XL98: Error Running Macro to Modify Cell Comments

ID: Q181723

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that modifies cell comments on a worksheet, you may receive the following error message:

   Run-time error '438':
   Object doesn't support this property or method

CAUSE

This problem may occur if you record a macro that moves or resizes the cell comment. The Macro Recorder does not record the selection of the comment properly, which is necessary for modifying the size or position of the comment on the worksheet.

WORKAROUND

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To avoid this problem, add the following two lines of macro code before the line that reads "Selection.ShapeRange..." (without quotation marks) in the recorded macro:

   Range(<cell reference>).Comment.Visible = True
   Range(<cell reference>).Comment.Shape.Select

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.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kbmacro kbdta kbdtacode xlvbainfo 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999