Error 13: Type mismatch

Error Message

This article was contributed by Esri Singapore.

VBA code that was created in ArcGIS 9.3 may return the following error in ArcGIS 10.

"Error 13: Type mismatch"

Cause

When code created with ArcGIS 9.3 contains the following lines and is run in ArcGIS 10, a mismatch error is returned.

Code:
Public Sub Run()

Dim pMxDoc As IMxDocument
Set pMxDoc = ThisDocument

Dim pPageLayout As IPageLayout
Set pPageLayout = pMxDoc.PageLayout

Dim pPage As IPage
Set pPage = pPageLayout.Page '** error occurs here **

End Sub

Solution or Workaround

1. Verify that the references to the esriCarto and esriCartoUI libraries have been given from Tools > References in the VB editor.
   
   They should be pointing to '<ArcGIS installation folder>\com\esriCarto.olb' and '<ArcGIS installation folder>\com\esriCartoUI.olb', respectively.
   
   If needed, correct the library references to these paths (default setting).
2. If the error continues to occur after verifying the reference libraries, fully qualify the interfaces in the code.
   
   

   Code:
   Dim pPageLayout As esriCarto.IPageLayout 
   
   Set pPageLayout = pMxDocument.PageLayout
   
   Dim pPage As esriCarto.IPage
   
   Set pPage = pPageLayout.Page