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SYMPTOMSWhen you use a Visual Basic procedure in Microsoft Excel to create an OLE Automation object using Microsoft Word, and you use Visual Basic commands to paste information from a worksheet in Microsoft Excel to a document in Microsoft Word, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
The behavior occurs if you do not specifically activate the Microsoft Word
application before you run the command to paste the information to a
document in Microsoft Word.
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 professionals 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/overview/overview.aspTo avoid receiving this error message when you create a Microsoft Word OLE Automation object and paste information from a worksheet to a document in Microsoft Word, use the AppActivate command to activate the Microsoft Word application before using the paste command. The following is an example of using this method:
REFERENCESFor more information about the CreateObject Function, choose the Search button in MS Excel Visual Basic Help and type: CreateObject Additional query words: 5.00a MXL5
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