BUG: Cannot Reuse the Name of a UserForm

• Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Software Development Kit (SDK), versions 5.0, 6.0, 6.1
• Microsoft Office 2000
• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When a user deletes a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) UserForm, and then creates a new UserForm and tries to give it the same name as the old UserForm, VBA displays an error:

File/Path Access Error

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Run any VBA-enabled application (such as Word 97).



2. Show the VBA IDE and insert a UserForm.



3. In the Properties window, change the name of the UserForm to Test1.



4. Delete the UserForm from the VBA project. When prompted to export the UserForm, choose No.



5. Add a new UserForm.



6. Change the name to Test1 (the same name as before), and note that VBA displays the error:




Path/file access error

Additional query words:

Keywords : KbVBA kbSDKVBA kbGrpDSO kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:2000,97; winnt:5.0,6.0,6.1
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbbug