Microsoft KB Archive/213326

= XL2000: Error When You Use Array with Range Method =

Article ID: 213326

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213326





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 2000, you can store cell addresses in a user-defined array. If you attempt to select the entire array of cells by using the Range method in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Run-time error '1004':

Range method of Application class failed

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Run-time error '1004':

Method 'Range' of object '_Global' failed



CAUSE
The way that cell addresses are stored in an array may cause the Range method to fail when you select the entire array of cells. To illustrate this, the following array (named myArray) loads an array of cell addresses and allows the Range method to select the entire range: Dim myArray myArray = Selection.Address Range(myArray).Select By using this statement, you store the selected range to the myArray array in the following format:

myArray("A1, A3, A5, A7")

However, the following Visual Basic for Applications method stores the selected cells to the array. Selecting the array results in one of the macro error message described in the "Symptoms" section. Option Base 1

Sub ArrayExample Dim myArray For counter = 1 To 1 ReDim Preserve myArray(counter) myArray(counter) = Cells(counter, 1) Next counter Range(myArray).Select End Sub By using this looping procedure, you store the selected range to the myArray array in the following format:

myArray("A1", "A3", "A5", "A7")

This format causes the Range method to fail when you select the entire array of addresses.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals 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 needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified Partner or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about Microsoft Certified Partners, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/30000104

For more information about the support options that are available and about how to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

To work around this issue, use a range object instead of an array to allow the entire array to be selected, as in the following example: Dim dataRange Set dataRange = Nothing For Each x In Selection If dataRange Is Nothing Then Set dataRange = x     Else Set dataRange = Union(dataRange, x)     End If   Next x dataRange.Select



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

