XL97: Error Using RemoveItem Method

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you use the RemoveItem method to remove an entry from either a ListBox or ComboBox control, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '-2147024809 (80070057)':
Invalid argument.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when both of the following conditions are true:

• You use the RemoveItem method for either a ListBox or ComboBox control.


-and-


• The ListBox or ComboBox control is data bound (the RowSource property is set to a range on a worksheet).

RESOLUTION

In order to remove an item from either a ListBox or ComboBox control when the control is bound to a worksheet range, reset the range reference for the RowSource property of the control.

The following example creates a UserForm with a ListBox control and a CommandButton (with associated macro code) for removing an item from the ListBox.

NOTE: The macro does not permanently delete any items from your source data; it changes the reference for a defined name. Because the RowSource property is set to this defined name, the items that are displayed in the list vary according to the range you assign to the defined name.

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Example

1. Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.



2. Define the range A1:A5 in Sheet1 as myrange.



3. Type the following data in Sheet1:

   A1: a
   A2: b
   A3: c
   A4: d
   A5: e




4. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).



5. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.



6. Click the ListBox control in the Toolbox and add a ListBox to the UserForm.



7. If the Properties window is not visible, press F4.



8. Change the RowSource property of the ListBox control to Sheet1!myrange.



9. Add a CommandButton control to the UserForm.



10. Double-click the CommandButton to display the Visual Basic module associated with the UserForm.



11. For the Click event of the CommandButton control, type the following macro code:

    
        Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    
            Sheet1.Range("myrange").Resize _
                (Sheet1.Range("myrange").Rows.Count - 1, 1).Name _
                = "myrange"
    
            ListBox1.RowSource = "Sheet1!myrange"
    
        End Sub 




12. Press F5 to run the UserForm.
    
    The UserForm appears and the ListBox control is populated with the values from A1:A5.



13. Click the CommandButton.
    The last value in the list is removed from the ListBox.



14. Close the UserForm.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the RowSource Property, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161072 XL97: Cannot Use Mouse to Populate RowSource or ListFillRange

REFERENCES

For more information about Adding Items to a ListBox Control, click the Office Assistant, type "add item to listbox," click Search, and then click to view "Ways to put data in a ListBox or ComboBox."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords : kberrmsg kbprg kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb