WD2000: GetAllSettings Returns Type Mismatch (212649)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q212649

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications GetAllSettings function to return a list of key settings and their respective values, the following error message may appear:
Run-time error '13': Type Mismatch

CAUSE

If the value for "appname" or "section" does not exist in the registry, the Visual Basic Editor returns the "Type Mismatch" error.

WORKAROUND

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Sub GetAllSettingsExample()
   Dim vMySet As Variant
   Dim iCount As Integer
   ' Get registry settings.
   vMySet = GetAllSettings(AppName:="MyProjectName", _
      Section:="MySection")
   ' Make sure the variable is not empty.
   If Not IsEmpty(vMySet) Then
      'Display the Key Names and Values.
      For iCount = LBound(vMySet, 1) To UBound(vMySet, 1)
         MsgBox vMySet(iCount, 0), vMySet(iCount, 1)
      Next
   End If
End Sub

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

The Visual Basic for Applications GetAllSettings function returns a list of key settings and their respective values (originally created with SaveSetting) from a user-defined entry in the Windows registry. This list is returned to a Variant two-dimensional array whose contents are a set of strings containing all the key settings in the specified section and their corresponding values.

Syntax

GetAllSettings (appname, section)

The GetAllSettings function syntax has these named arguments: 
Part      Description

appname   Required. String expression containing the name of the
          application or project whose key settings are requested.

section   Required. String expression containing the name of the section
          whose key settings are requested. GetAllSettings returns a
          Variant whose contents are a two-dimensional array of strings
          containing all the key settings in the specified section and
          their corresponding values.
For more information about GetAllSettings, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type GetAllSettings in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: 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:

226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/17/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbdtacode kbmacroexample kbpending KB212649
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