Microsoft KB Archive/213716

= XL2000: Visible Property Does Not Apply to All CommandBars =

Article ID: 213716

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213716



For a Microsoft Excel 2002 version of this article, see 291068.

For a Microsoft Excel 97 version of this article, see 166101.



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to hide or show a CommandBar object in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)'

Method 'Visible' of object 'CommandBar' failed



CAUSE
This problem occurs if you attempt to hide or show a command bar to which the Visible property does not apply.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following example loops through all of the command bars and displays the command bar name in a message box, without generating the error message mentioned earlier.

NOTE: The "MsgBox ComBar.Name" line in the macro below is for demonstration purposes. There are over 80 command bars that use the Visible property, so you will receive over 80 message boxes. Remove this line if the macro is taking too long to run. Sub Command_Bars On Error Resume Next For Each ComBar In Application.CommandBars ComBar.Visible = False MsgBox ComBar.Name Next ComBar End Sub An On Error statement was inserted before the For Each loop. If you run the macro without the On Error statement, you receive the error message mentioned earlier.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Not all of the CommandBar items support the Visible property. The following is a list of CommandBar items that are known to generate the error message mentioned earlier, when used with the Visible property.   Index   CommandBar 19     Query and Pivot 20     Workbook tabs 21     Cell 22     Column 23     Row 24     Cell 25     Column 26     Row 27     Ply 28     XLM Cell 29     Document 30     Desktop 31     Nondefault Drag and Drop 32     AutoFill 33     Button 34     Dialog 35     Series 36     Plot Area 37     Floor and Walls 38     Trendline 39     Chart 40     Formula Bar 41     PivotTable Context Menu 42     Query 43     Query Layout 44     AutoCalculate 45     Object/Plot 46     Title Bar (Charting) 47     Layout 70     Shapes 71     Inactive Chart 72     Excel Control 73     Curve 74     Curve Node 75     Curve Segment 76     Pictures Context Menu 77     OLE Object 78     ActiveX Control 79     WordArt Context Menu 80     Rotate Mode 81     Connector 82     &Wizard 83     Add Command 84     Built-in Menus 85     System These command bars are used for shortcut menus and items such as the current list of sheets in a workbook.

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