ACC97: Can't Access ShortCut Menus CommandBar from Code

• Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

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If you try to reference the Shortcut Menus toolbar using the CommandBars object model in Visual Basic for Applications, you may receive the following error message:

   Run-time error '5':
   Invalid procedure call or argument

CAUSE

You can't reference the Shortcut Menus toolbar using Visual Basic for Applications. It is the only toolbar that is not available using Visual Basic for Applications.

RESOLUTION

Although you cannot reference the Shortcut Menus toolbar through code, you can reference any custom shortcut menu through code. If you want to programmatically modify a custom shortcut menu through code, you will need to make a reference to the specific shortcut menu you are trying to change. This article demonstrates how to create a custom shortcut menu and then how to reference it using Visual Basic for Applications.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access 97" manual.

To create and reference a custom shortcut menu using Visual Basic for Applications, follow these steps:

1. Open the sample database, Northwind.mdb, and on the View menu, point to Toolbars, and click Customize.

2. In the Customize dialog box, on the Toolbars tab, click New.

3. In the New Toolbar dialog box, type MyCustomShortCut in the Toolbar Name box. Click OK.

   NOTE: A new toolbar appears in the Customize dialog box.

4. In the Customize dialog box, on the Toolbars tab, click Properties.

5. In the Toolbar Properties dialog box, make sure MyCustomShortcut is selected in the Selected Toolbar list. In the Type list, click Popup. Click OK on the informational message displayed.

6. Click Close on the Toolbar Properties dialog box. Click Close on the Customize dialog box.

7. Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there:

         Option Explicit
   

8. Type the following procedure in the module:

         Function RefShortcut()
            Dim cb as CommandBar
            Set cb = CommandBars("MyCustomShortcut")
            Msgbox cb.Name
         End Function
   
   

9. To test this function, type the following line in the Debug window, and then press ENTER:

         ?RefShortcut()
   

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there:

         Option Explicit
   

2. Type the following procedure in the module:

         Function Test()
            Dim cb as CommandBar
            Set cb = CommandBars("Shortcut Menus")
            Msgbox cb.Name
         End Function
   
   

3. To test this function, type the following line in the Debug window, and then press ENTER:

          ?Test()
   

   Note that you receive the following error message:

         Run-time error '5':
         Invalid procedure call or argument
   

REFERENCES

For more information about custom shortcut menus, search the Help Index for "shortcut menus, creating," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.