XL: Error If MarkerBackgroundColorIndex Property Incorrectly Set

 Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q139666
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, if the MarkerBackgroundColorIndex or the MarkerForegroundColorIndex property of a line chart is set to xlNone, you may receive the following error message: 

   Run-Time error '1005'
   Unable to set the MarkerBackgroundColorIndex property of the Legend Key
   Class.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this error message, use the following example to call a Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro to set the MarkerBackgroundColorIndex property to xlNone. 

   Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro _
      ("PATTERNS(1,1,25,2,0,1,1,57,FALSE,FALSE)")

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

The MarkerBackgroundColorIndex property returns or sets the marker background color as an index into the current color palette (a value from one to 56). This property works for line, scatter, and radar charts only.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Press: "Excel 5 Visual Basic for Applications Reference," page 400

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 5.00c 7.00 7.00a XL7 XL5
Keywords : kbcode kberrmsg kbprg PgmOthr
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,7.0; MACINTOSH:5.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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