Could not set the ControlSource property. Invalid property value error

[Ömer Ayzan]

Friends I'm using Excel 2003 and on msform I have a simple textbox named txtFirstNo. Sometimes (I could not repeat problem bymyself) I get the error message 'Could not set the ControlSource property. Invalid property value' to an assignment statement:
txtFirstNo.ControlSource = dbInfo!E21. I have other text boxes whose control source set manually. They work perfectly fine. But this one gives me trouble.
Any Idea why?

Ömer Ayzan

 

[NickHK]

Try :
txtFirstNo.ControlSource = Worksheets("dbInfo").Range("E21").address
as ControlSource requires a string.

NickHK

Friends I'm using Excel 2003 and on msform I have a simple textbox named
txtFirstNo. Sometimes (I could not repeat problem bymyself) I get the error
message 'Could not set the ControlSource property. Invalid property value'
to an assignment statement:
txtFirstNo.ControlSource = dbInfo!E21. I have other text boxes whose
control source set manually. They work perfectly fine. But this one gives me
trouble.
Any Idea why?

Ömer Ayzan

 

[Bob Phillips]

As an aside, best to use an external reference

txtFirstNo.ControlSource =
Worksheets("dbInfo").Range("E21").address(,,,True)


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HTH

Bob Phillips

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