Microsoft KB Archive/232094

= XL97: Deleting a Cell Changes the UsedRange Property =

Article ID: 232094

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 Q232094





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the UsedRange property of the worksheet returns an incorrect address for the actual used range of the worksheet. If you attempt to use the Select method with the address returned by the UsedRange property, you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '1004':

Select method of range class failed.

And the macro fails.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:  You resize row heights on the worksheet.

-and- You delete a cell.

-and-  You run a macro that uses the UsedRange property, such as in the following example: ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Select 



WORKAROUND
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To return the correct used range on the worksheet, use the SpecialCells method instead of the UsedRange property. The following sample macro returns the used range of the worksheet.

NOTE: The sample macro below finds cells that contain data, such as text, values, and formulas. It does not find cells that only contain formatting and no real data. Sub MyUsedRange Dim ar As Range, r As Double, c As Integer, tr As Double, tc As Integer Dim ur As Range, fr As Double, fc As Integer, tfr As Double, tfc As Integer

On Error Resume Next fc = ActiveSheet.Columns.Count fr = ActiveSheet.Rows.Count Set ur = Union(ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants), _     ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas)) If Err.Number = 1004 Then Err.Clear Set ur = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants) End If If Err.Number = 1004 Then Err.Clear Set ur = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas) End If If Err.Number = 0 Then For Each ar In ur.Areas tr = ar.Range("A1").Row + ar.Rows.Count - 1 tc = ar.Range("A1").Column + ar.Columns.Count - 1 If tc > c Then c = tc        If tr > r Then r = tr         tfr = ar.Range("A1").Row tfc = ar.Range("A1").Column If tfc < fc Then fc = tfc If tfr < fr Then fr = tfr Next Range(Cells(fr, fc), Cells(r, c)).Select ElseIf Err.Number = 1004 Then Range("A1").Select End If End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords: kbbug kbcode kberrmsg kbpending KB232094

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