Visio2000: Sample Macro to Add a Custom Menu Item (278534)

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Option Explicit

Public Sub HelloWorld()

   MsgBox "Hello World", vbInformation + vbOKOnly, "Microsoft Visio"

End Sub

 
Public Sub AddMenuItem()
 
   Dim uiObj As Visio.UIObject
   Dim visMenuSets As Visio.MenuSets
   Dim visMenuSet As Visio.MenuSet
   Dim visMenus As Visio.Menus
   Dim visMenu As Visio.Menu
   Dim visMenuItems As Visio.MenuItems
   Dim visMenuItem As Visio.MenuItem
        
   Set uiObj = Visio.Application.BuiltInMenus
   Set visMenuSets = uiObj.MenuSets

   ' Get the Visio object context menu set.
   Set visMenuSet = visMenuSets.ItemAtID(visUIObjSetDrawing)
   Set visMenus = visMenuSet.Menus

   ' Get the file menu from the menus collection.
   Set visMenu = visMenus.Item(0)

   ' Get the items collection from the file menu
   Set visMenuItems = visMenu.MenuItems
    
   ' Add Example Menu Item to the File menu in the 4th position
   Set visMenuItem = visMenuItems.AddAt(3)
   visMenuItem.Caption = "Example"
    
   ' Have Example run the HelloWorld Sub procedure
   visMenuItem.AddOnName = "ThisDocument.HelloWorld"
    
   ' Set the new menus.
   Visio.Application.SetCustomMenus uiObj

   ' Tell Visio to use the new UI when the document is active.
   ThisDocument.SetCustomMenus UIObj 

End Sub
				

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