XL2000: Macro Error Creating Custom Shortcut Menu Item

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This article was previously published under Q213696

Symptoms

If you run a macro that creates a custom menu item on the worksheet shortcut menu, you may receive one of the following error messages:

System Error &H80004005 (-2147467259). Unspecified error

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Run-time error '-2147467259(80004005)':
Method 'Add' of object 'CommandBarControls' failed

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System Error &H80004005 (-2147467259)

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Cause

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This problem occurs if both of the following conditions are true:

You view the workbook in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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The macro that creates the custom menu item on the worksheet shortcut menu uses the CommandBars object model to create the menu item.

For example, the following code results in an error message, under the conditions listed above:

Sub Custom_Menu_Error()
    Dim menuoption As CommandBarControl
        Set menuoption = _
    CommandBars("cell").Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, before:=1)
        menuoption.Caption = "my menu"
End Sub

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Resolution

To create a custom menu item on the worksheet shortcut menu, use the syntax for the Add method of the Menuitems object. For example, the following sample code does not result in an error message:

Sub Add_Custom_Menu()
    ShortcutMenus(xlWorksheetCell).MenuItems.Add Caption:="my menu"
End Sub

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Status

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

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More information

The shortcut menu appears when you right-click a selection, a toolbar, or a taskbar button. It lists commands pertaining only to that screen region or selection.

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References

For more information about custom menus items, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type adding and managing menu bars and menu items in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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