Microsoft KB Archive/113647

Project: Removing Button from Toolbar Not Recorded

PSS ID Number: Q113647 Article last modified on 04-06-1995

4.00 | 4.00

WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you turn on the Macro Recorder, and then you remove a button from a toolbar, nothing is recorded in the macro.

= WORKAROUND =

To remove a button from a toolbar using a macro, you must edit the macro and add the appropriate command instead of recording the macro. The following example use the method and the ToolbarDeleteTool method to remove a button from the toolbar.

Sub Remove_Button ’ Remove the second button from the Standard toolbar ’ default second button is Open ToolbarDeleteTool toolbarname:=“Standard”, buttonindex:=2 End Sub

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= 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.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project, choose Record Macro from the Tools menu. In the Macro Name box, type “Remove_Button” and choose the Options button. Under Store Macro In, select the Current Project File option and choose OK.
 * 2) Press the SHIFT key and drag the Print Preview button from the Standard toolbar to the project area.
 * 3) From the Tools menu, choose Stop Recorder.
 * 4) From the Tools menu, choose Macros. From the Macro Name list, select Remove_Button and choose Edit.

Nothing appears in the recorded macro.

= REFERENCES =

For more information about the ToolbarDeleteTool method, choose the Search button in Help and type:

ToolbarDeleteTool

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