What is the 0x800a03ec error? Describe the cause of the error and explain various steps to fix the error and also attach a snapshot of the error.
When the error happens, X and Y are set to 1, thus the excel range is not violated. This error message mainly occurs because the user has exceeded the range of row and column in the excel sheet or if the user uses an old (Xls) workbook opened in Excel 2007 or 2010.
The error displays: 0x800a03ec on WorkSheet.range method. The number of rows is more than 70K. Office 2007.
The methods to fix the 0x800a03ec error message is:
Method 1:
Try to save the file as a new format workbook before accessing the cells.
Method 2:
Check the values are not empty in the cells.
Run this query: if (rng.Value2 != null){}
Method 3:
Check the file does not begin with (=) and then export it to excel.
The snapshot of the error message is shown below:
