PRJ98: Button Customization Not Recorded by Macro Recorder

• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you attempt to record the commands for customizing a toolbar button in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the code is not recorded. For example, a change to the name, description, or command associated with a toolbar button will not be recorded.

CAUSE

The macro recorder does not record customization of a toolbar button.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem and change a toolbar button by using Visual Basic for Applications, enter the code in the Visual Basic Editor rather than recording the code. To start the Visual Basic Editor, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Visual Basic Editor. The following example code sets the command, caption, and description of the toolbar button to FileClose:

   Sub Main()
      CommandBars(2).Controls(1).Parameter = "FileClose"
      CommandBars(2).Controls(1).Caption = "FileClose"
      CommandBars(2).Controls(1).DescriptionText = "FileClose"
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.