Microsoft KB Archive/170082

= XL97: Custom Toolbar Added Above Existing Toolbars =

Article ID: 170082

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q170082





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.



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

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:

 Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11). On the Insert menu, click Module.  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  Switch back to Microsoft Excel (press ALT+F11). Run the AddToolbar subroutine.</li></ol>

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.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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