FP2000: How to Assign a Macro to a Toolbar Button (242585)

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Create the Macro

If you do not have a macro, you can use the following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that displays the text "This is a test" in a dialog box when the macro is run.

Sub HelloWorld()
   MsgBox "This is a test"
End Sub
				

Create a New Toolbar

You can create a new toolbar to contain all of your custom macros. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize, and click the Toolbars tab.
2. Click New.
3. In the Toolbar name box, type MyMacros, and click OK.
4. To the right of the Customize dialog box, a small empty box appears. This is the new toolbar that you created in step 3.

Create the Button for the Macro

1. In the Customize dialog box, click the Commands tab.
2. In the Categories list, click Macros.
3. In the Commands list, drag the custom button (identified by a smiley face icon) to the MyMacros toolbar that you created in step 3 of "Create a New Toolbar".
4. Right-click the new custom button, and click Assign Macro.
5. Click the HelloWorld macro that you created in the "Create the Macro" section of this article, and click OK.
6. In the Customize dialog box, click Close.

NOTE: You can dock and undock the MyMacros toolbar as you can any other Standard toolbar.