WD98: Error Using Border Constants with Font.BordersLast reviewed: March 10, 1998Article ID: Q182253 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen you attempt to apply borders to selected characters using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the following error occurs:
Run-time error '5941': The requested member of the collection does not exist. CAUSEBy design, character borders will only take 1 or the wdBorderTop constant as arguments because the character borders count equals 1. For example, the following Visual Basic for Applications commands will cause the error to occur if you attempt to designate a right border for a selected character:
Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle _ =WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap WORKAROUNDMicrosoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and 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 needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/refguide/default.aspTo work around this problem, use either of the following lines of code to apply the border style to a selected character:
Selection.Font.Borders(1).LineStyle = WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap -or- Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = _ WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATIONFor additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q181058 TITLE : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles REFERENCESFor more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q163435 TITLE : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications |
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