GP Fault/Error Using For Each Statement with OLE Object Type

   Sub Show_Menu_Items()
       Dim m as MenuItem
       For Each m In Activemenubar.Menus("Tools").MenuItems
           MsgBox m.Caption
       Next
   End Sub
				

WORKAROUND

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   Sub Show_Menu_Items()
       Dim m as Object
       For Each m In ActiveMenuBar.Menus("Tools").MenuItems
           MsgBox m.Caption
       Next
   End Sub
				

Note that in Microsoft Excel 97, and Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0, you still receive the "type mismatch" error message, but you do not receive the GP fault. To avoid receiving this error message, use the workaround in this article.

   Dim MySheet as Sheet