Microsoft KB Archive/188564

= XL98: Run-Time Errors Using UserForms Collection =

Article ID: 188564

Article Last Modified on 9/12/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q188564





SYMPTOMS
When you refer to the UserForms collection in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Run-time error '13':

Type mismatch

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Run-time error '9':

Subscript out of range



CAUSE
The UserForms collection is a collection of currently loaded user forms; however, it does not provide its list as a property of the collection. Therefore, a statement such as "UserForms(1).Show" returns run-time error 9. In order to refer to an item in the UserForms collection, you must first add the UserForm list element to the UserForms 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. To refer to a user form within a UserForms collection and return a property or method for the user form, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Create a UserForm Object
The following subroutine displays a user form that has been created. Sub ShowForm

Dim x As Object

'Create an object called "x" to refer to UserForm1. Set x = VBA.UserForms.Add("UserForm1")

'Display the name of UserForm1. MsgBox x.Name

'Show UserForm1. x.Show

End Sub

Method 2: Refer Directly to the User Form
The following two statements display a user form that has been created: UserForm1.Show -or- VBA.UserForms.Add("UserForm1").Show

Method 3: Reference the Item Property (index) of the User Form
The following subroutine displays a UserForm that has been created. Sub ShowForm Dim x As Integer

'Open UserForm1 into memory. Load UserForm1

'Count the loaded UserForms and subtract one 'because UserForm indexes start at zero. x = UserForms.Count - 1

'Show UserForm1. UserForms.Item(x).Show

End Sub



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

