WD2000: Adding Built-in List Box to Toolbar Displays Empty List (220181)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q220181

SYMPTOMS

When you record a macro to duplicate the action of adding a built-in drop-down list box to a custom toolbar, replaying the macro adds the drop-down list box to the toolbar but the list is empty.

For example, you record adding the Insert Merge Field command to a custom toolbar in a mail merge document containing a data source. When you play back the recorded macro and then click the Insert Merge Field drop-down list box to display the list of merge fields, the list is empty.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you can create a Visual Basic for Applications procedure to "copy" a built-in command to a custom toolbar.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications procedure demonstrates:
  1. Creating a new custom toolbar.
  2. Copying a built-in command to the new custom toolbar.

Sub CopyBuiltInDropDown()

   Dim CopyTo As String     ' Toolbar to copy the control To.
   Dim CopyFrom As string   ' Toolbar to copy the control From.
   Dim CtrlToCopy As String ' The name of the control to Copy.

   CopyTo = "My Merge"         ' Toolbar to copy the control To.
   CopyFrom = "Mail Merge"     ' Built-in toolbar to copy the control From.
   CtrlToCopy = "Insert Merge Field" ' The name of the control to Copy.

   CommandBars.Add(Name:=CopyTo).Visible = True      ' Create new toolbar.
   CommandBars(CopyFrom).Controls(CtrlToCopy).Copy _ ' Copy control.
      Bar:=CommandBars(CopyTo)

End Sub

To obtain the name of a built-in control, use the following steps:
  1. In Word, display the toolbar containing the control you want to copy.
  2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
  3. Click to select the toolbar from which you want to obtain the control name.
  4. On the Commands tab of the Customize dialog box, click Modify Selection. The name of the control can be found in the Name textbox of the resulting shortcut menu.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/17/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbnofix KB220181
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