Article ID: 164021
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q164021
SYMPTOMS
In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you attempt to reference the
last object in the CustomViews collection by index number, you may receive
the following error message:
Run-Time Error '1004'
Application-defined or object-defined error
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the last view you create is the last object in the
CustomViews collection.
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, create a temporary view as the last object in
the collection. To do this, use the following macro:
Sub GetCustomViewNames()
Dim VwArray() As String, i As Integer
'Create a temporary view.
ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Add "Temporary"
For i = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Count - 1
ReDim Preserve VwArray( 1 To i)
VwArray(i) = ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews(i).Name
MsgBox VwArray(i)
Next i
'Delete temporary view.
ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews("Temporary").Delete
End Sub
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.
REFERENCES
For more information about the CustomViews Collection Object, click the
Office Assistant in Microsoft Visual Basic Help, type the following text
and then click the the "CustomViews Collection Object" topic.
Additional query words: 97 XL97
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