Question

So I’m having trouble trying to get a method from an API to run correctly. Documentation says that the method has the following:

updateMethod(Object, String, Int)

The object is the worksheet or workbook that holds the item to be updated. The String is the name of the item, and the Int is what type of update will take place.

The method has to actually be used with a Boolean, as it will return True if updated and False if not:

wasUpdated = api.updateMethod(Object, String, Int)

So my code example is:

Function TestUpdate()

    Dim wasUpdated As Boolean
    Dim Container As Object
    Dim RangeName As String
    Dim refreshType As Integer

    Set Container = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
    RangeName = "RangeTest"
    refreshType = 0

    wasUpdated = api.updateMethod(Container, RangeName, refreshType)

    If wasUpdate = True Then
        MsgBox "Updated"
    Else
        MsgBox "Failed"
    End If

End Function

I keep getting a Runtime-Error 424 on the wasUpdate = ... saying “Object Required”. Am I not defining the Object correctly? Or is this a possible issue with the API itself and I need to contact the company?

Thanks

Answer 1

Credit goes to @TimWilliams

The problem was not declaring an API object, had nothing to do with the container object.

Function TestUpdate()

    Dim wasUpdated As Boolean
    Dim Container As Worksheet
    Dim RangeName As String
    Dim refreshType As Integer
    Dim apiUpdateObject As Object
    Dim apiObject As Object

    Set apiObject = CreateObject("ApiDLL.Object")
    Set apiObject.ParentApp = ActiveWorkbook.Application

    Set apiUpdateObject = apiObject.UpdateMethod
    Set Container = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
    RangeName = "RangeTest"
    refreshType = 0

    wasUpdated = apiUpdateObject.UpdateNRange(Container, RangeName, refreshType)

    If wasUpdated = True Then
        MsgBox "Updated"
    Else
        MsgBox "Failed"
    End If

End Function

Thanks for the help guys.