XL97: Run-Time Error '1004' Using CustomViews Collection

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you attempt to reference the last object in the CustomViews collection by index number, you may receive the following error message:

     Run-Time Error '1004'
     Application-defined or object-defined error

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the last view you create is the last object in the CustomViews collection.

WORKAROUND

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To workaround this problem, create a temporary view as the last object in the collection. To do this, use the following macro:

   Sub GetCustomViewNames()

   Dim VwArray() As String, i As Integer

   'Create a temporary view.
   ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Add "Temporary"

   For i = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Count - 1
         ReDim Preserve VwArray( 1 To i)
         VwArray(i) = ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews(i).Name
         MsgBox VwArray(i)
   Next i
   'Delete temporary view.
   ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews("Temporary").Delete

   End Sub

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.

REFERENCES

For more information about the CustomViews Collection Object, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft Visual Basic Help, type the following text

   customviews