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Cells.Find Returns Error When No Match Found

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Summary

When you run a recorded Visual Basic for Applications macro, the Cells.Find, Columns.Find, Selection.Find, and Range.Find functions will produce the following macro error if no data is found:
Runtime error '91':
Object variable not Set
This macro error occurs because the Visual Basic Find method returns a NULL value which makes activating a cell impossible.

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Workaround

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following Visual Basic example will attempt to find the text string "mystring" and produces an alert message which will not cause the macro to halt. 
Sub Find_Macro()
    mystring = "mystring"
    Set RangeObj = Cells.Find(What:=mystring, After:=ActiveCell, _
    LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
    SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False)
    If RangeObj Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not Found" Else RangeObj.Select
End Sub

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Keywords: KB108892, kbprogramming

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Article Info
Article ID : 108892
Revision : 4
Created on : 10/10/2006
Published on : 10/10/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 491