[CS3][VB] AssociatedXMLElement

Hi
There must be something wrong with AssociatedXMLElement property in CS3.
It throws an InvalidCastException with the message, "Return argument has an invalid type." if a TextFrame or Rectangle has a Tag
What is wrong with this code...?
Dim Rec As InDesign.TextFrame
Rec = myDocument.TextFrames.FirstItem
Dim x As Object
x = Rec.AssociatedXMLElement
/Andy
Using VS2005 and CS3 5.0.3.662

Hi
I agree. There must be a problem with the type library, because that error is persistent.
Anyone care to elaborate?
Thanks,
Ruvan Fernando
Frontlab

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Message was edited by: Andreas Jansson

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