Module: OfficeCommandBars in Category Microsoft Office : Automation from Total Visual SourceBook

Routines for working with command bars in Microsoft Office applications and files using VBA.

Procedure Name Type Description
(Declarations) Declarations Declarations and private variables for the modOfficeCommandBars module.
CmdBarListToArray Procedure Fills the passed array with a list of all top level command bar names.
CmdBarListControlsToArray Procedure Fills the passed array with the names of controls in the specified command bar.
CmdBarListCallsToArray Procedure Fills the passed array with a list of all controls on the specified command bar and the action (macro or module) that they call.
CmdBarAdd Procedure Add a command bar with this function, then use the CmdBarControlAdd code to add individual controls. In Office 2007, the Command Bars (menus and toolbars) are replaced by the Ribbon interface. Command bars show up as context menus in Office 2007.
CmdBarControlAdd Procedure Adds a control to a command bar.
CmdBarCopy Procedure Copies the named command bar to a new name.
' Example of modOfficeCommandBars
'
' To try this example, do the following:
' 1. Create a new form
' 2. Create a command button 'cmdTest'
' 3. Paste all the code from this example to the new form's module.

Private Sub cmdTest_Click()
  Dim astrNames() As String
  Dim intCount As Integer
  Dim intCounter As Integer
  Dim fOK As Boolean

  ' Get the list of all commmand bars
  intCount = CmdBarListToArray(astrNames)
  For intCounter = 0 To intCount - 1
    Debug.Print astrNames(intCounter)
  Next intCounter

  ' Copy a command bar
  fOK = CmdBarCopy("Form View", "newbar")
  Debug.Print "Command bar copied: " & fOK

  ' Get the list of command bar actions
  intCount = CmdBarListCallsToArray("newbar", astrNames)
  For intCounter = 0 To intCount - 1
    Debug.Print astrNames(intCounter)
  Next intCounter

  ' Find the list of controls in the command bar
  intCount = CmdBarListControlsToArray("newbar", True, astrNames)
  For intCounter = 0 To intCount - 1
    Debug.Print astrNames(intCounter)
  Next intCounter

End Sub

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