Microsoft KB Archive/166141

= XL97: Error Running Macro To Modify Cell Comments =

Article ID: 166141

Article Last Modified on 11/4/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q166141





SYMPTOMS
When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that modifies cell comments on a worksheet, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '438':

Object doesn't support this property or method



CAUSE
You may see this behavior if you record a macro that moves or resizes the cell Comment. The Macro Recorder does not record the selection of the Comment properly, which is necessary for modifying the size or position of the Comment on the worksheet.



WORKAROUND
To avoid this problem, add the following two lines of macro code before the line that reads Selection.RangeShape... in the recorded macro: Range.Comment.Visible = True Range.Comment.Shape.Select True



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: Run-time error 438 Object doesn t support this property or method

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbprogramming kbpending kbcode KB166141

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