Error message when you use the "Application.Dialogs(xlDialogChartWizard).Show" code to display the Chart Wizard dialog box in Excel: "Run-time error '1004': Show method of Dialog class failed"

You run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro in Microsoft Excel that uses the following code to display the Chart Wizard dialog box. When you do this, the procedure is unsuccessful. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

This problem occurs if the chart on which the code is used is a PivotChart rather than a traditional chart.

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