Appendix B: VBA Error Codes

This appendix contains a complete listing of the error codes for all trappable errors in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This information is useful for error trapping. For complete details, consult Excel's Help system.

Error Code

Message

3

Return without GoSub.

5

Invalid procedure call or argument.

6

Overflow (for example, value too large for an integer).

7

Out of memory. This error rarely refers to the amount of physical memory installed on your system. Rather, it usually refers to a fixed-size area of memory used by Excel or Windows (for example, the area used for graphics or custom formats).

9

Subscript out of range. You will also get this error message if a named item is not found in a collection of objects. For example, if your code refers to Sheets(“Sheet2”), and Sheet2 does not exist.

10

This array is fixed or temporarily locked.

11

Division by zero.

13

Type mismatch.

14

Out of string space.

16

Expression too complex.

17

Can't perform requested operation.

18

User interrupt occurred. This error occurs if the user interrupts a macro by pressing the Cancel key.

20

Resume without error. This error probably indicates that you forgot the Exit Sub statement before your error handler code.

28

Out of stack space.

35

Sub or Function not defined.

47

Too many Dynamic Link Library (DLL) application clients.

48

Error in loading DLL.

49

Bad DLL calling convention.

51

Internal error.

52

Bad filename or number.

53

File not found.

54

Bad file mode.

55

File already open.

57

Device Input/Output (I/O) error.

58

File already exists.

59

Bad record length.

61

Disk full.

62

Input past end of file.

63

Bad record number.

67

Too many files.

68

Device unavailable.

70

Permission denied.

71

Disk not ready.

74

Can't rename with different drive.

75

Path/File access error.

76

Path not found.

91

Object variable or With block variable not set. This error occurs if you don't use Set at the beginning of a statement that creates an object variable or you refer to a worksheet object (such as ActiveCell) when a chart sheet is active.

92

For loop not initialized.

93

Invalid pattern string.

94

Invalid use of Null.

96

Unable to sink events of object because the object is already firing events to the maximum number of event receivers that it supports.

97

Cannot call friend function on object that is not an instance of defining class.

98

A property or method call can't include a reference to a private object, either as an argument or as a return value.

321

Invalid file format.

322

Can't create necessary temporary file.

325

Invalid format in resource file.

380

Invalid property value.

381

Invalid property array index.

382

Set not supported at runtime.

383

Set not supported (read-only property).

385

Need property array index.

387

Set not permitted.

393

Get not supported at runtime.

394

Get not supported (write-only property).

422

Property not found.

423

Property or method not found.

424

Object required. This error occurs if text preceding a dot is not recognized as an object.

429

ActiveX component can't create object (might be a registration problem with a library that you've referenced).

430

Class doesn't support Automation or doesn't support expected interface.

432

Filename or class name not found during Automation operation.

438

Object doesn't support this property or method.

440

Automation error.

442

Connection to type library or object library for remote process has been lost.

443

Automation object doesn't have a default value.

445

Object doesn't support this action.

446

Object doesn't support named arguments.

447

Object doesn't support current locale setting.

448

Named argument not found.

449

Argument not optional.

450

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment.

451

Property Let procedure not defined, and Property Get procedure did not return an object.

452

Invalid ordinal.

453

Specified DLL function not found.

454

Code resource not found.

455

Code resource lock error.

457

Key is already associated with an element of this collection.

458

Variable uses an Automation type not supported in Visual Basic.

459

Object or class doesn't support the set of events.

460

Invalid Clipboard format.

461

Method or data member not found.

462

Remote server machine doesn't exist or is unavailable.

463

Class not registered on local machine.

481

Invalid picture.

482

Printer error.

735

Can't save file to TEMP.

744

Search text not found.

746

Replacements too long.

1004

Application-defined or object-defined error. This is a common catch-all error message. This error occurs when an error doesn't correspond to an error defined by VBA. In other words, the error is defined by Excel (or some other object) and is propagated back to VBA.

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