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#Else clause must be preceded by a matching #If
#Else If, #Else, or #End If must be preceded by a matching #If
#ElseIf must be preceded by a matching #If or #ElseIf and followed by an #ElseIf, #Else, or #End If
<Item> is not a valid control type (Error 720)
A compatible ActiveX component must be a Visual Basic executable or a DLL
A form can’t be moved or sized while minimized or maximized
A module is not a valid type
A procedure of that name already exists
A procedure with a ParamArray argument cannot be called with named arguments
A property or method call cannot include a reference to a private object, either as an argument or as a return value (Error 98)
ActiveX component can’t create object or return reference to this object (Error 429)
ActiveX Component did not run correctly (Error 338)
ActiveX component not correctly registered (Error 336)
ActiveX control ‘item’ not found (Error 363)
Add-in can’t reference project
Ambiguous name detected
AppleScript error
Application-defined or object-defined error
Argument not optional (Error 449)
Argument required for Property Let or Property Set
Array already dimensioned
Array argument must be ByRef
Assignment to constant not permitted
Automation error (Error 440)
Automation object doesn’t have a default value (Error 443)
Bad DLL calling convention (Error 49)
Bad file mode (Error 54)
Bad file name or number (Error 52)
Bad interface for Implements: interface contains data fields
Bad interface for Implements: interface is derived from another pure interface with non-restricted methods
Bad interface for Implements: interface is not derived from Iunknown
Bad interface for Implements: method does not return HRESULT
Bad interface for Implements: method has out-only or LCID parameter
Bad interface for Implements: method has parameter with too many levels of indirection
Bad interface for Implements: method has underscore in name
Bad interface for Implements: methods uses type that is not supported by Visual Basic
Bad record length (Error 59)
Bad record number (Error 63)
Beginning of search scope has been reached; do you want to continue from the end?
Block If without End If
Breakpoint not allowed on this line
ByRef argument type mismatch
Calling convention not supported by Visual Basic
Cannot define a KWID_tkPUBLIC user-defined type within a private object module
Cannot display specified name because it is hidden
Cannot handle events for the object specified
Cannot jump to specified type because it is in the specified library, which is not currently referenced
Can’t add a reference to the specified file
Can’t assign or coerce array of fixed-length string or user-defined type to Variant
Can’t assign to an array
Can’t call Friend procedure on an object that isn’t an instance of the defining class (Error 97)
Can’t change data types of array elements
Can’t create AutoRedraw image (Error 480)
Can’t create necessary temporary file (Error 322)
Can’t display hidden procedure
Can’t display system information
Can’t edit module
Can’t empty Clipboard (Error 520)
Can’t enter break mode at this time
Can’t execute code in break mode
Can’t execute immediate statements in design mode
Can’t exit design mode because control can’t be created
Can’t find DLL entry point in specified DLL
Can’t find project or library
Can’t find Windows Help .exe file
Can’t Get or Put user-defined type containing object reference
Can’t have paramarrays with optional arguments
Can’t load module; invalid format
Can’t load or unload this object (Error 361)
Can’t make an assignment to a read-only property
Can’t open Clipboard (Error 521)
Can’t perform operation because the project is protected
Can’t perform requested operation (Error 17)
Can’t perform requested operation since the module is hidden
Can’t place conditional breakpoint on an array
Can’t print form image to this type of printer (Error 486)
Can’t print minimized form image
Can’t quit at this time
Can’t record into running module
Can’t ReDim, Erase, or assign to Variant that contains array whose element is With object
Can’t remove control or reference; in use
Can’t remove default reference
Can’t rename with different drive (Error 74)
Can’t save file to TEMP directory (Error 735)
Can’t set the project name at this time
Can’t show non-modal form when modal form is displayed
Can’t sink this object’s events because it’s already firing events to the maximum number of supported event recipients (Error 96)
Can’t start new recording until current session is ended
Can’t use character device names in file names: ‘item’ (Error 320)
Case Else outside Select Case
Case without Select Case
Circular dependencies between modules
Class doesn’t support Automation (Error 430)
Class is not set (Error 31018)
Class not registered on local machine (Error 463)
Class not registered. ‘item 1’
Code execution has been interrupted
Code resource lock error (Error 455)
Code resource not found (Error 454)
Compile error in hidden module: <module name>
Component not correctly registered
Conflicting attributes were found in ‘item’. The defaults will be used
Conflicting names were found in ‘item1’. The name ‘item2’ will be used
Connection to type library or object library for remote process has been lost (Error 442)
Constant expression required
Constants, fixed-length strings, arrays, user-defined types, and Declare statements not allowed as Public members of an object module
Could not access system registry (Error 335)
Could not create reference: ‘item’
Could not execute specified program
Could not start Internet Explorer
Current module does not support Print method
Cyclic reference of projects not allowed
Data value named not found (Error 327)
Definitions of property procedures for the same property are inconsistent
Deftype statements must precede declarations
Destination label too far away; loop, Select Case, or block If too large
Device I/O error (Error 57)
Device unavailable (Error 68)
Disk full (Error 61)
Disk not ready (Error 71)
Display more load errors?
