When you run a macro and an error occurs, you can get more information by choosing the Help button in the error message box. For information about an error message at any time, see "Error Messages" in Help. Choose an error from the list to display the corresponding Help topic. The following list of macro errors includes error numbers you can use with the Error statement.
Note
In Windows, if an untrapped error occurs in a macro while Word is minimized, the macro halts, Word remains minimized, and the Word icon flashes. When Word is maximized, an error message that indicates the nature of the error is displayed.
Error Number | |||
5 | Illegal function call | ||
6 | Overflow | ||
7 | Out of memory | ||
9 | Subscript out of range | ||
11 | Division by zero | ||
14 | Out of string space | ||
22 | Invalid array dimension | ||
24 | Bad parameter | ||
25 | Out of memory (stack space) | ||
26 | Dialog needs End Dialog or a push button | ||
Error Number | |||
28 | Directory already exists | ||
39 | CASE ELSE expected | ||
51 | Internal error | ||
52 | Bad file name or number | ||
53 | File not found | ||
54 | Bad file mode | ||
55 | File already open | ||
57 | Device I/O error | ||
62 | Input past end of file | ||
64 | Bad file name | ||
67 | Too many files | ||
74 | Rename across disks | ||
75 | Path/File access error | ||
76 | Path not found | ||
100 | Syntax error | ||
101 | Comma missing | ||
102 | Command failed | ||
103 | Dialog record variable expected | ||
104 | ELSE without IF | ||
105 | END IF without IF | ||
109 | INPUT missing | ||
111 | Expression too complex | ||
112 | Identifier expected | ||
113 | Duplicate label | ||
114 | Label not found | ||
115 | Right parenthesis missing | ||
116 | Argument-count mismatch | ||
117 | Missing NEXT or WEND | ||
118 | Nested SUB or FUNCTION definitions | ||
119 | NEXT without FOR | ||
120 | Array already dimensioned | ||
122 | Type mismatch | ||
123 | Undefined dialog record field | ||
124 | Unknown Command, Subroutine, or Function | ||
125 | Unexpected end of macro | ||
Error Number | |||
126 | WEND without WHILE | ||
127 | Wrong number of dimensions | ||
129 | Too many nested control structures | ||
130 | SELECT without END SELECT | ||
131 | Illegal Redim to dialog record | ||
132 | External call caused string overflow | ||
133 | Wrong number or type of arguments for DLL call | ||
134 | An argument to a function contained an illegal date or time. | ||
135 | The () statement is not available in Word for (). | ||
136 | The () statement is not available in Word for (). | ||
137 | The specified path is not a valid path option. | ||
138 | The current selection cannot be modified by this command. | ||
139 | Only one user dialog may be up at any time. | ||
140 | Dialog control identifier does not match any current control. | ||
141 | The () statement is not available on this dialog control type. | ||
142 | Specified application is not currently running | ||
143 | The dialog control with the focus may not be disabled or hidden. | ||
144 | Focus may not be set to a hidden or disabled control. | ||
149 | The () command cannot be called as a function. | ||
150 | Dialog control identifier is already defined. | ||
152 | This command is not available because no document is open. | ||
155 | The selection does not start in a field. | ||
157 | The field cannot contain data. | ||
158 | The value of one of the fields is too low. | ||
159 | The value of one of the fields is too high. | ||
160 | Wrong number of parameters | ||
161 | Cannot change dialogs when focus is changing (action 4) | ||
162 | The () command can only be called as a function. | ||
163 | This statement can only be used when a user dialog is active. | ||
164 | Array variable has not been initialized. | ||
500 | Cannot initiate link | ||
501 | Invalid channel number | ||
502 | Application does not respond | ||
503 | Process failed in other application | ||
504 | Window does not exist | ||
Error Number | |||
505 | Cannot activate application | ||
506 | Cannot send keys | ||
508 | Other application is busy | ||
509 | The () command is not available because (). | ||
511 | No such macro or command | ||
512 | Value out of range | ||
513 | String too long | ||
514 | Document not open | ||
528 | Unable to load spelling checker | ||
529 | Cannot open dictionary | ||
530 | Dialog box description too complex | ||
535 | Macro cannot be run because it is already running. | ||
536 | There is no macro with that name. | ||
537 | Unable to run macro specified | ||
538 | Unable to edit macro specified | ||
539 | Unable to rename macro specified | ||
540 | Unable to delete macro specified | ||
541 | Unable to set description of macro specified | ||
543 | Unable to open specified library | ||
544 | Unable to execute the scroll command; the scroll bar is not active. | ||
545 | The () statement is currently disabled. | ||
546 | Footnotes or endnotes must start at 1 if numbering is not continuous. | ||
547 | Network Permission Error | ||
549 | The specified menu or menu item does not exist. | ||
551 | Word is unable to perform this action because the specified template is locked. | ||
552 | Word is unable to perform this action because the specified template does not exist. | ||
553 | Unable to create macro specified | ||
554 | No drawing range has been set. | ||
555 | The bookmark specified for the drawing range is invalid. | ||
556 | Wrong drawing object type for this command | ||
557 | Could not insert the drawing object | ||
558 | At least one subdocument in this master document is locked. No changes can be made to any locked subdocuments. | ||
559 | The current selection is a block. | ||
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Error Number |
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560 |
The revision marks are not visible. | ||||
561 |
Document is protected | ||||
562 |
ToolsGrammarStatisticsArray cannot be run on a document that contains more than one language format. | ||||
563 |
The document is not a master document. | ||||
564 |
There are no subdocuments in that direction. | ||||
565 |
The specified document is not in the Add-in list. | ||||
566 |
The specified Word library cannot be unloaded because it is in use. | ||||
567 |
Cannot add more than 25 items in the dropdown list box | ||||
568 |
The specified font doesn't exist | ||||
569 |
PatternMatch and SoundsLike parameters cannot both be set to 1 | ||||
570 |
Cannot sort arrays with more than two dimensions | ||||
574 |
Address not found | ||||
575 |
MAPI returned error | ||||
576 |
Cannot add address to Personal Address Book | ||||
577 |
You must specify display name for a new address | ||||
578 |
Unknown document property | ||||
579 |
Cannot delete a built-in document property | ||||
580 |
Unknown link | ||||
581 |
Cannot change the value of a read-only document property | ||||
582 |
Unable to load specified library | ||||
583 |
Illegal function name | ||||