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

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

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 example 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 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 it's array position.
      For iCount = 1 To UBound(WrStyles)
         MsgBox WrStyles(iCount)
      Next iCount
   End Sub