Problem with creating numerous shapes on a single sheet
 

Hello,

It's an ancient post that didn't get any answer and that I reuse as
get the exact same problem. I hope it's the right place for that.

Problem is this :

from within a macro, i draw textboxes on my excel-sheet using

Sheets(sht).TextBoxes.Add(lft, tp, wdth, hght).Select
....

everything seems fine, a textbox with the name 'Text nnnnn' i
generated,
where nnnnn is a sequence number, always increasing by 1.
At a certain point (appr 65000), this process fails with error :

Run-time error '1004':
Select method of Textbox class failed.

I assume the process reaches its maximun for this (internal) counte
(65000
per sheet).
Deleting textboxes does not affect this counter.
Also giving this textbox a self-generated name, using

.....
Selection.name = "Textbox " & count
count = count + 1
....

has no influence on this counter, it only affects the name of th
textbox.
As this application is frequently used, and generating about on
thousand
textboxes each time, you'll understand that reaching the point o
65000
happens (to) often.

Is there way to manipulate this value from within my macro, or is ther
a
work-around ????

Help of any kind would be very welcome and appreciated.

Thanks !

Youpi Col

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