WD2000: Can't Assign an Array to Explicitly Declared Array Variable

ID: Q212619

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

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 the following error message:

Compile error:

Expected array

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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

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 a 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 its array position.
   For iCount = 1 To UBound(WrStyles)
      MsgBox WrStyles(iCount)
   Next iCount

End Sub

For more information about declaring variables, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type declaring variables in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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 kbwordvba wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto