Microsoft KB Archive/158550

= XL97: Problems Disabling and Enabling Shortcut Menus =

Article ID: 158550

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, when you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that attempts to enable or disable shortcut menus, the shortcut menus may not be enabled/disabled and you do not receive an error message.



CAUSE
This will occur if you attempt to enable or disable shortcut menus by using the ShortcutMenus method in a Visual Basic for Applications macro. For example: Sub DisableShortcutMenu

'This does not work in Microsoft Excel 97. Application.ShortcutMenus(xlWorksheetCell).Enabled = False

End Sub This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.



WORKAROUND
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If you want a macro to disable shortcut menus in Microsoft Excel 97, you must use the CommandBars method. For example: Sub DisableShortcutMenu CommandBars("Cell").Enabled = False End Sub To re-enable a shortcut menu, set its Enabled property to True: Sub EnableShortcutMenu CommandBars("Cell").Enabled = True End Sub



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel, whenever you right-click any type of object within a worksheet, chart sheet, or dialog sheet, a shortcut menu appears with menu items that apply to the object you clicked.

In Microsoft Excel 97, shortcut menus no longer belong to their own collection of objects (ShortcutMenus). They are now part of the CommandBars collection, which also includes menubars and toolbars.

To prevent compatibility problems with Visual Basic for Applications macros created in previous versions of Microsoft Excel, the ShortcutMenus method still works in many cases: for example, you can use the ShortcutMenus method to add and delete menu items on shortcut menus.

However, you cannot use the ShortcutMenus method to enable or disable a shortcut menu in Microsoft Excel 97. Instead, you must use the CommandBars method, as shown in the "Workaround" section.

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