XL98: Run-time Error Using Copy Method to Copy Module Sheet (189004)

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1. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).
2. If Project Explorer is not visible, press COMMAND+R to activate Project Explorer.
3. Click to select the Visual Basic project that contains the module sheet that you want to copy.
4. On the Tools menu, click References. Click to select the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Extensibility check box and then click OK.
5. On the Insert menu, click Module.
6. Type the following code into the module sheet:

      Sub CopyModule()
         Dim CodeLines As String
         Dim ModuleToCopy As VBComponent
         Dim NewModule As VBComponent
   
         ' Set a variable to the module to copy.
         ' Note: This assumes that the name of the module to copy is
         ' "module2". Replace "Module2" with the name of the module to copy.
         Set ModuleToCopy = _
                Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents("module2")
   
         ' Get the Visual Basic code from the module.
         CodeLines = ModuleToCopy.CodeModule.Lines _
                    (1, ModuleToCopy.CodeModule.CountOfLines)
   
         ' Create a module sheet in another workbook.
         ' Note: You must refer to the name of the Visual Basic project. By
         ' default, the name of all new projects is "VBAProject". You may want
         ' to rename the project to which you are copying the contents of the
         ' module sheet.
         Set NewModule = Application.VBE.VBProjects("VBAProject") _
                         .VBComponents.Add(vbext_ct_StdModule)
   
         ' Add the Visual Basic code to the new module.
         NewModule.CodeModule.AddFromString CodeLines
   
         ' Rename the new module to the name of the previous module.
         NewModule.Name = ModuleToCopy.Name
   
      End Sub
   					

7. Run the CopyModule procedure.

Excel will insert a new module sheet into the Visual Basic project named VBAProject, and will copy the code from the module named Module2 in the active Visual Basic project.