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XL2000: Cells.Find Returns Error Message When No Match Found


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Symptoms

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 message if no data is found:
Runtime error '91':
Object variable not Set
This macro error message occurs because the Visual Basic Find method returns a NULL value, which makes activating a cell impossible.

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Workaround

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For more information about the support options that are available and about how to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS The following Visual Basic example attempts to find the text string "mystring," and produces an alert message that 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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Article Info
Article ID : 213488
Revision : 8
Created on : 11/23/2006
Published on : 11/23/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 270