XL2000: Insert and Delete Methods of Characters Class May Fail

ID: Q213559

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Insert method of the Characters class to insert more than 255 characters, the following symptoms may occur:

You receive the following error message:

Run-time error '1004':
Insert method of Characters class failed

-or-
The Insert method fails to insert more than 255 characters.

NOTE: When you use the Delete method to delete more than 255 characters, similar symptoms occur.

CAUSE

The number of characters that you can insert or delete using the Insert or Delete methods of the Character class is limited to 255.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

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

Additional query words: vbe XL2000

Keywords : kberrmsg kbprg kbdta KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug