XL97: Error Creating Web Page with Option Base 1 Setting

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you programmatically create a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document by using the Htmlconvert function, you may receive one of the following error messages:

   The export could be completed. The entry "0" of the array that you
   defined might not be an object.

   -or-

   Run-time error '9':
   Subscript out of range

CAUSE

This error occurs if you specify the setting Option Base 1 in the module sheet.

NOTE: The array of objects that you pass to the Htmlconvert function must begin with element 0.

WORKAROUND

To work around the problem, use either of the following methods:

• Declare the array variable that you want to pass to the Htmlconvert function to begin with item 0.

  For example, if an array variable is ObjToConvert, and you want to initialize the array to hold two items, use a Dim statement similar to the following:

        Dim ObjToConvert(0 to 1) As Variant
  

  When you assign the appropriate objects to this array, you must begin with element 0 of the array.

  -or-

• Remove the Option Base 1 setting from the module sheet.

  NOTE: If you use this workaround, you must redimension the arrays in the macro.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about using arrays, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "arrays," click Search, and then click to view "Using Arrays."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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