XL97: Run-Time Error '1004' Using CustomViews Collection

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you attempt to reference the last object in the CustomViews collection by index number, you may receive the following error message:

Run-Time Error '1004'
Application-defined or object-defined error

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the last view you create is the last object in the CustomViews collection.

WORKAROUND

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   Sub GetCustomViewNames()

      Dim VwArray() As String, i As Integer

      'Create a temporary view.
      ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Add "Temporary"

      For i = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Count - 1
            ReDim Preserve VwArray( 1 To i)
            VwArray(i) = ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews(i).Name
            MsgBox VwArray(i)
      Next i

      'Delete temporary view.
      ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews("Temporary").Delete

   End Sub 

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 the CustomViews Collection Object, click the Office Assistant, type CustomViews, click Search, and then click to view "CustomViews Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q179216 OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords : kbprg xlvbainfo OffVBA
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug