Run-time Error Using Macro to Access Worksheet in Binder (130101)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q130101

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you use a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, procedure to create an Office Binder OLE Automation object, and you edit a Microsoft Excel worksheet object in the Binder, you may receive the following error message:
Run-time error '438':

Object doesn't support this property or method

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you edit a Microsoft Excel worksheet object in a Binder using OLE Automation if you attempt to access a single sheet (such as a worksheet) or an item on a single sheet (such as a cell value) from outside the Application object without using the Parent object. This behavior occurs because the Microsoft Excel object is a worksheet, even though the section in the Binder is a workbook that you can add sheets to and so on. For example, if you use the following command in a Visual Basic procedure to add a worksheet to section 1 (a Microsoft Excel workbook) in the Binder "MyBinder," you receive the above error message: 
   MyBinder.Sections(1).Worksheets.Add
If you use the following command to enter the value "test" in cell A1 on the first worksheet in section 1 (a Microsoft Excel workbook) in the Binder "MyBinder," you also receive the above error message: 
   MyBinder.Sections(1).Worksheets(1).Range("A1").Value = "test"

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, use the Parent object to access a Microsoft Excel workbook object, and then use the property or method of the Worksheet object as in the following examples:

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The following command adds a worksheet to section 1 (a Microsoft Excel workbook) in the Binder "MyBinder": 
   MyBinder.Sections(1).Object.Parent.Worksheets.Add
The following command enters the value "test" in cell A1 on the first worksheet in section 1 (a Microsoft Excel workbook) in the Binder "MyBinder": 
     MyBinder.Sections(1).Object.Parent.Worksheets(1).Range("A1").Value _
     = "test"

MORE INFORMATION

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

114225 XL5: OLE Automation Error Using Quit Method with GetObject

REFERENCES

For more information about "Parent Property," click the Index tab in Help and type:

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
Keywords:kbProgramming KB130101
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