Article ID: 266161 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 2.5

XL: Problems When You Use .Formula Property of a Range of Cells to Set Values in an Array

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to use the .Formula property of a range of cells to set values in an array with a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, you may receive the following error message:
Run-time error '1004':

Application-defined or object-defined error
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CAUSE

This problem may occur if the list separator for numbers in Regional Options is set to a character other than a comma. For example, when you change the Regional Options to Italian (Italy), the list separator for numbers is a semi-colon.
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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;cntactms) To work around this problem, use the .FormulaArray property to set the range values in the array. For example, you can use the following macro sample:
Sub Test()

     Sheet2.Range(Sheet1.UsedRange.Address).FormulaArray _
        = Sheet1.UsedRange.FormulaArray

End Sub
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STATUS

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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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
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