Microsoft KB Archive/164021

= XL97: Run-Time Error '1004' Using CustomViews Collection =

Article ID: 164021

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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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.