Division by zero (Error 11)
Do without Loop
Do you want to export specified object before removing it?
Duplicate declaration in current scope
Duplicate definition
Duplicate Deftype statement
Duplicate Option statement
Duplicate procedure name
Duplicate resources with same type and name
Edit can’t be undone—proceed anyway?
Else without If
Empty Enum type not allowed
Empty watch expression
End If without block If
End of search scope has been reached; do you want to continue from the beginning?
End Select without Select Case
End With without With
Enum types defined in standard modules or private classes cannot be used in public object modules as parameters or return types for public procedures, as public data members, or as fields of public user defined types
Error accessing the system registry
Error in loading DLL (Error 48)
Error loading from file (Error 31037)
Error loading ‘item’. A control could not be loaded due to load error. Continue?
Error loading ‘item’. An error was encountered loading a property. Continue?
Error saving to file (Error 31036)
Errors during load. Refer to ‘item’ for details
Errors occurred during load
Event handler is invalid
Event not found
Exit Do not within Do…Loop
Exit For not within For…Next
Exit Function not allowed in Sub or Property
Exit Property not allowed in Function or Sub
Exit Sub not allowed in Function or Property
Expected array
Expected End Function
Expected End Property
Expected End Sub
Expected End With
Expected Function or variable
Expected procedure, not module
Expected procedure, not project or library
Expected procedure, not user-defined type
Expected procedure, not variable
Expected Sub, Function, or Property
Expected user-defined type, not project
Expected variable or procedure, not Enum type
Expected variable or procedure, not module
Expected variable or procedure, not project
Expected: <various>
Expression too complex (Error 16)
External name not defined
Failed to activate control ‘item 1’. This control may be incompatible with your application. Make sure you are using the version of the control that was provided with your application.
Failed to load control ‘item1’ from ‘item2’. Your version of ‘item2’ may be outdated. Make sure you are using the version of the control that was provided with your application.
File already exists (Error 58)
File already open (Error 55)
File format no longer supported
File is read-only
File not found (Error 53)
File specified was not found
Filename or class name not found during Automation operation (Error 432)
Fixed or static data can’t be larger than 64K
Fixed-length strings and use of the ‘new’ qualifier are not allowed for fields in a public user defined type defined in an object module
Fixed-length strings not allowed as the type of a public member of an object module; private object modules not allowed as the type of a public member of a public object module
For control variable already in use
For Each can only iterate over a collection object or an array
For Each control variable must be Variant or Object
For Each control variable on arrays must be Variant
For Each may not be used on array of user-defined type or fixed-length strings
For loop not initialized (Error 92)
For without Next
Form already displayed; can’t show modally (Error 400)
Form not found (Error 424)
Forward reference to user-defined type
Function call on left-hand side of assignment must return Variant or Object
Function marked as restricted or uses a type not supported in Visual Basic
Identifier too long
Identifier under cursor isn’t a procedure name
Illegal parameter. Can’t write arrays (Error 328)
Illegal parameter. Can’t write object because it does not support persistence.
Illegal parameter. Can’t write user-defined type.
Incorrect DLL version
Incorrect OLE version
Input past end of file (Error 62)
Insufficient Immediate window memory to create variable
Insufficient memory to save Undo information
Insufficient project information to load project on platform or with version now being used
Interface not valid for Implements
Internal error (Error 51)
Invalid Access mode
Invalid attribute in Sub, Function, or Property
Invalid character
Invalid Clipboard format (Error 460)
Invalid Clipboard format (Error 460)
Invalid data format
Invalid data type for constant
Invalid event name
Invalid file format (Error 321)
Invalid file format (Error 321)
Invalid format in resource file (Error 325)
Invalid in Immediate window
Invalid inside Enum
Invalid inside procedure
Invalid length for fixed-length string
Invalid Next control variable reference
Invalid object use (Error 425)
Invalid optional parameter type
Invalid or unqualified reference
Invalid ordinal (Error 452)
Invalid outside Enum
Invalid outside procedure
Invalid ParamArray use
Invalid pattern string (Error 93)
Invalid picture (Error 481)
Invalid picture (Error 481)
Invalid picture type (Error 485)
Invalid procedure call or argument (Error 5)
Invalid procedure name
Invalid property name
Invalid property value (Error 380)
Invalid property value (Error 380)
Invalid property-array index (Error 381)
Invalid qualifier
Invalid ReDim
Invalid syntax for conditional compiler constant declarations
Invalid Template
Invalid type-declaration character
Invalid use of AddressOf operator
Invalid use of base class name
Invalid use of Me keyword
Invalid use of New keyword
Invalid use of Null (Error 94)
Invalid use of object
Invalid watch expression
Item’ already exists in project
‘item’ cannot be added because it is referenced but not in use by any items in the project. To correct this, uncheck ‘Remove information about unused ActiveX Controls’ in Project Options.
