Microsoft KB Archive/291067

= &quot;Out of Memory&quot; error running Sub procedure =

Article ID: 291067

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q291067





For a Microsoft Excel 2000 version of this article, see 213682.



For a Microsoft Excel 98 version of this article, see 183847.



For a Microsoft Excel 97 version of this article, see 173182.



SYMPTOMS
If you run a Sub procedure that uses the Cells property in Microsoft Excel, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '450':

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment

You may receive this error message even though the procedure ran successfully in versions of Excel that were earlier than Excel 97.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur if you incorrectly use the Cells property. For example, the following Sub procedure runs without error in versions of Excel that are earlier than Excel 97, but generates a run-time error in Microsoft Excel 2002 and later versions of Excel: Sub Cells_Test1

For i = 1 To 5 For j = 1 To 6 ActiveSheet.Cells.Value(i, 7) = _ ActiveSheet.Cells.Value(i, 7) + ActiveSheet.Cells.Value(i, j)     Next Next End Sub



RESOLUTION
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:

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

To resolve this problem, place the arguments for the Cells property immediately after the Cells keyword. For example, modify the sample procedure as follows: Sub Cells_Test2

For i = 1 To 5 For j = 1 To 6 ActiveSheet.Cells(i, 7).Value = _ ActiveSheet.Cells(i, 7).Value + ActiveSheet.Cells(i, j).Value Next Next

End Sub

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