WD98: Unable to Get Count of Table Rows or Columns

ID: Q183714

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you attempt to obtain the number of table rows or columns from a document range, you may receive the following error message:

   Run-time error '5907': There is no table at this location.

CAUSE

This error occurs when you use any of the following statements:

   ActiveDocument.Content.Rows.Count

   ActiveDocument.Content.Columns.Count

   ActiveDocument.Range.Rows.Count

   ActiveDocument.Range.Columns.Count

This error occurs regardless of whether a table exists in a document.

WORKAROUND

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To obtain a total count of rows in all tables in a document, set up a looping structure to iterate through the tables collection. In the following example, if a table does not exist, the value returned will be zero:

   Sub GetTotalDocumentRowCount()
      Dim tblTable As Table
      Dim iCount As Integer
      ' Loop through tables in body of active document.
      For Each tblTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
         ' Obtain count of rows for each table and combine.
         iCount = iCount + tblTable.Rows.Count
      Next
      MsgBox iCount
   End Sub

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

Keywords          : OffVBA macword98 
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999