Checking a user's version of Excel

[tmanger]

Hello all,

Is there a simple way to check a user's version of Excel on opening the workbook?

For instance, I've been using Excel 2000 and XP for most of my programming. I would like to put a short bit of code in the Open Workbook module that will warn the user if they have an older version of Excel. I've searched the board, but to no avail.

Many thanks.

Tom.

 

[Tom Urtis]

You can use Application.Version like

If Application.Version < 9 Then


XL2000 was version 9 so that's why I used 9 here, per your example.

 

[Juan Pablo González]

And you should try using

If Val(Application.Version) < 9 Then

'cause sometimes the Version (which is a string) has more than numbers in it !!

 

[Tom Urtis]

Yep, absolutely true, especially with Excel97, which is notorious for many things, testing for that alone would require something like
IF val(application.Version ) = 8 Then

or even more obnoxious, which I use for testing 97:
If Clng(Left(Application.Version,instr(Application.Version,".")-1)) = 8 Then

because in xl97, Application.Version can return something like 8.0e

 

[tmanger]

Thank you all for your suggestions. I'll play around and see if I can make it work.

As always, this board is a godsend.

Tom.