Keep running into Run-time error '5' with VBA Macro - excel

A few years back I built a interactive heatmap in Excel with Freeforms forming a complete map of the country with all regions.
Every region has a specific KPI percentage, which on it's turn colours the freeform shapes via a VBA macro.
However, I now keep running in a Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument and I cannot find the bug in the code.
Does anyone see what I don't?
Sub HEATMAP()
For i = 1 To 139
a = Sheet3.Cells((1 + i), 6)
b = Sheet3.Cells((1 + i), 5) * 28 - 28
c = Sheet3.Cells((1 + i), 5) * 28 - 9
d = 89 - Sheet3.Cells((1 + i), 5) * 9 - 9
Sheet2.Shapes.Range(Array("Freeform " & a)).Line.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(80, 80, 80)
Sheet2.Shapes.Range(Array("Freeform " & a)).Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(b, c, d) "<- this line produces the error"
Next i
ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll
End Sub
Sheet 3 contains a list of all the regions with their freeform-name of each region's object and their KPI percentage, brought back to 10 categories (one for each 10% bracket), which should return a specific color.
This color should be calculated with the values b, c and d in the VBA. (from lowest bracket: yellow to highest bracket: green)
The sheet contains a header.
The 5th column has the colour bracket (numbered 10 - 1, with 10 as the worst bracket [0-10%] and 1 as the best bracket [90-100%])
The 6th column has the freeform number of the objects, creating the map.
There are a total of 139 regions (and therefore freeforms)
Sheet 2 contains the map with a button which triggers this VBA, so the user can "colour the map" with it, based on the KPI values.
What do I keep missing?
Thanks in advance!

As big ben says, what are b, c and d when the error hits?
Might want to wrap it with an
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler1
Sheet2.Shapes.Range(Array("Freeform " & a)).Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(b, c, d) '<- this line produces the error
dummy = 1 'Just a dummy line so you can resume out of the error and see what inputs produced the invalid input val
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler1:
stophere = 1 (and put a breakpoint on this line)
Resume Next
That's a slightly ugly way of getting into the code on the iteration its falling apart and letting you look around for both the invalid value and where its coming from.

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EDIT:
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I have to adjust sales volumes so that
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2) I do not run out of window by the end of the month
I need two criteria and to run until it either hits my end date or runs out of window at the end of the month.
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I get
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I found a code for a similar problem, but I don't understand it clearly and it has errors.
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EDIT1:
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EDIT2
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Possibly change
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You don't need VBA (a macro) to do this. It can be done using a worksheet formula.
E.g.
If your producers are P1,P2,P3,P4 and your sheet looks like this:-
A B C D E F
+-------------------------------------------
1 | Month P1 P2 P3 P4 Top Producer
2 | Jan 5 4 3 2
3 | Feb 2 3 5 1
4 | Mar 6 4 4 3
...
...
The following formula placed in cells F2,F3,F4,... will pick out the top producer in each month.
=INDEX($B$1:$E$1,MATCH(MAX(B2:E2),B2:E2,0))
Generally it's better to try and use built in Excel functionality where possible. Resort to VBA only if you really need to. Even if you were to use the top producer/month data for some other operation which is only possible in VBA, at least the top producer/month data derivation is done for you by the worksheet, which will simplify the VBA required for the whole process.
Transposing a range can also be done using a worksheet formula by using the TRANSPOSE() function.
BTW - I'm not sure what you want to do if two producers have the same output value. In the VBA example in your question, the logic seems to be:- if two producers are joint top in a month, pick the first one encountered. The formula I've given above should replicate this logic.
I have used these functions quite extensively and they are very reliable and fast:
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CountRows = r.Worksheet.Range(r, r.End(xlDown)).Rows.Count
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CountColumns = r.Worksheet.Range(r.End(xlToRight), r).Columns.Count
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Give it a reference (ex. "A2") and it will return the filled cells down, or the the right until and empty cell is found.
To select multiple sells I usually do something like
Set r = Range("A2")
N = CountRows(r)
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