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Error message when you try to access tasks programmatically in Project 2007: Run-time error '438'

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Article ID: 939162 - Last Review: October 8, 2011 - Revision: 2.0

Error message when you try to access tasks programmatically in Project 2007: "Run-time error '438'"

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro to access each Task object in the ActiveProject object in Microsoft Office Project 2007, you receive the following error message:
Run-time error '438': Object doesn't support this property or method.

RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Project 2007 Hotfix Package that is dated June 17, 2007. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
938889  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=938889/ ) Description of the Project 2007 hotfix package: June 17, 2007

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
  • Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
Keywords: 
kboffice2007postrtmfix kbhotfixrollup kbqfe kbbug kbfix KB939162
       

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