WD98: Error Using Border Constants with Font.Borders

ID: Q182253

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to apply borders to selected characters using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the following error occurs:

   Run-time error '5941': The requested member of the collection does not
   exist.

CAUSE

By design, character borders will only take 1 or the wdBorderTop constant as arguments because the character borders count equals 1.

For example, the following Visual Basic for Applications commands will cause the error to occur if you attempt to designate a right border for a selected character:

   Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle _
   =WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

WORKAROUND

Microsoft 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/refguide/

To work around this problem, use either of the following lines of code to apply the border style to a selected character:

   Selection.Font.Borders(1).LineStyle = WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

    -or-

   Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = _
   WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

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          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 kbformat 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999