WD2000: Macro to Dock Toolbars That Are Outside Screen Borders (201965)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000

This article was previously published under Q201965

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) to dock (move) any active toolbars that are not visible on screen to the top of the active Microsoft Word window.

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The following sample Visual Basic macro searches for all active toolbars (CommandBars) that are not visible on screen and docks (moves) them to the top of the active document window.

   Sub DockCommandBars()

      Dim cBar As CommandBar
      Dim intHres As Integer
      Dim intVres As Integer

      ' Get screen resolution. Subtract 60 from each screen dimension
      ' to account for toolbars that are barely visible on the screen.
      intHres = System.HorizontalResolution - 60
      intVres = System.VerticalResolution - 60

      ' Loop through each CommandBar in Word.
      For Each cBar In ActiveDocument.CommandBars

         ' If the CommandBar is beyond screen limits, then
         ' dock the CommandBar to the top of the Word window.
         If cBar.Top > intVres Or cBar.Left > intHres Then
            CommandBars(cBar.Name).Position = msoBarTop
            cBar.Visible = True
         End If

      Next

   End Sub
				


To dock a single toolbar, type the following line in a blank macro, and then run the macro:
  ActiveDocument.CommandBars(<commandbar name>).Position=msoBarTop
				

where <commandbar name> is the name of the single toolbar you want to dock.

REFERENCES

For additional information about running sample code, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 212536
TITLE : OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles



For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 163435
TITLE : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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