.

By the way, you are Norwegian are you not? If so, I would have expected you
to spell colourful correctly <vbg>.

Regards

Bob
 
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