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Microsoft gave me a bit of a work around on this one, but not with all the functionality that I was hopeing for. &nbsp;It's not possible in the conventional sense of adding a button, but it can be done to a limited degree.<br />

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Microsoft gave me a bit of a work around on this one, but not with all the functionality that I was hopeing for.  It's not possible in the conventional sense of adding a button, but it can be done to a limited degree.


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I'm trying to add a button to a toolbar in Word '97. &nbsp;But wait! &nbsp;It's not as simple as it sounds. &nbsp;The specific button type is actually msoControlButtonDropdown. &nbsp;I can add msoControlButton and msoControlComboBox to a toolbar, but thats it. &nbsp;Anything else gives me some sort of error, whether it be a compiler error, or whether it be another generic error of somesort. &nbsp;Below is a piece of example code.<br />
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Sub CreateToolbar()<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Dim cbarNewBar As CommandBar<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Set cbarNewBar = Application.CommandBars.Ad<wbr />d(&quot;Custom&quot;<wbr />)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Set cbutton = CommandBars(&quot;Controls&quot;).Co<wbr />ntrols.Add<wbr />(Type:=mso<wbr />ControlBut<wbr />tonDropdow<wbr />n)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; barNewBar.Visible = True<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
End Sub<br />

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I'm trying to add a button to a toolbar in Word '97.  But wait!  It's not as simple as it sounds.  The specific button type is actually msoControlButtonDropdown.  I can add msoControlButton and msoControlComboBox to a toolbar, but thats it.  Anything else gives me some sort of error, whether it be a compiler error, or whether it be another generic error of somesort.  Below is a piece of example code.

Sub CreateToolbar()
    Dim cbarNewBar As CommandBar
       
    Set cbarNewBar = Application.CommandBars.Add("Custom")
    Set cbutton = CommandBars("Controls").Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButtonDropdown)
    barNewBar.Visible = True
        
End Sub


Visual Basic for Applications (Office 97) adding Buttons to a toolbar

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