XL97: Insert and Delete Methods of Characters Class May Fail

ID: Q158659

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Insert method of the Characters class to insert more than 255 characters, the following symptoms may occur:

• You receive the following error message:

        Run-time error '1004':
        Insert method of Characters class failed
  

      -or-
  

• The Insert method fails to insert more than 255 characters.

CAUSE

The number of characters that you can insert or delete using the Insert or Delete methods of the Character class is limited to 255.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For more information about using the Insert method, start the Visual Basic Editor, click Office Assistant, type "Insert", click Search, and then click "Insert Method".

Additional query words: XL97 vbe

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbprg kbdta xlvbainfo KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 18, 1999