XL97: Custom Toolbar Added Above Existing Toolbars

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you display a custom toolbar by using a Visual Basic for Applications macro, and you specify the constant xlTop for the Position property of the toolbar, the toolbar is added above the toolbars that are docked at the top of the Microsoft Excel window.

In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, if you specify the xlTop constant for the Position property of a toolbar, the toolbar is added immediately after he last toolbar that is docked at the top of the Microsoft Excel window.

WORKAROUND

To produce the behavior that occurs in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, use the CommandBars object to create custom toolbars.

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Example

In the following example, a new toolbar is created by using the CommandBars object model. The new toolbar is positioned immediately after the last toolbar docked at the top of the Microsoft Excel window. To use this example, follow these steps:

1. Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).

3. On the Insert menu, click Module.

4. In the Visual Basic module window, type the following code:

         Sub AddToolbar()
   
            Dim NewBar As CommandBar
            Dim x As CommandBar, LastBar As CommandBar
            Dim LastRow As Integer
   
            ' The following loop goes through all toolbars.
            ' to determine which is the last toolbar docked
            ' at the top of the Microsoft Excel window.
            For Each x In Application.CommandBars
               If x.Visible = True And x.Position = msoBarTop Then
                  If x.RowIndex > LastRow Then
                     Set LastBar = x
                     LastRow = x.RowIndex
                  End If
               End If
            Next x
   
            ' Create a new toolbar.
            Set NewBar = CommandBars.Add(Name:="NewCmdBar")
   
            With NewBar
               ' Add a button to the toolbar.
               .Controls.Add Type:=msoControlButton, Id:=270
   
               ' Dock the toolbar at the top of the Microsoft Excel window.
               .Position = msoBarTop
   
               ' Set the leftmost position of the toolbar.
               .Left = LastBar.Left + LastBar.Width + 1
   
               ' Place the toolbar in the correct row.
               .RowIndex = LastRow
   
               ' Display the toolbar.
               .Visible = True
            End With
   
         End Sub
   
   

5. Switch back to Microsoft Excel (press ALT+F11).

6. Run the AddToolbar subroutine.

Creating a Reference to the Library

Before you run the AddToolbar subroutine, you must reference the Microsoft Office 8.0 Object Library. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click the module sheet.

2. On the Tools menu, click References.

3. Click to select the Microsoft Office 8.0 Object Library check box and click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating CommandBars, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "commandbars," click Search, and then click to view "Using command bars."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbworkaround