Invalid optional parameter type

Not all Visual Basic types are permitted for Optional parameters. This error has the following causes and solutions:

• A parameter is defined with an invalid data type. For example, you can't have an Optional parameter of user-defined type. You may be able to accomplish your goal using an array of Variant type, since the elements of an array of Variant can store data of different types.

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