XL2000: Error Message Appears When You Run a Macro to Modify Cell Comments (211885)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2000

This article was previously published under Q211885

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that modifies cell comments on a worksheet, the following error message may appear:

Run-time error '438':

Object doesn't support this property or method

CAUSE

You may see this behavior if you record a macro that moves or resizes the cell comment. The Macro Recorder does not properly record the selection of the comment, so the macro cannot modify the size or position of the comment on the worksheet.

WORKAROUND

To avoid this problem, add the following two lines of macro code before the line that reads "Selection.RangeShape..." (without quotation marks) in the recorded macro:

Range(<cell reference>).Comment.Visible = True
   Range(<cell reference>).Comment.Shape.Select True

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	9/27/2003
Keywords:	kbbug kbcode kberrmsg kbpending kbProgramming KB211885