XL98: Error with Recorded Macro Using EditionOptions Method (187583)

SYMPTOMS

If you record a macro that uses the EditionOptions method, the macro may not run when you play it back. When you run the recorded macro, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '438':
Object doesn't support this property or method

NOTE: You may also receive this error message if you run a macro that you created in Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh version 5.0 in Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

CAUSE

You receive this error message when you run your recorded macro because the macro recorder in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition incorrectly uses the ActiveWorkbook object instead of the Range object with the EditionOptions method.

NOTE: You receive the error if you run a macro that you created in Excel for the Macintosh 5.0 because the object model in Excel 98 has changed. The EditionOptions method in Excel 5.0 applies to the Workbook object, but in Excel 98, it applies to the Range object.

MORE INFORMATION

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   Sub Macro1()

      ActiveWorkbook.EditionOptions Type:=1, _
         Name:="Workbook1 Edition #1", Reference:="Sheet1!Chart1", _
         Option:=5

   End Sub

When you rerun this recorded macro, you will receive the error mentioned in the "Symptoms" section. To make this macro run successfully, change it as follows:

   Sub Macro1()

      Sheet1.Range("a1").EditionOptions Type:=1, _
         Name:="Workbook1 Edition #1", Reference:="Sheet1!Chart1", _
         Option:=5

   End Sub

NOTE: The only change to the code is that ActiveWorkbook was replaced with a valid Range object reference, Sheet1.Range("a1") in this example.

REFERENCES

For more information about the EditionOptions method, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type editionoptions, click Search, and then click to view "EditionOptions Method."

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:

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