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a more reasonable size, loop them in buffer size. But most probably reason is the spreadsheet too large (check in task manager if it's taking >500M RAM before running any macro) . You may want to open a read-only spreadsheet, remove all unused Sheets ( This will free a lot of memory) –Larry Jan 18 '13 at 10:37 You should show the code which is causing the problem. –Tim Williams Jan 18 '13 at 15:54 You could use 64bit office to get round the issue temporarily but you still need to address the problem like mentioned my most people. –Dreamwalker Jan 24 '13 at 14:20 2 You might not even be having memory issues - I've encountered VBA reporting "Out of Memory" errors, when the root cause was a function in an add-on DLL I had written raising an exception, thinking VBA would report that to the user. Apparently "Out of Memory" can also be VBA's way of saying "I don't know WTF to do about this"! –Loophole Jul 21 '14 at 3:00 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 8 down vote The best way to help memory to be freed is to nullify large objects: Sub Whatever() Dim someLargeObject as SomeObject 'expensive computation Set someLargeObject = Nothing End Sub Also note that global variables remain allocated from one call to another, so if you don't need persistence you should either not use global variables or nullify them when you don't need them any lo
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a discussion on How to avoid running out of memory while running VBA excel vba clear clipboard memory within the Excel Questions forums, part of the Question Forums category; I created a sample size calculator macro. My problem excel 2016 out of memory error is that when I run the macro to calculate sample size ... LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks Bookmark & Share Digg this Thread!Add Thread to del.icio.usBookmark in TechnoratiTweet this thread Thread http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14396998/how-to-clear-memory-to-prevent-out-of-memory-error-in-excel-vba Tools Show Printable Version Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Jun 17th, 2010,09:08 AM #1 yellow_orange New Member Join Date Feb 2010 Posts 34 How to avoid running out of memory while running VBA I created a sample size calculator macro. My problem is that when I run the macro to calculate sample size for a dozen times. Error msgbox just http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/475218-how-avoid-running-out-memory-while-running-visual-basic-applications.html pops out the message out of memory. The macro is running smoothly and gives me accurate results. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Reply With Quote Jun 17th, 2010,12:44 PM #2 SamTYler Board Regular Join Date Mar 2004 Location Columbia, Missouri, USA Posts 784 Re: How to avoid running out of memory while running VBA Rewrite the macro so it doesn't waste memory. We can help you if you will share it with us. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter SamT XP+SP3, Office 2003+P2 Recently of Niland, Ca. Now in Columbia, Mo. USA No Work, No money, No home Reply With Quote Jun 17th, 2010,03:19 PM #3 yellow_orange New Member Join Date Feb 2010 Posts 34 Re: How to avoid running out of memory while running VBA Originally Posted by SamTYler Rewrite the macro so it doesn't waste memory. We can help you if you will share it with us. I agree with you. I'm still a newbie in writing macros with userforms. Do you have some tips on what things to avoid, best practices, etc. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Reply With Quote Jun 18th,
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Forum Microsoft Office Application Help - Excel Help forum Excel Programming / VBA / Macros [SOLVED] Run-time error 7 out of memory vba To get replies by our experts at nominal charges, follow this link to buy points and post your thread in our Commercial Services forum! Here is the FAQ for this forum. + Reply to Thread Results 1 to 6 of 6 Run-time error 7 out of memory vba Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Rate This Thread Current Rating Excellent Good Average Bad Terrible Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 08-18-2012,11:58 AM #1 Jovica View Profile View Forum Posts Registered User Join Date 08-17-2012 Location Serbia MS-Off Ver Excel 2010 Posts 85 Run-time error 7 out of memory vba This is my first post here and second day trying to use VBA to solve some problems/shortcuts in Excel (I'm learning by trial and error). Using macros and help from this forum I was able to sort some code that I was happy with. Problem is when I use second macro (that I found on the net-which is working in blank workbook) I get "Run-time error 7 out of memory" in first macro which I am not using at the time. The problem is in the third line "If Target.Column = 20 And Target.Value = "B" Then" Please Login or Register to view this content. Thanks for help in advance. Last edited by Jovica; 08-19-2012 at 09:09 AM. Register To Reply 08-18-2012,01:51 PM #2 Richard Buttrey View Profile View Forum Posts Forum Moderator Join Date 01-14-2008 Location Stockton Heath, Cheshire, UK MS-Off Ver Excel for Windows & Mac - all versions. Posts 19,411 Re: Run-time error 7 out of memory vba Hi, How big is the file? Have you got any other applications or Excel workbooks open at the same time? If so close them all and see if that helps. Is there only one version of Excel open? Richard Buttrey If any of the responses have helped then please consider rating them by clicking the small star icon below the post. Register To Reply 08-18-2012,02:03 PM #3 Jovica View Profile View Forum Posts Registered User Join Date 08-17-2012 Location Serbia MS-Off Ver Excel 2010 Posts 85 Re: Run-time error 7 out of memory vba I've read that help file, tried everything and nothing...same problem.File size is 353kb. Code that I put in previous message (let's say Code1) is working until I start