Object Required Error in Excel VBA – Troubleshooting
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Object Required Error Overview
This tutorial will help you troubleshoot Object Required Errors in VBA.
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Objects Overview
In VBA, an Object is a “thing” like a worksheet, workbook, range, shape, row, column, userform, control, etc.
Objects have properties (exs: name, color, hidden) and methods (exs: open, clear, save, hide). If you attempt to apply a property or method, VBA needs a valid object on which to apply the properties or methods.
If you don’t provide a valid Object, you’ll receive the Object Required Error.
This guide will help you troubleshoot Object Required Errors.
#1. Option Explicit / Misspelled Variable Names
First, check if you’ve misspelled the object name. A misspelled name can cause the Object Required Error.
This can happen with existing object names:
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Or with variable names:
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One good way to prevent misspelled variables names is to make sure you declare Option Explicit at the top of your code module.
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Option Explicit |
Option Explicit forces you to declare your variables. Now when you Debug <<link>> your code, you’ll receive a message that you need to define your variable:
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This should help clue you in that that variable is misspelled.
#2 Variable Assignments
Next, make sure that you assigned your variables properly.
Object Variables must be assigned by using Set Object = : <<link>>
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If you don’t use Set for object variable assignments you’ll receive the Object Required error.
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Similarly, Non-Object Variables should be assigned without Set:
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If you attempt to use Set on a non-object variable, you’ll receive the Object Required error.
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#3 Worksheet-Level Modules
Is your code in a worksheet-level module? If so, you’ll need to be extra careful when referring to named ranges on other worksheets.
For example, you may have a workbook-level named range “Date”, in a regular code module, you can reference the named range like this:
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MsgBox Range("Date").value |
However, if you reference the named range from within a worksheet-level module, you must explicitly define the worksheet where the named range is located:
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MsgBox Sheets("Sheet2").Range("Date").value |
Otherwise you’ll encounter an error:
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