XL: Cannot Set Zoom Property of PageSetup Class

ID: Q140628

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above, you cannot set the Zoom property of the PageSetup class using an undefined variable set to a value in a worksheet range. For example, the following code will fail:

   Sub Test()
       X = Worksheets(1).Cells(1, 1).Value
       ActiveSheet.PageSetup.Zoom = X
   End Sub

When you run this macro, you receive the following error message:

   Unable to set the Zoom property of the PageSetup class.

CAUSE

The Zoom property only accepts integer values. When an undefined variable is set to a range value that contains an integer in a worksheet, the variable type is changed to the Double type.

WORKAROUND

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To correct this problem, define the variable. To do this, add the following line to the code above:

   Dim X As Integer

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 5.00c 7.00 7.00a XL7 XL5

Keywords          : kbcode kberrmsg kbprg 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999