XL2000: Inconsistent Formatting When You Use VBA Borders Method

In Microsoft Excel 2000, if you use the Borders method in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure to set the Weight or Color property of the borders of a selection on a worksheet, the formatting of the selection may not be consistent.

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For example, assume that the range B2:C4 on a worksheet has been formatted with a thick, green outline border. If you run the following procedure, the result is a thin automatic color border around every cell, but a green border on the top and left of the selection.

Sub Weight()
   Dim x As Object
   Set x = Range("B2:C4")
   ' Set thickness of all cell borders to thin.
   x.Borders.Weight = xlThin
End Sub
				

To work around this issue, apply both the Weight and Color properties, as in the following example:

Sub Border()
   Set x = Range("B2:C4")
   With x.Borders
      .Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
      .Weight = xlThick
   End With
End Sub
				

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

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