Microsoft KB Archive/157203

= XL97: Cannot Add Macros to the Tools Menu =

Article ID: 157203

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 Q157203





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, when you record a new macro, you are not given the option of creating a menu item on the Tools menu for the new macro.

Also, if you try to use the MacroOptions method to create a menu item on the Tools menu for a macro, the method fails to create the new menu item.



CAUSE
These problems occur because, by design, this feature has been removed from Microsoft Excel 97.



WORKAROUND
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You can still create and delete new menu items for macros on the Tools menu. To do this, you must use the Add and Delete methods for CommandBars.

In the following example, the Visual Basic macro code creates an item on the Tools menu called "Run Test" and assigns the macro "Test" to the menu item: Sub AddTesttoToolsMenu Set xItem = _ CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton) With xItem .Caption = "Run Test" .OnAction = "Test" End With End Sub To remove the menu item, use this code: Sub RemoveTestFromToolsMenu CommandBars("Tools").Controls("Run Test").Delete End Sub



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0, when you record a new macro, you can click the Options button to create a new menu item on the Tools menu to run the macro you are about to record.

Also, in Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0, if you click Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Options in the Macro dialog box, you can create or delete a menu item on the Tools menu for the specified macro.

These options are not available in Microsoft Excel 97. To add or remove a menu item from the Tools menu, you must use a Visual Basic macro.

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