XL98: Run-time Error Using For Each Loop with OLE Object Type

ID: Q192279

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

If you use the For Each...Next statement in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, and you declare the variable used to iterate through the elements of the collection as an OLE object type, such as MenuItem, you may receive the following error message when you run the macro procedure:

   Run-time error '13':
   Type mismatch

CAUSE

This problem occurs only if an error is encountered while the objects are being retrieved from the collection. This problem may occur with object types that include MenuItem, Sheet, and DrawingObject.

For example, if you run the following procedure

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

you will receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

WORKAROUND

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   http://www.microsoft.com/supportnet/refguide/

To avoid receiving an error message when you use the For Each...Next statement in a Visual Basic module, declare the variable used to iterate through the elements of the collection as Variant type, or Object type instead of as an OLE object type as in the following example:

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

An OLE object type is a type of object exposed by a program through Automation. Some of the types of objects that Microsoft Excel exposes through Automation include Application, File, and Sheet. In the following example, the variable MySheet is declared as Sheet type:

   Dim MySheet as Sheet

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode xlvbahowto 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999