Item’ could not be loaded
‘Item’ could not be loaded. Remove it from the list of available add-ins?
Item’ could not be registered
‘item’ designers can only be used in DLL projects
‘item’ designers cannot be private
‘item’ designers cannot be public in ActiveX EXE projects
‘item’ designers must be public and cannot be used in Standard EXE projects
‘Item’ has an old file format. When saved, it will be saved in a newer format.
‘item’ has caused an access violation. Remove it from the list of available Add-Ins?
‘Item’ is a binary form and can’t be loaded into Visual Basic
‘Item’ is a read-only file
‘item’ is a single-threaded component and cannot be used in multi-threaded projects. Change the threading model for ‘item’ or contact the component vendor for an updated version.
‘Item’ property can’t be read at run time (Error 393)
‘Item’ property can’t be set at run time (Error 382)
‘Item’ property is read-only (Error 383)
‘Item’ property is write-only (Error 394)
‘Item’ will not be loaded. Name is already in use
‘item1’ is an invalid key. The file ‘item2’ can’t be loaded
‘item1’ is referenced by ‘item2’ project and cannot be updated.
Label not defined
Language/country setting has changed
License information for this component not found. You don’t have an appropriate license to use this functionality in the design environment (Error 429)
Line isn’t an executable statement
Line ‘item1’: All controls must precede menus; can’t load control ‘item2’.
Line ‘item1’: Can’t create embedded object in ‘item2’
Line ‘item1’: Can’t create embedded object in ‘item2’; license not found
Line ‘item1’: Can’t load control ‘item2’; containing control not a valid container.
Line ‘item1’: Can’t load control ‘item2’; license not found
Line ‘item1’: Can’t load control ‘item2’; name already in use.
Line ‘item1’: Can’t set checked property in menu ‘item2’. Parent menu can’t be checked.
Line ‘item1’: Can’t set Shortcut property in menu ‘item2’. Parent menu cannot have a shortcut key.
Line ‘item1’: Class ‘item2’ of control ‘item3’ was not a loaded control class.
Line ‘item1’: Class name too long; truncated to ‘item2’.
Line ‘item1’: Control name too long; truncated to ‘item2’.
Line ‘item1’: Could not create reference: ‘item2’
Line ‘item1’: Did not find an index property, and control ‘item2’ already exists.
Line ‘item1’: ‘item2’ has a quoted string where the property name should be.
Line ‘item1’: Maximum nesting level for controls exceeded with ‘item2’.
Line ‘item1’: Missing or invalid control class in file ‘item2 ‘.
Line ‘item1’: Missing or invalid control name in file ‘item2’.
Line ‘item1’: Parent menu ‘item2’ can’t be loaded as a separator.
Line ‘item1’: Property ‘item2’ in control ‘item3’ had an invalid property index.
Line ‘item1’: Property ‘item2’ in ‘item3’ could not be loaded.
Line ‘item1’: Property ‘item2’ in ‘item3’ could not be set.
Line ‘item1’: Property ‘item2’ in ‘item3’ had an invalid file reference.
Line ‘item1’: Property ‘item2’ in ‘item3’ had an invalid value.
Line ‘item1’: Property ‘item2’ in ‘item3’ must be a quoted string.
Line ‘item1’: Syntax error: property ‘item2’ in ‘item3’ was missing an equal sign (=).
Line ‘item1’: The CLSID ‘item2’ for ‘item3’ is invalid.
Line ‘item1’: The control name ‘item2’ is invalid.
Line ‘item1’: The file ‘item2’ could not be loaded.
Line ‘item1’: The Form or MDIForm name ‘item2’ is already in use; can’t load this form.
Line ‘item1’: The Form or MDIForm name ‘item2’ is not valid; can’t load this form.
Line ‘item1’: The property name ‘item2’ in ‘item3’ is invalid.
