ACC2000: Can't Access ShortCut Menus CommandBar from Code

• Microsoft Access 2000

SYMPTOMS

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

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

CAUSE

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

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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 in the Toolbar Properties dialog box. Click Close in 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 Immediate 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 Immediate 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 shortcut menus, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "work with menu bars and shortcut menus" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: Word Powerpoint commandbar context command bar bars

Keywords : kberrmsg kbprg kbdta AccCon KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb