Hmmm... I'm stuck. The code works indeed from Personal.xls when I define
msoPropertyTypeNumber =1, but why do I have to (re)define a built- in
constant?
Thanks anyway for your help.

Joerg


"Vergel Adriano" wrote in message
...
Joerg,

I added the code as macro to my personal.xls and it worked - it added the
property to the active workbook.

msoPropertyTypeNumber value is 1.





"Joerg" wrote:

Just want to let you know that the code works fine when the macro is
included in the workbook where the custom property is to be craeted.
However I try to run it from my Personal.xls, so that I can add the
property
to any (active) workbook. This attempt failed so far...

Joerg

"Joerg" wrote in message
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Thanks. Could you then tell me the value for msoPropertyTypeNumber?
When I
debug the code the value for msoPropertyTypeNumber is empty. Could
explain
the error, but I found no value table in XL Help and therefore can't
try
to
change to an absolute value.

Joerg

"Vergel Adriano" wrote in
message
...
Not much of an answer, but, wanted to let you know that your code
worked
for
me as well. I have xl2003. The only problem I had was that it
errors
out
the second time I run it because the property already exists by
then.


"Joerg" wrote:

Thanks for your quick reply. Property doesn't exist. If created
manually,
then using it (e.g.
ActiveWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties("NumberOfS heets") =
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Count)
works fine. Just creating it with VBA is the problem. I'm using
XL2003.

Joerg


"NickHK" wrote in message
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Joerg,
Your code works for me in XL2002, but I have had difficulties
sometimes
working with this collection.
Make sure this property does not already exist
Close the WB, open it again and try the code.

NickHK

"Joerg" wrote in message
...
Hello World!

How can I add a custom property to the active workbook?
Following
code
looks
OK to me, but produces a run-time error (invalid procedure
call or
argument):

ActiveWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties.Add
Name:="NumberOfSheets",
_
LinkToContent:=False, _
Type:=msoPropertyTypeNumber, _
Value:=ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Count

Thanks,

Joerg Mochikun