Shared workbook problem!

[Kentman]

I have a workbook that works fine except when I share it. Clicking the OK button on a userform causes the following error:

'1004'
'Application-defined or object-defined error'

The worksheets are protected but this only happens once I share it not at any other time.

Microsoft says: "This issue may occur if one or more of the cells in an array (range of cells) contain a character string that is set to contain more than 911 characters."
But I don't have any data in any of the sheets as I'm testing a blank version!

Does anyone know what it means or is referring to or how to stop this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm on the last leg of a long development.

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

This doesn't answer your question, but if I were you I would avoid using shared workbooks. They are highly unreliable when it comes to data integrity.

That said, what line of code is causing the error?

 

[Domski]

Shared workbooks are pure evil and whilst they can work they often cause as many problems as they fix.

Can you post the code that is run when you click the OK button?

Dom

 

[Kentman]

As it only happens when in 'shared' mode I can't debug as it doesn't allow access to the project.

The code executed is below:

Private Sub CmdButNewOK_Click()
Dim SNTDay, SNTMonth, SNTYear, SNTDate As String
Dim SUPERDay, SUPERMonth, SUPERYear, SUPERDate As String
Dim DISPDay, DISPMonth, DISPYear, DISPDate As String
Dim SNTHour, SNTMinute, SNTTime As String
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'check to see if they picked a ward
If SheetPicked = "" Then
MsgBox "You must select a Ward from the list!"
Exit Sub
End If
'Select worksheet picked and move to the first blank row
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(SheetPicked).Activate
Range("A1").Select
Do
If IsEmpty(ActiveCell) = False Then 'If there's something in the row..
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select 'move to the next row
End If
Loop Until IsEmpty(ActiveCell) = True 'Keep doing this until you find the first empty row
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 25) = Range("Control!A90") 'This is the current date and time of the new record
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Start getting values from dialog box
'SNT Section
ActiveCell.Value = SheetPicked
'Area label value is automatically input via the Ward drop down code
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1) = Me.Lbl_AREA

If Me.TB_INTREF.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2) = Me.TB_INTREF.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2) = "Not Entered"
End If
SNTDay = Combo_DAY.Value
SNTMonth = Combo_MONTH.Value
SNTYear = Combo_YEAR.Value
SNTMinute = ComboMINUTE.Value
SNTHour = ComboHOUR.Value
'Construct date from VARs
SNTDate = SNTDay & "/" & SNTMonth & "/" & SNTYear
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 3) = SNTDate
'Construct time from VARs
SNTTime = SNTHour & ":" & SNTMinute
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4) = SNTTime

'Information for drop-down comes off the Control Sheet from the named range 'Input_Type'
If Me.ComboINPUTTYPE.Value = "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 5) = "Not Entered"
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 5) = Me.ComboINPUTTYPE.Value
End If
If Me.Tb_INPUTTYPECOMMENT.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 6) = Me.Tb_INPUTTYPECOMMENT.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 6) = "Not Entered"
End If
'Information for drop-down comes off the Control Sheet from the named range 'Input_Type_Summary'
If Me.ComboINPUTTYPESUM.Value = "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 7) = "Not Entered"
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 7) = Me.ComboINPUTTYPESUM.Value
End If
If Me.Tb_ORIGIN.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 8) = Me.Tb_ORIGIN.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 8) = "Not Entered"
End If
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Location Section
If Me.Tb_FNAME.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 9) = Me.Tb_FNAME.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 9) = "Not Entered"
End If
If Me.Tb_LNAME.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 10) = Me.Tb_LNAME.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 10) = "Not Entered"
End If
If Me.Tb_ADDRESS.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 11) = Me.Tb_ADDRESS.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 11) = "Not Entered"
End If
If Me.Tb_PHONE.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 12) = Me.Tb_PHONE.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 12) = "Not Entered"
End If
If Me.Tb_EMAIL > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 13) = Me.Tb_EMAIL
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 13) = "Not Entered"
End If
If Me.Tb_MESSAGE > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 14) = Me.Tb_MESSAGE
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 14) = "Not Entered"
End If

'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Supervision Section

If Me.Tb_SUPER.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 15) = Me.Tb_SUPER.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 15) = "Not Entered"
End If

If Me.Tb_ACTION.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 16) = Me.Tb_ACTION.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 16) = "Not Entered"
End If
'Get supervision date
SUPERDay = Combo_DD.Value
SUPERMonth = ComboMM.Value
SUPERYear = ComboYYYY.Value
'Construct date for record
SUPERDate = SUPERDay & "/" & SUPERMonth & "/" & SUPERYear
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 17) = SUPERDate

If Me.Tb_OFFICER.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 18) = Me.Tb_OFFICER.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 18) = "Not Entered"
End If

'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Disposal Section
'Column Q
If Me.Tb_DISPREF.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 19) = Me.Tb_DISPREF.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 19) = "Not Entered"
End If
'Column R
If Chk_APPROVE = True Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 20) = "Y"
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 20) = "Not Entered"
End If
'Column S
If Chk_DISPOSAL = True Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 21) = "Y"
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 21) = "Not Entered"
End If
'Disposal date
DISPDay = ComboDISPDAY.Value
DISPMonth = ComboDISPMONTH.Value
DISPYear = ComboDISPYEAR.Value
'Construct disposal date for record
DISPDate = DISPDay & "/" & DISPMonth & "/" & DISPYear

If Chk_DISPOSAL = True Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 22) = DISPDate
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 22) = "Not Entered"
End If
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Notes Section
If Me.Tb_NOTES.Value > "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 23) = Me.Tb_NOTES.Value
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 23) = "Not Entered"
End If
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 24) = Me.Tb_OFFICER.Value 'This is the logged on user entering the new record
'Copies the unique reference formula into this record
Range("AB2:AF2").Select
Selection.Copy
Do
If IsEmpty(ActiveCell) = False Then
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
End If
Loop Until IsEmpty(ActiveCell) = True
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormulas, Operation:=xlNone, _
SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Application.CutCopyMode = False
'Copy the conditional format to this row
Range("A2:U2").Select
Selection.Copy
Do
If IsEmpty(ActiveCell) = False Then
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
End If
Loop Until IsEmpty(ActiveCell) = True
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats, Operation:=xlNone, _
SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Range("A1").Select

ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Start").Activate
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Unload Me
End Sub

 

[Kentman]

If a shared workbook is a problem does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can share a workbook for multi-editing over a network - these criteria have to remain I afraid?

 

[Domski]

Yep, use Access.

I'll have a look at the code when I get a few minutes.

Please remember to use code tags when posting code in future.

Dom

 

[Kentman]

Yep, use Access.

Please remember to use code tags when posting code in future.

Dom

Dom - Access - not an option

Don't know what you mean by code tags

 

[Domski]

Don't know what you mean by code tags

See the last line of my signature. You can either type the tags manually or click the # button in advanced mode.

Dom

 

[Kentman]

Gotha!

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

I don't see anything obvious in that code. But have a look at the topic 'Limitations of shared workbooks' in Excel Help.

For example, you can't define or apply conditional formats, so while your copy/paste special formats code doesn't cause an error, the conditional formats won't be pasted. That's from testing in Excel 2000.