Line too long
Loop without Do
LSet allowed only on strings and user-defined types
LSet not allowed
Maximum number of watch expressions added
MDI forms are not allowed in multithreaded projects. Any MDI form will be removed from this project. To keep the MDI form in the project select Cancel and change threading model to Thread Pool with only 1 thread.
Member identifier already exists in object module from which this object module derives
Method not valid without suitable object
Method or data member not found (Error 461)
Missing end bracket
Module not found
Module too large
Must be first statement on the line
Must close or hide topmost modal form first (Error 402)
Must specify which item(s) to print
Name conflicts with existing module, project, or object library
Name ‘item’ conflicts with existing module, project, or object library
Named argument already specified
Named argument not found (Error 448)
Named arguments not allowed
Need property-array index (Error 385)
Next without For
No creatable public component detected. Press F1 for more information.
No Help available
No object (Error 31004)
No text selected
No watch expression selected
Not a legal object name: ‘item
Not enough memory to completely save project
Not enough memory to load file
Not enough memory to run; quitting
Object already loaded (Error 360)
Object does not have a Property Let procedure
Object does not source Automation events
Object doesn’t support current locale setting (Error 447)
Object doesn’t support named arguments (Error 446)
Object doesn’t support this action (Error 445)
Object doesn’t support this property or method (Error 438)
Object library feature not supported
Object library for Visual Basic for Applications not found
Object library invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found
Object library not registered
Object library’s language setting incompatible with current project
Object module must implement all procedures in interface
Object required (Error 424)
Object server not found (Error 337)
Object variable not set (Error 91)
Object was unloaded (Error 364)
One or more files in the project have changed. Do you want to save the changes now?
One or more instances of this object are running. Can’t remove it at this time.
One or more of the properties in ‘item’ was bad. Some or all of the properties might not be set correctly.
Only comments may appear after End Sub, End Function, or End Property
Only public user defined types defined in public object modules can be used as parameters or return types for public procedures of class modules or as fields of public user defined types
Only valid in object module
Operation not allowed in DLL
Option Private Module not permitted in object module
Optional argument must be Variant
Other applications are currently accessing an object in your program. Ending the program now could cause errors in those programs. End program at this time?
Out of memory (Error 31001)
Out of memory (Error 7)
Out of memory; some watches might have been deleted
Out of resources
Out of stack space (Error 28)
Out of string space (Error 14)
Overflow (Error 6)
ParamArray must be declared as an array of Variant
Path not found (Error 76)
Path/File access error (Error 75)
Permission denied (Error 70)
Permission to use object denied (Error 419)
Please see the Readme file for more information on this error
Printer driver does not support specified property (Error 483)
Printer error (Error 482)
Printer error (Error 482)
Private Enum and user-defined types cannot be used as parameters or return types for public procedures, public data members, or fields of public user-defined types
Private object modules cannot be used in public object modules as parameters or return types for public procedures, as public data members, or as fields of public user defined types
Problem getting printer information from the system; make sure the printer is set up correctly. (Error 484)
Procedure declaration does not match description of event or procedure having same name
Procedure too large
Procedure type mismatch
Project contains too many procedure, variable, and constant names
Project file is read-only
Project is unviewable.
Project not found
Property Get can’t be executed at run time (Error 393)
Property Get can’t be executed on write-only property (Error 394)
Property let procedure not defined and property get procedure did not return an object (Error 451)
Property not found (Error 422)
Property or method not found (Error 423)
Property Set can’t be executed at run time (Error 382)
Property Set can’t be used with a read-only property (Error 383)
Property Set not permitted (Error 387)
Qualified name disallowed in module scope
Qualifier must be collection
Range has no values
Replacements too long (Error 746)
Requested type library or wizard is not a VBA project
Resume without error (Error 20)
Return without GoSub (Error 3)
RSet allowed only on strings
Run-time error <number>:
Search string must be specified
Search string must be specified
Search string too long or complex
Search text isn’t found
Search text not found (Error 744)
Seek failed: can’t read/write from the disk
Select Case without End Select
Selected watch expression invalid
Set Next Statement can only apply to executable lines within current procedure.
SHARE.EXE required
Specified ActiveX component not correctly registered or not found
Specified DLL function not found (Error 453)
Specified format doesn’t match format of data (Error 461)
Specified library or project already referenced
Statement invalid inside Type block
Statement invalid outside Type block
Statement too complex
Statements or labels invalid between Select Case and first Case
String value too long to process; form load aborted
Sub, Function, or Property not defined (Error 35)
Subscript out of range (Error 9)
Syntax error
System DLL ‘dll’ could not be loaded (Error 298)
System error ‘item’
The .VBP file for this project contains an invalid or corrupt library references ID
The ActiveX Designer’s Type Information does not match what was saved. Unable to Load.
