Microsoft KB Archive/231007

= XL2000: Deleting a Cell Changes the UsedRange Property =

Article ID: 231007

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q231007





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
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 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: XL2000

Keywords: kbbug kbcode kbdtacode kberrmsg kbpending KB231007

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