Compatability 97 2000 2002

[jgoulart]

I have finally found(or at least that's what I think I have found) through much frustration that in 2002 to change the font color sheet and workbook have to be unprotected. I ran my routine as follows:

Private Sub drop_Click()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False

'ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Select
unprot 'unprotects sheet and workbook
Sheets("sheet2").Range("adjshp") = ""
Sheets("invoice").Cells(38, 11).Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0) '
Sheets("invoice").Cells(38, 10).Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
protect1 'reprotects sheet and workbook
Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub


in both 97 and 2000 with no problem with out using my macros unprot(unprotects workbook and sheet) and protect1 (protects workbook and sheet). In 2002 it crashed on the command to change the font color. Is this the way it is supposed to act?

John

[Jack in the UK]

VBA XP does have changes

suggest writ XP version of the code, sounds silly surposed tobe all OK this is not the case as time is proving.

XP has advances but also trips on old code lines???

little ryme to the reason