XL: No Error Message with Incorrect Range Reference Syntax

ID: Q151097

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel versions 5.0, 5.0a, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Programming for Applications

SYMPTOMS

Although inserting an exclamation point before the left parenthesis of the Range method is incorrect syntax in Visual Basic for Applications, it may not produce an error message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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You receive the error message, "Type-declaration character does not match declared data type," when setting a range variable with the syntax used in the following sample macro:

   Option Explicit
   Sub DisplaysError()
      Dim ws as Worksheet
      Dim r as Range
      Set ws = Sheets!Sheet1
      Set r = ws.range!("A1:A6")
   End Sub

The following syntax does not produce an error message:

   Option Explicit
   Sub DoesNotDisplayError()
      Dim r as Range
      Set r = Sheets!Sheet1.Range!("A1:A6")
   End Sub

Using the exclamation point after Range when setting the range variable off of a worksheet variable properly produces an error message. Using the exclamation point when the range variable is set off of a worksheet reference does not produce an error message.

REFERENCES

For more information about the range method in Microsoft Excel 5.0, search for "range method" and then "range method" using the Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Reference Help file.

For more information about the range method in Microsoft Excel 7.0, search for "range method" and then "range method" using the Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 Help Index.

Additional query words: 5.00 7.00

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Version           : 5.00 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999