Nov 12, 2018  Scripting.Dictionary. A Dictionary object is the equivalent of a PERL associative array. Items, which can be any form of data, are stored in the array. Each item is associated with a unique key. The key is used to retrieve an individual item and is usually an integer or a. Create Instance of Dictionary with Excel VBA Code. After setting the reference to ‘Microsoft Scripting Runtime’ we need to create an instance of Excel VBA Dictionary. First, declare the variable as Scripting.Dictionary. Code: Sub DictExample1 Dim Dict As Scripting.Dictionary End Sub.

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I do have a main Excel VBA Programm which calls a Sub Routine with late binding because using the Tools->References-> Microsoft Scripting Runtime is not feasable for the know reasons.

next step is to send the dictionary to my SubRoutine

will result in compiling error which is expected because I do not have the reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime.The Questions is now, how to solve that problem to declare the dictionary.By using

Would empty the dictionary.

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You are effectively asking how to use late binding instead of early binding (one article discussing this, more articles).

Instead of the following, which implies early binding (i.e. setting an explicit reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime library):

you need to declare your Sub's parameter as a generic Object type, as is required when using late binding (i.e. no explicit reference set, letting the program figure things out at runtime):

Think of Object as a container that can hold any kind of object — but once you put an object in it, e.g. a Dictionary, then that's what it becomes. In the Locals window it will appear as Object/Dictionary, meaning the container is Object (which is largely irrelevant to you, don't worry about this) but the nature/behaviour is Dictionary (which is what you want).

Addendum: This last sentence isn't quite as true as I thought it was. See explanation in follow-up question: Runtime Error with Dictionary when using late binding but not early binding

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Object that stores data key/item pairs. Windows 10 store app installation folder.

Syntax

Scripting.Dictionary

Remarks

A Dictionary object is the equivalent of a PERL associative array. Items, which can be any form of data, are stored in the array. Each item is associated with a unique key. The key is used to retrieve an individual item and is usually an integer or a string, but can be anything except an array.

The following code illustrates how to create a Dictionary object.

Methods

Properties

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See also

Microsoft Scripting Library

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