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XL2000: ActivatePrevious Method Uses Z-Order Defined by User


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This article was previously published under Q213420

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Symptoms

The ActivatePrevious and ActivateNext methods may not activate windows in the order that you expect.

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Workaround

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

To work around this problem, use the following procedure:
Sub Test()

    ' Create a new window.
    ActiveWindow.NewWindow

    ' Create a second new window.
    ActiveWindow.NewWindow

    ' For each open window, display the name of the window.
    For Each x In Windows
        MsgBox x.Caption
    Next x

End Sub
				

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: KB213420, kbprogramming, kbpending, kbdtacode, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 213420
Revision : 7
Created on : 11/23/2006
Published on : 11/23/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 453