In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you attempt to reference the last object in the CustomViews collection by index number, you may receive the following error message:

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This problem occurs when the last view you create is the last object in the CustomViews collection.

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    Sub GetCustomViewNames()

   Dim VwArray() As String, i As Integer

   'Create a temporary view.
   ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Add "Temporary"

   For i = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Count - 1
         ReDim Preserve VwArray( 1 To i)
         VwArray(i) = ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews(i).Name
         MsgBox VwArray(i)
   Next i
   'Delete temporary view.
   ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews("Temporary").Delete

   End Sub
				

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

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For more information about the CustomViews Collection Object, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft Visual Basic Help, type the following text and then click the the "CustomViews Collection Object" topic.

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