XL97: Error Message Appears Returning MSGraph Object Name

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you create a macro that references a property of a Microsoft Graph object, the following error message appears:

   Run-time Error '1004':
   Unable to get the Object property of the OLEObject class.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do the following:

• You insert a Microsoft Graph object in a worksheet.

  -and-

• You attempt to return a property of the Graph object in a macro.

WORKAROUND

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Before you refer to the Microsoft Graph object application, activate the Graph object by using the Activate method of the object. For example, the following macro statement activates a Graph object that is embedded on Sheet1 of a workbook:

   Sheet1.OLEObjects(1).Activate

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Graph and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications.

MORE INFORMATION

You can return the properties of an object in a Visual Basic for Applications macro by referring to the application for the object. For example, the following sample macro returns an embedded Microsoft Graph application name and object name:

   Sub GraphEx()

     Sheet1.OLEObjects(1).Activate
     Set myApp.OLEObjects(1)
     MsgBox "Object name = " & myApp.Name
     MsgBox "Object application name = " & myApp.Object.Application.Name

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about inserting objects in a worksheet, click the Index tab in Help, type the following text

   inserting, embedded object