WD2000: How to Generate a List of Command Bar Names, Captions, and ID Numbers (243988)

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word, each element of the CommandBars collection uses a unique number for its ID property. This number determines the built-in action for each control in the CommandBars collection.

NOTE: The value of the ID property for Custom controls is 1.

The CommandBars collection consists of CommandBar objects. The following items are represented by CommandBar objects:

Menu bars, toolbars, and shortcut menus
Menus on menu bars and on toolbars
Submenus on menus, on submenus, and on shortcut menus

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The following macro example lists, in a new Word document, each of the controls in the CommandBars collection and its corresponding ID number. The controls and their ID numbers are arranged according to the CommandBar to which the control belongs, as in the following:

Sub FindFaceIDsWordDocument()

'This code prints the information to a new Word document.

Dim c As CommandBar, ctl As CommandBarControl

Application.Documents.Add

For Each c In Application.CommandBars
   For Each ctl In c.Controls
      If ctl.Type = msoControlButton Then
         Selection.TypeText "CommandBar Name: " & c.Name & _
            " | Caption: " & ctl.Caption & " | Face Id : " & ctl.FaceId
         Selection.TypeParagraph
      End If
   Next
Next

End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about resources for creating custom solutions by using Visual Basic for Applications and Microsoft Word 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

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