Unable to Record

Hi All............

All of a sudden I get the error message "Unable to Record" when I try to
record a macro in a new workbook.......WinXP, XL97........I have been qable
to record all along till now.

I can unhide my Personal.xls file and am able to record there, but not in
the main book....even tho I have stripped all Add-ins and reopened a new book
several times.

Any help would be appreciated
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

Chuck

Unfortunately the "Unable to record" message has several potential causes.

Suggest you wander through these google search results dealing with this
issue. Perhaps something will do the trick.

The Personal.xls file seems to be high on the list.

http://snipurl.com/826z


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:09:04 -0800, CLR <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi All............
>
>All of a sudden I get the error message "Unable to Record" when I try to
>record a macro in a new workbook.......WinXP, XL97........I have been qable
>to record all along till now.
>
>I can unhide my Personal.xls file and am able to record there, but not in
>the main book....even tho I have stripped all Add-ins and reopened a new book
>several times.
>
>Any help would be appreciated
>Vaya con Dios,
>Chuck, CABGx3

I've tested a little further and found that I CAN record macros in
pre-existing workbooks, and of course in my Personal.xls workbook as I
already said,........... just NOT in a new workbook..........no "255
character" problem, the workbook is brand new, no entry in any cell
yet......... no "Add to favorites" problem, again, the workbook is brand
new, and the message occurs when I first try to start recording in a NEW
workbook...............any body had this problem?...........is there any
place where I can get a list of what this Excel Error message means?

TIA
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3




"CLR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All............
>
> All of a sudden I get the error message "Unable to Record" when I try to
> record a macro in a new workbook.......WinXP, XL97........I have been
qable
> to record all along till now.
>
> I can unhide my Personal.xls file and am able to record there, but not in
> the main book....even tho I have stripped all Add-ins and reopened a new
book
> several times.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
> Vaya con Dios,
> Chuck, CABGx3
>