Microsoft KB Archive/170448

= XL97: Macro Command Menubars(xlWorkBook) Is Not Valid =

Article ID: 170448

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q170448



SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro to display the Microsoft Excel 4.0 menu bar, the menu bar does not appear, and no error message is displayed.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you use the constant xlworkbook to display the Microsoft Excel 4.0 menu bar. This menu bar is no longer available in Microsoft Excel 97.

For additional information about customizing menu bars in Microsoft Excel 97, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

166755 XL97: WE1183: "Customizing Menu Bars, Menus, and Menu Items"



STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97.



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel 97, menu bars and toolbars are referred to as the same programmable object type (a command bar). You can use Visual Basic for Applications to manipulate the built-in command bars in Microsoft Excel 97. Although command bars are recommended over menu bars, the menu bars object is used for backward compatibility with earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.

