Microsoft KB Archive/213767

= XL2000: Cannot Enable or Disable Built-in Commands with a Macro =

Article ID: 213767

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213767





SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro that attempts to set the Enabled property for a built-in menu command or a submenu command, you receive following error message:

Run-time error '1004':

Application-defined or object-defined error.



CAUSE
In Microsoft Excel, you cannot enable or disable built-in menu commands and submenu commands. You can only set the Enabled property for a menu command that you add to a menu.



RESOLUTION
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Simulating Disabling a Built-in Menu Command
You cannot enable or disable a built-in menu command. However, you can create a macro that gives a built-in menu command the appearance of being disabled.

The sample macro in this article makes the built-in Exit command on the File menu appear disabled. This macro performs the following steps:
 * 1) The built-in menu command location is saved.
 * 2) The built-in menu command is deleted.
 * 3) A custom menu command with the same caption and index is added to the menu.
 * 4) The custom menu command is disabled.

Sample Macro
Sub Disable_Builtin_MenuItem Dim i  Dim x      With MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Menus("File").MenuItems("Exit") i = .Index    'Save the position of the built-in menu command. .Delete       'Delete the built-in menu command. End With 'Add a custom menu command with the same caption and index as the 'built-in menu command that you deleted. Set x = MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Menus("File").MenuItems.Add _ (Caption:="Exit", before:=i) x.Enabled = False End Sub

Resetting the Menu That Is Changed by the Sample Macro
To reset the entire menu to the default values, run the following macro: Sub ResetMenubar MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Reset End Sub NOTE: There is not a way to reset a single menu or menu command.