The application description can’t be more than 2000 characters long
The code in this project must be updated for use on 64-bit systems
The current project does not support files of this type
The edit may make the object module incompatible with the previously specified compatible ActiveX component
The file ‘item’ is marked as a version not supported by the current version of Visual Basic and won’t be loaded
The file ‘item’ is out of date. This program requires a later version (Error 368)
The form class contained in the specified file is not supported in Visual Basic for Applications; the file can’t be loaded.
The library containing this symbol is not referenced by the current project, so the symbol is undefined. Would you like to add a reference to the containing library now?
The project file ‘item’ is corrupt and can’t be loaded
The project file ‘item1’ contains invalid ‘item2’ key value
The project file ‘item1’ contains invalid ‘item2’ key value. Valid range is 0 to ‘item3’
The project file ‘item1’ contains invalid key ‘item2’. The project can’t be loaded
The project name is too long. Name has been truncated
The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable (Error 462)
The selected Add-In has not been confirmed to be ‘Command Line Safe,’ and may require some user intervention (possible UI)
The specified file could not be loaded.
The specified object can’t be used as an owner form for Show() (Error 371)
The specified region has been searched
The specified region has been searched and 1 replacement was made
The specified region has been searched and the replacements were made
This action will reset your project, proceed anyway?
This array is fixed or temporarily locked (Error 10)
This command will stop the debugger.
This component doesn’t raise any events
This component doesn’t support this set of events (Error 459)
This control can only be used with ‘item’ designers
This control cannot be used with ‘item’ designers
This designer cannot be used because it uses features that are not supported in this version of Visual Basic
This document was opened with Macros Disabled
This edit requires a Reset
This feature requires Internet Explorer ‘item’ or greater. You can obtain the latest version from http://www.microsoft.com
This interaction between compiled and design environment components is not supported
This key is already associated with an element of this collection (Error 457)
This project is currently referenced by another project and cannot be closed
This VBA project was created while running VBA in a different application. You may only open it from inside the same application in which it was created.
Too many arguments
Too many dimensions
Too many DLL application clients
Too many files (Error 67)
Too many line continuations
Too many local, nonstatic variables
Too many module-level variables
Translation failed. Please check the trnslate.log file for more information.
Trappable Errors
Type mismatch (Error 13)
Type mismatch: array or user-defined type expected
Type not supported in Visual Basic
Type-declaration character does not match declared data type
Type-declaration character not allowed
Type-declaration character required
Unable to activate object (Error 31027)
Unable to create embedded object (Error 31032)
Unable to read from the disk
Unable to unload within this context (Error 365)
Unable to write Designer cache file ‘item’; will just use regular files on Load
Unable to write to the disk
Unexpected compile error
Unexpected error
Unexpected error; please contact Microsoft Technical Support
Unexpected error; quitting
Unmatched brackets in search string
Unrecognized project language
User interrupt occurred (Error 18)
User-defined type may not be passed ByVal
User-defined type not defined
User-defined type without members not allowed
Valid values are whole numbers from 1 to 32
Valid values are whole numbers from 2 to 60
Variable not defined
Variable not yet created in this context
Variable required. Can’t assign to this expression
Variable uses a type not supported in Visual Basic (Error 458)
Version number missing or invalid; Visual Basic 5.0 assumed
Visual Basic can’t load ‘item’ because it is not in the system registry. Please ensure that all add-ins have been installed correctly.
Warning: custom language settings not portable
Wend without While
While without Wend
Windowless controls can’t have menus.
With object must be user-defined type, Object, or Variant
Wizards can’t reference projects
Wrong number of arguments (Error 450)
Wrong number of dimensions
Wrong version of operating system; requires Windows NT 3.51 (build ‘item1’ or later) or Windows 95 (build ‘item2’ or later)
You must save a project before you can reference it.
You must terminate the #If block with an #End If
Component could not successfully create requested object
Component ‘item’ or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid
Component not found in registered location
Invalid Base Address
Programmatic ID string too long ‘item’. The Programmatic ID must be 39 characters or less.
Project <name> has been modified. Do you wish to save the changes now?
The file ‘item’ was not registerable as an ActiveX Component.
The load behavior for ‘item’ could not be updated because of current registry permissions.
The project file ‘item1’ contains invalid key ‘item2’.
Unable to display Help
Unexpected error occurred in code generator or linker
Version numbers must be in the range 0 to 9999
The binary compatibility DLL or EXE contains a parameter type or return type whose definition cannot be found
The binary compatibility DLL or EXE contains an Implements type whose definition cannot be found
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