XL2000: Run-Time Error 438 If Macro Uses ControlFormat Object (211731)
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This article was previously published under Q211731 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 2000, if you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that attempts to set the properties of a control in a worksheet, you may receive the following error message:
Run-time error '438':
Object doesn't support this property or method
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the macro attempts to use the ControlFormat object
to set the properties of an ActiveX control. For example, if you create an
ActiveX control called "ListBox1" in the active worksheet, the following line of code fails when you run the macro that contains it:
ActiveSheet.Shapes("ListBox1").ControlFormat.ListFillRange = _
"$A$1:$A$10"
However, if ListBox1 is a Microsoft Excel list box, as opposed to an
ActiveX list box, the code works correctly.
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To set the properties of an ActiveX control, refer to the control and its
properties by using syntax similar to the following:
ActiveSheet.ListBox1.ListFillRange = "$A$1:$A$10"
MORE INFORMATION
The "ControlFormat Object" Help topic in the Microsoft Excel Visual Basic
Help file contains incomplete information that may be misleading.
Specifically, the Help topic fails to address that the ControlFormat object
is available for use only with Microsoft Excel forms controls that are
inserted from the Forms toolbar. In Microsoft Excel 2000, you cannot use the ControlFormat object with ActiveX controls.
The example in the "ControlFormat Object" Help topic works only if the
first shape in the worksheet is a Microsoft Excel list box, not an ActiveX
list box.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/11/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbcode kbdocerr kberrmsg kbprb kbProgramming KB211731 |
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