WD2000: Run-time Error '5941' Using Border Constants with Font.Borders

ID: Q212562

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to apply borders to selected characters using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the following error message may appear:

Run-time error '5941':

The requested member of the collection does not exist.

CAUSE

By design, character borders 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 cause the error to occur if you attempt to designate a right border for a selected character:


Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle _
  =WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

WORKAROUND

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For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

To 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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe

Keywords : kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb