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Article ID: 983119 - Last Review: August 26, 2011 - Revision: 2.2
"Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)'" when you programmatically set a property of a chart in Excel 2007 or in Excel 2010
Consider the following scenario:
- You have a macro that sets a property of a chart in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or in Microsoft Excel 2010. For example, the macro sets the MaximumScale, MinimumScale, Title, Axis, or Legend property of a chart.
- You protect the worksheet. When you do this, you click to select the Edit objects check box in the Protect Sheet dialog box.
- You run the macro.
In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles one of the following.
Error message 1Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
Method 'MaximumScale' of object 'Axis' failed
Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
Automation error
Unspecified error
This problem occurs because the Excel object model for the chart is disabled on a protected worksheet.
To work around this problem, unprotect the worksheet to enable the macro to run. You can manually unprotect the worksheet or by using theÂ
Unprotect method in the macro.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 2010
- Microsoft Office Excel 2007
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