Microsoft KB Archive/162520

= WD97: GetAllSettings Returns Type Mismatch =

Article ID: 162520

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162520





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications GetAllSettings function to return a list of key settings and their respective values, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '13': Type Mismatch



CAUSE
If the value for "appname" or "section" does not exist in the registry, the variable is uninitialized, and the Visual Basic Editor returns the "Type Mismatch" error.



WORKAROUND
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To work around this error, use a Visual Basic for Applications macro similar to the following to verify that registry values exist: Sub GetAllSettingsExample Dim vMySet As Variant Dim iCount As Integer ' Get registry settings. vMySet = GetAllSettings(AppName:="MyProjectName", _     Section:="MySection") ' Make sure the variable is not empty. If Not IsEmpty(vMySet) Then 'Display the Key Names and Values. For iCount = LBound(vMySet, 1) To UBound(vMySet, 1) MsgBox vMySet(iCount, 0), vMySet(iCount, 1) Next 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.



MORE INFORMATION
The Visual Basic for Applications GetAllSettings function returns a list of key settings and their respective values (originally created with SaveSetting) from a user-defined entry in the Windows registry. This list is returned to a Variant two-dimensional array, whose contents are a set of strings containing all the key settings in the specified section and their corresponding values.

Syntax
GetAllSettings (appname, section)

The GetAllSettings function syntax has these named arguments: Part     Description - appname  Required. String expression containing the name of the application or project whose key settings are requested.

section  Required. String expression containing the name of the section whose key settings are requested. GetAllSettings returns a         Variant whose contents are a two-dimensional array of strings containing all the key settings in the specified section and their corresponding values.

For more information about GetAllSettings, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type "GetAllSettings", click Search, and then click to view GetAllSettings Function.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

