XL97: Error Adding or Deleting a Menu Command in a Macro

In Microsoft Excel 97, if you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that adds a command to a menu or deletes a command from a menu, you may receive the following error message:

This behavior occurs when, in the macro command to add or delete the menu command, you specify a menu command that no longer exists, or is changed in Microsoft Excel 97.

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.

For a list of the menu commands that are changed in Microsoft Excel 97, see the "More Information" section in this article.

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• If you use the macro only in Microsoft Excel 97, replace the earlier menu command name with the new menu command name in the macro. -or-
  
  
• If you use the macro in Microsoft Excel 5.0, 7.0, and Microsoft Excel 97, modify the macro. For example, assume that you created the following macro:

        Sub AddTest1()
  
            MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Menus("View").MenuItems.Add _
                Caption:="Test", Before:="Toolbars..."
  
        End Sub
  						

Although this macro works correctly in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, it does not work in Microsoft Excel 97. The macro does not work because the "Toolbars..." command is called Toolbars (no ellipsis) in Microsoft Excel 97.

However, the following macro works correctly in all versions of Microsoft Excel:

In Microsoft Excel, in a Visual Basic macro, you can add a new menu command to a menu by using a line of code similar to the following: This line of code adds a new menu command, Test, above the "Toolbars..." menu command on the View menu.

You can also delete a menu command by using a line of code similar to the following: In each of the lines of code, the menu command "Toolbars..." is referred by its exact name. In Microsoft Excel 97, the names of some menu commands are changed. The new names may cause problems if macro code refers to these menu items by name.

The two lines of code work correctly in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. However, they do not work correctly in Microsoft Excel 97, because the menu command "Toolbars..." is renamed Toolbars (no ellipsis).

The following menu commands are changed in Microsoft Excel 97. * This menu is the xlWorkbookTab shortcut menu.