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From: FSt1 on 5 May 2010 19:34 hi i got confused and thought you were talking about a command button on the sheet. don't ask why. bad case of the stupids i guess. but no different. right click the command bar. from the popup, click customize. right click the button. on the popup, about 3 from the top should be the name. this is how excel ids the button. that was what chip was triing to do. give it a alias name. try that. post back if no joy. regards FSt1 "Accesshelp" wrote: > FSt1, > > To be quite honest, I do not know the name of the button, and I do not know > how to give a name to the button that I created. The code in my original > post is all the code that I use to create the button. > > Do you know how I can find out what the name of my button is? Is there an > alternative code without the button name? > > Thanks. > > "FSt1" wrote: > > > hi > > wild guessing here but.. > > what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be > > the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1' > > and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button > > name commandbutton2 and so on. > > try > > Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("CommandButton1").Delete > > > > i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons, > > i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on. > > but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences. > > > > Regards > > FSt1 > > > > > > "Accesshelp" wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The > > > following is the code that I use: > > > > > > Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard") > > > nBar.Visible = True > > > Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True) > > > With nCon > > > .BeginGroup = True > > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > > .Caption = "Macro" > > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > > End With > > > > > > What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when > > > the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did > > > not work. > > > > > > Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macro").Delete > > > > > > Please help. Thanks.
From: Dave Peterson on 5 May 2010 20:41 I think it's time to share the code you used. Did you create a separate sub to delete the control with that tag? If yes, how did you run it? And did you spell that Tag the same way in both routines? Are you sure you're not looking at the control that was left over from previous testing -- that one didn't have a tag. I'd just delete it manually. Inside excel: Tools|Customize (just to see that dialog) drag the offending control off the toolbar. Accesshelp wrote: > > