How to deal with “runtime error 50290” when using SetTimer API?

Question

I\'ve run into this error when trying to make a stopwatch timer in Excel. Here\'s a simple test code. Create an empty Excel workbook with a button. And assign a macro to it:

Answer 1

I was able to solve it with

On Error Resume Next

at the beginning of TimerProc. Some more (in Russian) or less related links.

Or probably even better:

Sub TimerProc(ByVal HWnd As Long, ByVal uMsg As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long, ByVal dwTimer As Long)
    On Error GoTo BeforeExit
    Range("A1") = "test"
BeforeExit:
End Sub