Microsoft KB Archive/163491

= WD97: Can't Assign an Array to Explicitly Declared Array Variable =

Article ID: 163491

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The Visual Basic for Applications language contains properties whose values can be returned into an array. To use this functionality, you must declare your array as type "variant." Attempting to declare the array as any other type results in an error.



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The following Visual Basic for Applications macro sample returns an array that contains the names of all writing styles available for the U.S. English language. Each writing style and its number in the array are also displayed in a message box through means of a loop set to iterate for the total number of items in the array. Sub GetWritingStyles ' Dimension the array as type "variant". Dim WrStyles As Variant Dim iCount As Integer ' Assign the values to the array WrStyles = Languages(wdEnglishUS).WritingStyleList ' Loop the number of items in the array and display...     ' each item and its array position. For iCount = 1 To UBound(WrStyles) MsgBox WrStyles(iCount) Next iCount End Sub For more information about declaring variables, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type declaring variables, click Search, and then click to view "declaring variables."

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

