I am trying to manipulate some embedded activeX controls
(comboBox) on a worksheet. Refer some sample coded below:

Dim w As Worksheet
Set w = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("help")
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("help").cboX.AddItem = "test"
w.cboX.AddItem = "again"

Line 3 works fine, and adds the text "help" to the combo
box.

Line 4 which I would have thought was identical, fails
even to compile!

Due to the nature of the task at hand it will be much
neater if I can get the code given (or like) line 4 to
work. Any ideas?

Thanks

Jack