I have been trying to learn and write some VBA procedures in Excel on my
hope Excel version (XP). I wish to use these on my office version (2000).
They are quite simple but the 2000 acts strange in several ways that it
should not, based on what I keep reading in books and the help file.

First, I do not have to declare each and every variable on the XP version.
If they are not declared with a DIM statement then they are established as a
variant on first use. This matches what I read in all the books and the
help file in both versions.

Second, I try to create a carriage return in a message box by using
&Chr(13). It works fine on the XP version but the 200 version says,"
Compile Error: Cannot find project or library."

What am I missing here? Is there a setting in the 2000 versions that I
should alter?

In article ,
"Shawn Shuler" wrote:

First, I do not have to declare each and every variable on the XP version.
If they are not declared with a DIM statement then they are established as a
variant on first use. This matches what I read in all the books and the
help file in both versions.

You don't have to declare variables with Dim unless your modules have
Option Explicit at the top.

However, *especially* if you're just learning VBA, it's an *excellent*
idea to put that Option Explicit in. You can do that automatically by,
in the VBE, choosing Tools/Options/Editor and checking the Require
variable declaration checkbox (which is probably the setting in your
2000 version).

Having Option Explicit causes the compiler to catch all kinds of errors
- from spelling to type mismatches, and makes the debugging process much
easier


Second, I try to create a carriage return in a message box by using
&Chr(13). It works fine on the XP version but the 200 version says,"
Compile Error: Cannot find project or library."

What am I missing here? Is there a setting in the 2000 versions that I
should alter?

I'm not sure why that would cause an error. You could try using a space
between the & and the Chr(13) instead.

However, I'd recommend, at least to start, that you learn the enumerated
value vbNewLine instead, only because it works cross-platform (WinXL and
MacXL), where Chr(13) doesn't.

I will try both of your suggestions. I appreciate the help.

"JE McGimpsey" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Shawn Shuler" wrote:

First, I do not have to declare each and every variable on the XP
version.
If they are not declared with a DIM statement then they are established
as a
variant on first use. This matches what I read in all the books and the
help file in both versions.

You don't have to declare variables with Dim unless your modules have
Option Explicit at the top.

However, *especially* if you're just learning VBA, it's an *excellent*
idea to put that Option Explicit in. You can do that automatically by,
in the VBE, choosing Tools/Options/Editor and checking the Require
variable declaration checkbox (which is probably the setting in your
2000 version).

Having Option Explicit causes the compiler to catch all kinds of errors
- from spelling to type mismatches, and makes the debugging process much
easier


Second, I try to create a carriage return in a message box by using
&Chr(13). It works fine on the XP version but the 200 version says,"
Compile Error: Cannot find project or library."

What am I missing here? Is there a setting in the 2000 versions that I
should alter?

I'm not sure why that would cause an error. You could try using a space
between the & and the Chr(13) instead.

However, I'd recommend, at least to start, that you learn the enumerated
value vbNewLine instead, only because it works cross-platform (WinXL and
MacXL), where Chr(13) doesn't.