Microsoft KB Archive/162439

= WD97: Unable to Get Count of Table Rows or Columns =

Article ID: 162439

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162439





SYMPTOMS
In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you attempt to obtain the number of table rows or columns from a document range, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '5907': There is no table at this location.



CAUSE
This error occurs when you use any of the following statements: ActiveDocument.Content.Rows.Count

ActiveDocument.Content.Columns.Count ActiveDocument.Range.Rows.Count ActiveDocument.Range.Columns.Count This error occurs regardless of whether a table exists in a document.



WORKAROUND
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To obtain a total count of rows in all tables in a document, set up a looping structure to iterate through the tables collection. In the following example, if a table does not exist, the value returned will be zero: Sub GetTotalDocumentRowCount Dim tblTable As Table Dim iCount As Integer ' Loop through tables in body of active document. For Each tblTable In ActiveDocument.Tables ' Obtain count of rows for each table and combine. iCount = iCount + tblTable.Rows.Count Next MsgBox iCount End Sub



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



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

