WD97: Can't Assign an Array to Explicitly Declared Array Variable (163491)
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- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q163491 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 sample 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 its 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:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
173707 OFF97: 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:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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