WD98: Can't Assign Array to Explicitly Declared Array Variable

ID: Q183992

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

The Visual Basic for Applications language contains properties whose values can be returned into an array. To use this functionality, you must declare your array as type "variant." Attempting to declare the array as any other type results in an error.

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The following Visual Basic for Applications macro example returns an array that contains the names of all writing styles available for the U.S. English language. Each writing style and its number in the array are also displayed in a message box through means of a loop set to iterate for the total number of items in the array.

   Sub GetWritingStyles()
      ' Dimension the array as type "variant."
      Dim WrStyles As Variant
      Dim iCount As Integer
      ' Assign the values to the array.
      WrStyles = Languages(wdEnglishUS).WritingStyleList
      ' Loop the number of items in the array and display
      ' each item and it's array position.
      For iCount = 1 To UBound(WrStyles)
         MsgBox WrStyles(iCount)
      Next iCount
   End Sub

For more information about declaring variables, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "declaring variables," click Search, and then click to view "declaring variables."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

Keywords          : kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 6, 1999