Property Set can't be used with a read-only property (Error 383)

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This page is specific to the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Reference for Office 2010.

It may not be possible to obtain a reference to a property at run time.This error has the following cause and solution:

  • You tried to get a reference to a property that's read-only at run time. Since you can use a reference for both reading and writing, the property must provide run-time support for both operations for a reference to be obtained at run time. You can only use a Property Get with this property.

For additional information, select the item in question and press F1 (in Windows) or HELP (on the Macintosh).