From: Ron Rosenfeld on 15 Apr 2010 21:36 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:34:54 -0700, "Joe User" <joeu2004> wrote: >Dim v As Object >v = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp") > >I have select Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5 (also tried 1.0) >under Tools > References. > >But nothing is added under VBAProject \ References in the Project pane, as >there is when I select atpvbaen.xls for example. > >Is that indicative of the root cause of the problem, perhaps a missing file? > >What is the name of the file that contains the Microsoft VBScript Regular >Expressions 5.5 library? You must SET an object. Dim v as Object set v = createobject("vbscript.regexp"). If you select Tools/References VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5, then one syntax would be: Dim v as RegExp Set v = New Regexp .... .... .... 'and maybe Set v = Nothing --ron |