Microsoft KB Archive/125423

= How to Delete and Restore a Menu That Has a Submenu =

Article ID: 125423

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q125423



For a Microsoft 2000 version of this article, see 213437.



SUMMARY
In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, if you delete a menu item that has a submenu and you want to restore it, use the Addmenu command, not the Add command. Addmenu adds a new menu (or submenu), while Add adds a new menu item.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
If you want to delete the Protection submenu from the Tools menu, use the following code: Sub DeleteIt MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Menus("Tools").MenuItems("Protection").Delete End Sub

If you then want to restore the Protection submenu to the Tools menu, use the following code:

Sub AddItBack MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Menus("Tools").MenuItems.AddMenu _ Caption:="Protection", restore:=True, before:="Add-Ins..." End Sub

