Greetings! Have run into an apparent glitch, would appreciate any ideas.

Briefly:
1. Selection.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:="Test" ' isolate rows of
interest using an autofilter
2. Range("B1").Offset(1).Select ' select first data cell below header cell
3. Range(Selection,
Selection.End(xlDown)).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisi ble).Select ' select
filtered cells
4. Set Config = Selection ' assign handle to the range collection

Up to here, everything is okay, sort of. If there is at least one visible
row in the filtered list, then Config.count accurately reflects the number
of autofiltered rows (cells, actually), and Config can be used as a
collection for subsequent processing.

HOWEVER, if there are no filtered cells (meaning no data row is visible in
the autofilter), then Config.count is not zero but rather is some large
number (less than total number of rows in data set).

Q1: What is it doing? Is this somehow self-inflicted?
Q2: As a work-around, what are options to identify what should be an empty
collection?

Office 2003 with all updates.

Thanks!
George