invalid-use-of-new-keyword.md

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Invalid use of New keyword	vblr6.chm1040348	vblr6.chm1040348	6bdc77a1-dde7-974e-4fee-b9279b4f3ae3	06/08/2017	medium

Invalid use of New keyword

The New keyword can only be applied to a creatable object (an instance of a class or Automation object). This error has the following causes and solutions:

• You tried to instantiate something that can have only one instance. For example, you tried to create a new instance of a module by specifying Module1 in a statement like the following:

    Dim MyMod As New Module1 

  You can't create the new instance, since a module can have only one instance.

• You tried to instantiate an Automation object, but it was not a creatable object. For example, you tried to create a new instance of a list box by specifying ListBox in a statement like the following:

      ' Valid syntax to create the variable. 
    Dim MyListBox As ListBox     
    Dim MyFormInst As Form 
    ' Invalid syntax to instantiate the object. 
    Set MyFormInst = New Form 
    Set MyListBox = New ListBox 

ListBox and Form are class names, not specific object names. Use them to specify that a variable will be a reference to a certain object type, as with the valid Dim statements above. But you can't use them to instantiate the objects themselves in a Set statement. You must specify a specific object, rather than the generic class name, in the Set statement:

    ' Valid syntax to create new instance of a form or list box. 
  Set MyFormInst = New Form1 
  Set MyListBox = New List1 

For additional information, select the item in question and press F1 (in Windows) or HELP (on the Macintosh).

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