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PRJ98: Expected Function or Variable Error When Using Add Method

Article ID: 192024

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q192024

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Sub procedure (or macro) that contains the Add method, the Visual Basic Editor may become active and you receive following error message:

Compile error:

Expected Function or variable.

In addition, the Add statement is highlighted in the Visual Basic Editor.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you use the Add method to return the index of a split part that was created, for example:

Set SP = ActiveProject.Tasks(n).SplitParts.Add (StartSplitPartOn:=
"<startdate>", EndSplitPartOn:="<enddate>")

MsgBox ActiveProject.Tasks(n).SplitParts.Add (StartSplitPartOn:=
"<startdate>", EndSplitPartOn:="<enddate>")

NOTE: In these examples, n represents the task number such as Tasks(10). <startdate> and <enddate> represent a date such as StartSplitPartOn:="9/1/98".

The ADD method cannot return an index number when used with the SplitParts collection.

WORKAROUND

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. If you don't need an index number, you can use the following syntax to create a split:

ActiveProject.Tasks(n).SplitParts.Add StartSplitPartOn:="<startdate>",
EndSplitPartOn:="<enddate>"

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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