WD98: Error Using Border Constants with Font.Borders (182253)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q182253

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to apply borders to selected characters using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the following error occurs:
Run-time error '5941': The requested member of the collection does not exist.

CAUSE

By design, character borders will only take 1 or the wdBorderTop constant as arguments because the character borders count equals 1.

For example, the following Visual Basic for Applications commands will cause the error to occur if you attempt to designate a right border for a selected character: 
   Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle _
   =WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

WORKAROUND

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   Selection.Font.Borders(1).LineStyle = WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

-or- 

   Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = _
   WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/17/2005
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