XL2000: Goto Method Fails When Custom Dialog Box Is Visible

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This article was previously published under Q213812

Symptoms

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses the Application.Goto method to jump to a cell or range of cells, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Run time error '1004'
Goto method of Application class failed

-or-

Run-time error '1004':
Method 'Goto' of object '_Application' failed

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Cause

This behavior occurs when you use code similar to the following while a custom dialog box is active:

Application.Goto _
    Reference:=Workbooks("Book1").Sheets("Sheet1").Range("C5"), _
    Scroll:=True

NOTE: This does not occur when you use a custom UserForm in Microsoft Excel 2000.

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Workaround

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To work around this problem, use macro code similar to the following example.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

' Select the appropriate section of the worksheet.
' (This code has similar results to the Reference:= argument
' that you use with the Goto command.)
Workbooks("Book1").Activate
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Range("C5").Select

' Scroll such that the selected cell is in the top left corner of the
' active window. (This code has similar results to the Scroll:=True
' argument that you use with the Goto command.)
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = ActiveCell.Column
ActiveWindow.ScrollRow = ActiveCell.Row

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