Quick Excel macro question

Factual Questions
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This is, in all likelihood, a stupid question, but…in an VB6 macro for Excel 2003, why does the following code return a type mismatch error if the cell (E, ActiveCell.row) is formatted as “Date (m/d/yy)”, and contains the data “10/2/2006” (without the quotes)?


Dim EnrollDate as Date

EnrollDate = Cells("E", ActiveCell.row).Value

I have also tried using “EnrollDate = Cells(“E”, ActiveCell.row).Text”, but that returns a type mismatch as well.

I’ve never had a problem getting VB to accept dates in this format before, so I figure I’m doing something wrong with my assignment statement (I don’t usually work in Excel). Can anyone help me out?

ETA: I also tried formatting the cell as plain text rather than a date. That didn’t work either.

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I KNEW this would happen as soon as I posted the thread…

Never mind, answered my own question. Apparently the proper assignment is Cells(row, column), which is completely ass-backwards if you ask me, but there you have it. Mods, feel free to lock this thread if you wish.