Cannot Set Zoom Property of PageSetup Class (140628)

SYMPTOMS

In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above, you cannot set the Zoom property of the PageSetup class using an undefined variable set to a value in a worksheet range. For example, the following code will fail:

   Sub Test()
       X = Worksheets(1).Cells(1, 1).Value
       ActiveSheet.PageSetup.Zoom = X
   End Sub

When you run this macro, you receive the following error message:

Unable to set the Zoom property of the PageSetup class.

CAUSE

The Zoom property only accepts integer values. When an undefined variable is set to a range value that contains an integer in a worksheet, the variable type is changed to the Double type.

WORKAROUND

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   Dim X As Integer

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.