XL: Macro to Determine If a Button is on a Toolbar

Last reviewed: December 1, 1997
Article ID: Q154904
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can use a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro to determine whether a button was added to a specific toolbar. Because there is no built-in function or property that tests for an existing button, you must use a For Each...Next loop in conjunction with an If statement to determine whether a button is on a specific toolbar.

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The following macro determines whether the "Set Print Area" button is on the Standard toolbar.

  1. Insert a module sheet into a new workbook.

  2. On the module sheet, type the following code:

          Sub check_button()
             ' Loop through all the toolbar buttons on the Standard toolbar.
             For Each x In Toolbars("standard").ToolbarButtons
    
                ' Check each toolbar button to see if it is the "Set Print 
                ' Area" toolbar button.
                If x.Name = "Set Print Area" Then
    
                   ' Display a message box if the "Set Print Area" button is 
                   ' found.
                   MsgBox x.Name
    
                End If
             Next
          End Sub
    
    

  3. Run the check_button macro.

If you added the "Set Print Area" button to the Standard toolbar, a message box displaying "Set Print Area" (without quotation marks) appears. If you did not add the "Set Print Area" button to the Standard toolbar, no message box appears.

NOTE: If you added a button from the Custom category in the Customize dialog box, the toolbar button will be called "Custom" (without quotation marks). To change the name of the button, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q112632
   TITLE     : XL: Setting Status Bar Text and ToolTips for Toolbar Buttons

   ARTICLE-ID: Q126895
   TITLE     : Macro to Change the ToolTip Name for Custom Toolbar

REFERENCES

For more information about Customizing Toolbars in Microsoft Excel version 7.0, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu and type:

   how to customize toolbars

For more information about Customizing Toolbars in Microsoft Excel version 5.0, choose the Search button in Help and type:

   toolbars, customizing


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Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a
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Last reviewed: December 1, 1997
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