Calling a Sub or Function contained in a module using “CallByName” in VB/VBA

Question

It is easy to call a function inside a classModule using CallByName How about functions inside standard module?

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Answer 1

Although it is an old question and OP asked for CallByName in a standard module, the correct pieces of advice are scattered through answers and comments, and some may not be that accurate, at least in 2020. As SlowLearner stated, Application.run DOES return a Variant, and in that way both branchs below are equivalent, except by handling errors, as commented around Horowitz's answer:

Dim LoadEnumAndDataFrom as Variant
'FunctionName returns a Variant Array
if fCallByName then
    LoadEnumAndDataFrom = CallByName(ClassObj, "FunctionNameAtClass", VbMethod)
else
    'After moving back function for a standard module
    LoadEnumAndDataFrom = Application.Run("StandardModuleName" & "." & "FunctionNameAtStandard")
endif

I actually just did this above and had no errors at all, tested in Word, Excel and Access, and both return the same Array.

Unfortunately, there is an exception: Outlook's object Model is too protected and it does not have the Run method.