XL98: Run-Time Errors Using UserForms Collection (188564)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q188564 SYMPTOMS
When you refer to the UserForms collection in a Visual Basic for
Applications macro, you may receive one of the following error messages:
Run-time error '13':
Type mismatch
Run-time error '9':
Subscript out of range
CAUSE
The UserForms collection is a collection of currently loaded user forms;
however, it does not provide its list as a property of the collection.
Therefore, a statement such as "UserForms(1).Show" returns run-time error 9. In order to refer to an item in the UserForms collection, you must first add the UserForm list element to the UserForms collection.
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To refer to a user form within a UserForms collection and return a property
or method for the user form, use one of the following methods.
Method 1: Create a UserForm Object
The following subroutine displays a user form that has been created.
Sub ShowForm()
Dim x As Object
'Create an object called "x" to refer to UserForm1.
Set x = VBA.UserForms.Add("UserForm1")
'Display the name of UserForm1.
MsgBox x.Name
'Show UserForm1.
x.Show
End Sub
Method 2: Refer Directly to the User Form
The following two statements display a user form that has been created:
UserForm1.Show
-or-
VBA.UserForms.Add("UserForm1").Show
Method 3: Reference the Item Property (index) of the User Form
The following subroutine displays a UserForm that has been created.
Sub ShowForm()
Dim x As Integer
'Open UserForm1 into memory.
Load UserForm1
'Count the loaded UserForms and subtract one
'because UserForm indexes start at zero.
x = UserForms.Count - 1
'Show UserForm1.
UserForms.Item(x).Show
End Sub
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 the UserForms collection, click the Index tab in
Visual Basic Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "UserForm Object,
UserForms Collection" topic.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/12/2006 |
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