Microsoft KB Archive/117411

= Strange Value for PageSetup.FirstPageNumber =

Article ID: 117411

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q117411





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you use a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure to get the FirstPageNumber property of a sheet, you may receive the value -4105.



MORE INFORMATION
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. In Microsoft Excel, to set the first page number of a sheet, do either of the following:

To Manually Set the First Page Number

 * 1) On the File menu, click Page Setup.
 * 2) Click the Page tab.
 * 3) In the First Page Number edit box, enter a starting page number (a positive integer from 1 to 32767) or enter Auto to have Microsoft Excel automatically determine the starting page number.
 * 4) Click OK to accept the change.

To Set the First Page Number Using Visual Basic Code
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.FirstPageNumber = where is an integer from -32765 to 32767, or the word xlAutomatic.

You can also check and store the FirstPageNumber property of a worksheet in a variable by using this code: = ActiveSheet.PageSetup.FirstPageNumber The value returned to by this statement may be either:   Value                     Indicates ---  A positive integer        User-defined starting page number -4105                    Automatically determined starting page number Note that -4105 is the value of the built-in constant "xlAutomatic"; when the worksheet has "Auto" in its First Page Number edit box, this is the value actually stored in the FirstPageNumber property.

You can check whether a worksheet is using automatic page numbering by using a line of code such as this: If ActiveSheet.PageSetup.FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic Then End If The following Visual Basic code example illustrates one possible use of this procedure.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
The following sample Sub procedure loops through all of the worksheets in the active workbook, reporting the first page number assigned to each worksheet. If the worksheet is using automatic page numbering, the Sub will report this. Option Explicit

Sub CheckFirstPageNumbers

' Dimension variables. Dim MsgString As String, xWorksheet As Variant

' Iterate through the loop once for each worksheet in the active ' workbook. For Each xWorksheet In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets

' Begin making the string to be shown in the message box below. MsgString = "The worksheet '" & xWorksheet.Name & "'"

' If the worksheet is using automatic page numbering... If xWorksheet.PageSetup.FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic Then

' ...complete the message string accordingly. MsgString = MsgString & " is using automatic page " & _ "numbering."

' Otherwise... Else

' ...complete the message string accordingly. MsgString = MsgString & " starts its page numbers at " & _ xWorksheet.PageSetup.FirstPageNumber

End If

' Show the message. MsgBox MsgString Next xWorksheet                      ' Loop until finished. End Sub

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