XL: Cells.Find Returns Error When No Match Found

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

When you run a recorded Visual Basic for Applications macro, the Cells.Find, Columns.Find, Selection.Find, and Range.Find functions will produce the following macro error if no data is found:

   Runtime error '91':
   Object variable not Set

WORKAROUND

The following Visual Basic example will attempt to find the text string "mystring" and produces an alert message which will not cause the macro to halt.

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Sub Find_Macro()
    mystring = "mystring"
    Set RangeObj = Cells.Find(What:=mystring, After:=ActiveCell, _
    LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
    SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False)
    If RangeObj Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not Found" Else RangeObj.Select
End Sub