XL2000: You Receive "User-Defined Type Not Defined" Error Message When Using Data Access Objects (213353)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
This article was previously published under Q213353

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications subroutine using data access objects (DAOs), you may receive one of the following compile error messages:
User-Defined Type Not Defined

-or-

Sub or Function Not Defined

CAUSE

You may receive the error message when a subroutine contains code that uses the Microsoft DAO Object Library, and the library is not referenced.

RESOLUTION

To avoid the error message, follow these steps:
  1. In the Visual Basic Editor, click References on the Tools menu.
  2. In the References dialog box, under Available References, select Microsoft DAO 3.5 Object Library, and then click OK.

    If Microsoft DAO 3.5 Object Library is not listed in the list box under Available References, click Browse, and then navigate to the Dao350.dll file. It should be found in the following location:

    \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Dao\Dao350.dll

    Select the file, and then click OK. This returns you to the References dialog box. Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

When you run a subroutine using DAO, and the DAO Object Library is not referenced, you receive one of the messages listed in the "Symptoms" section, depending on what code is written. If your code declares variables, for example

Dim Db as Database
Dim Rs as Recordset

you receive the
User-Defined Type Not Defined
error message, and the subroutine fails in the variable declaration section.

If you did not declare your variables, you receive the following error message
Sub or Function Not Defined
and the subroutine fails at the first use of a statement that requires the DAO Object Library. This line is usually:

Set Db = Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(Path, optional arguments)

In this case, the subroutine fails when it encounters the "Workspaces" term.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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