[vba] VBA - Run Time Error 1004 'Application Defined or Object Defined Error'

Solution #1: Your statement

.Range(Cells(RangeStartRow, RangeStartColumn), Cells(RangeEndRow, RangeEndColumn)).PasteSpecial xlValues

does not refer to a proper Range to act upon. Instead,

.Range(.Cells(RangeStartRow, RangeStartColumn), .Cells(RangeEndRow, RangeEndColumn)).PasteSpecial xlValues

does (and similarly in some other cases).

Solution #2: Activate Worksheets("Cable Cards") prior to using its cells.

Explanation: Cells(RangeStartRow, RangeStartColumn) (e.g.) gives you a Range, that would be ok, and that is why you often see Cells used in this way. But since it is not applied to a specific object, it applies to the ActiveSheet. Thus, your code attempts using .Range(rng1, rng2), where .Range is a method of one Worksheet object and rng1 and rng2 are in a different Worksheet.

There are two checks that you can do to make this quite evident:

  1. Activate your Worksheets("Cable Cards") prior to executing your Sub and it will start working (now you have well-formed references to Ranges). For the code you posted, adding .Activate right after With... would indeed be a solution, although you might have a similar problem somewhere else in your code when referring to a Range in another Worksheet.

  2. With a sheet other than Worksheets("Cable Cards") active, set a breakpoint at the line throwing the error, start your Sub, and when execution breaks, write at the immediate window

    Debug.Print Cells(RangeStartRow, RangeStartColumn).Address(external:=True)

    Debug.Print .Cells(RangeStartRow, RangeStartColumn).Address(external:=True)

    and see the different outcomes.

Conclusion: Using Cells or Range without a specified object (e.g., Worksheet, or Range) might be dangerous, especially when working with more than one Sheet, unless one is quite sure about what Sheet is active.

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