Can't sink this object's events because it's already firing events to the maximum number of supported event recipients (Error 96)

Each object specifies the maximum number of simultaneous recipients to which it can fire events. This error has the following causes and solutions:

  • You tried to use Set for a WithEvents variable for a control on a form. You can't use Set for a WithEvents variable because the number of recipients allowed for these events.

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