Autofill Method of Range Calss Failed 1

[YoungTurk]

I have the following code snippet, which causes the subject error:

Sheets("Nx=9.0g Fwd").Activate
Range(Cells(LastItemRow, 11), Cells(LastItemRow, 24)).Select
Selection.AutoFill Destination:=Range(Cells(LastItemRow + 1, 11), Cells(LastItemRow + 1, 24)), Type:=xlFillDefault

The odd part is I've lifted this code from another macro which works just fine:

Range(Cells(FirstAttachRow + i - 2, FirstAttachColumn), Cells(FirstAttachRow + i - 2, 100)).Select
Selection.AutoFill Destination:=Range(Cells(FirstAttachRow + i - 2, FirstAttachColumn), Cells(FirstAttachRow + i - 1, 100)), Type:=xlFillDefault

Suggestions? Explanations of why this works in one place and not another would also be useful as I am a VBA novice.

Thanks,
-Turk

 

[YoungTurk]

The following code worked:

Sheets("Nx=9.0g Fwd").Activate
Range(Cells(LastItemRow + 1, 11), Cells(LastItemRow + 1, 24)).FillDown

I'm still lost as to why the original code generated the error.

 

[cummings54]

The range and cell properties as you used them in the sample code rely on default expressions that return excel objects. Occassionally the default object is not what you expect and the code doesn't work. Try the following...

With Sheets("Nx=9.0g Fwd")
.Activate
.Range(.Cells(LastItemRow, 11), .Cells(LastItemRow, 24)).Select
Selection.AutoFill Destination:=.Range(.Cells(LastItemRow + 1, 11), .Cells(LastItemRow + 1, 24)), Type:=xlFillDefault
End With

The With statement lets you attach a property to a specific object explicitly using the dot operator. When you see .Range it is the same as Sheets("Nx=9.0g Fwd").Range

HTH

 

[YoungTurk]

Didn't seem to solve the problem, but thanks for the info on the with command; quite handy!