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

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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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