XL98: Sample Macros for Customizing Menus and Submenus (206493)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q206493

SUMMARY

The process of programmatically changing menus in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition is different than earlier versions of Microsoft Excel for Macintosh. The biggest change in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition is that toolbars, menu bars, and shortcut menus are considered one type of object (called a command bar). Most Visual Basic for Applications macros that you create in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel that customize menus and toolbars work in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. However, some macros may fail. In this case, modify the macro code to work with the new object type.

This article provides several examples that illustrate how to customize menu bars, menus, and toolbars in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

NOTE: Many of the sample macros in this article use the ID number for a particular control as an argument for the Add method. You must know the ID number if you want to restore built-in menus that you deleted.

MORE INFORMATION

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Deleting an Entire Command Bar

The following macro disables the Standard command bar. After you run the following macro, the Standard command bar is not displayed when a worksheet is active. 
   Sub Disable_Menu_Bar()
       CommandBars("Standard").Enabled = False
   End Sub
The following macro re-enables the Standard command bar so that it is displayed when a worksheet is active. 
   Sub Enable_Menu_Bar()
       CommandBars("Standard").Enabled = True
   End Sub
NOTE: Although the Worksheet menu bar is a command bar, you can not disable it in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. On the Macintosh, the menu bar must remain at the top of the screen.

Deleting and Restoring a Menu on a Menu Bar

The following macro deletes the Help menu from the Worksheet menu bar. 
   Sub Delete_Help_Menu()
       CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("Window").Delete
   End Sub
The following macro restores the Help menu to the Worksheet menu bar. 
   Sub Restore_Help_Menu()
       set x = CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar")
       x.Reset
   End Sub
NOTE: This macro resets the entire Worksheet menu bar back to its default settings. When you run this macro, all customizations that you made to the Worksheet menu bar are lost.

Deleting and Restoring a Menu Command on a Menu

The following macro deletes the Contents And Index menu command on the Help menu. 
   Sub Delete_Menu_Item()
       Set x = CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("Help")
       x.Controls("Contents and Index").Delete
   End Sub
The following macro restores the Contents and Index menu command on the Help menu. 
   Sub Restore_Menu_Item()
       Set x = CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("Help")
       x.Controls.Add Type:=msoControlButton, Id:=983, before:=2
   End Sub

Deleting and Restoring a Submenu on a Menu

The following macro deletes the Sheet submenu on the Format menu. 
   Sub Delete_Submenu()
       Set x = CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("Format")
       x.Controls("Sheet").Delete
   End Sub
The following macro restores the Sheet submenu on the Format menu. 
   Sub Restore_Submenu()
       Set x = CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("Format")
       x.Controls.Add Type:=msoControlPopup, ID:=30026, before:=4
   End Sub

Deleting and Restoring a Menu Command on a Submenu

The following macro deletes the Protect Sheet menu command on the Protection submenu (on the Tools menu). 
   Sub Delete_Item_on_Submenu()
       Set x = CommandBars("Tools").Controls("Protection")
       x.Controls("Protect Sheet...").Delete
   End Sub
The following macro restores the Protect Sheet menu command on the Protection submenu (on the Tools menu).
   Sub Restore_Item_on_Submenu()
       Set x = CommandBars("Tools").Controls("Protection")
       x.Controls.Add Type:=msoControlButton, Id:=893, before:=1
   End Sub

Deleting and Restoring a Menu on a Toolbar

The following macro deletes the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar. 
   Sub Delete_Menu_on_Toolbar()
       CommandBars("Drawing").Controls("Draw").Delete
   End Sub
The following macro restores the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar. 
   Sub Restore_Menu_on_Toolbar()
       Set x = CommandBars("Drawing")
       x.Controls.Add Type:=msoControlPopup, Id:=30013, before:=1
   End Sub

Deleting and Restoring a Menu Item on a Shortcut Menu

The following macro deletes the Insert Comment menu command on the worksheet cell shortcut menu. 
   Sub Delete_Shortcut_menu_item()
       CommandBars("Cell").Controls("Insert Comment").Delete
   End Sub
The following macro restores the Insert Comment menu command on the worksheet cell shortcut menu and restores the separator line that the previous macro deleted. 
   Sub Restore_Shortcut_menu_item()
       Set x = CommandBars("cell")
       x.Controls.Add Type:=msoControlButton, Id:=2031, before:=8
       Application.ShortcutMenus(xlWorksheetCell).MenuItems.Add _
           Caption:="-", before:=9
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about programmatically customizing command bars, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type customizing command bars, click Search, and then click to view "Overview of command bars."

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/12/2006
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