WD2000: Unable to Get Count of Table Rows or Columns (212654)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q212654

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Visual Basic for Applications macro to try to obtain the number of table rows or columns from a document range, the following error message may appear:
Run-time error '5907': There is no table at this location.

CAUSE

This error occurs when you use any of the following statements: 
ActiveDocument.Content.Rows.Count
-or-

ActiveDocument.Content.Columns.Count
-or-

ActiveDocument.Range.Rows.Count
-or-

ActiveDocument.Range.Columns.Count
This error occurs regardless of whether a table exists in a document.

WORKAROUND

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To obtain a total count of rows in all tables in a document, set up a looping structure to iterate through the tables collection. In the following sample, if a table does not exist, the value returned will be zero: 

Sub GetTotalDocumentRowCount()
   ' Loop through tables in body of active document.
   For Each tblTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
      ' Obtain count of rows for each table and combine.
      iCount = iCount + tblTable.Rows.Count
   Next
   MsgBox iCount
End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

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:kbnofix kbprb KB212654
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