XL: Cells.Find Returns Error When No Match Found

ID: Q108892

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SUMMARY

When you run a recorded Visual Basic for Applications macro, the Cells.Find, Columns.Find, Selection.Find, and Range.Find functions will produce the following macro error if no data is found: 

   Runtime error '91':
   Object variable not Set
This macro error occurs because the Visual Basic Find method returns a NULL value which makes activating a cell impossible.

WORKAROUND

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The following Visual Basic example will attempt to find the text string "mystring" and produces an alert message which will not cause the macro to halt. 

Sub Find_Macro()
    mystring = "mystring"
    Set RangeObj = Cells.Find(What:=mystring, After:=ActiveCell, _
    LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
    SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False)
    If RangeObj Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not Found" Else RangeObj.Select
End Sub
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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999