I writing on a G4 Mac (OS9.2) with Excel '98. When things look good, I go to an iBook G4 (OS10.3) with Excel 2004 to see how things look there. I'm finding lots of little buggy things with user forms. UserForm.ComboBox.List = Array works in '97, in 2004 it works only if the UserForm is unloaded. The tab seems to be working weird in 2004; sends the focus to the last control in the tab order. The OnKeyDown events seem disabled in 2004. Does anyone have similar experience. Is 2004 buggy? Am I getting away with bad coding in '97? Any help would be appreciated. One of these days, a bug is going to appear in a crucial area and I'd like to pre-avoid it.

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'98 - 2004 version compatibility

Thread starter mikerickson
Start date Jan 28, 2007

mikerickson

MrExcel MVP

Jan 28, 2007

I writing on a G4 Mac (OS9.2) with Excel '98. When things look good, I go to an iBook G4 (OS10.3) with Excel 2004 to see how things look there.

I'm finding lots of little buggy things with user forms.
UserForm.ComboBox.List = Array works in '97, in 2004 it works only if the UserForm is unloaded.

The tab seems to be working weird in 2004; <TAB> sends the focus to the last control in the tab order.
The OnKeyDown events seem disabled in 2004.

Does anyone have similar experience. Is 2004 buggy? Am I getting away with bad coding in '97?

Any help would be appreciated. One of these days, a bug is going to appear in a crucial area and I'd like to pre-avoid it.