Microsoft KB Archive/166338

= XL97: Export Method Code Example in Help Is Incorrect =

Article ID: 166338

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 Q166338



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, when you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that exports a chart into a GIF file, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '1004':

Application-defined or object-defined error



CAUSE
This problem occurs if you use the OutputFileName argument with the Export method. Note that this argument is used in the example code for the topic for the Export method in the Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Help file. The argument in the example is as follows: Charts(1).Export _

OutputFileName:="current_sales.gif", FilterName:="GIF" This problem occurs because the Export method has no OutputFileName argument.



RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, change the argument name from OutputFileName to FileName. For example, use the following code: Charts(1).Export FileName:="current_sales.gif", FilterName:="GIF" After you do this, the command works correctly.



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



MORE INFORMATION
You can use the Export method in a macro to export a chart into a graphic file, such as a GIF file, a JPEG file, or any other format for which a graphics filter is installed.

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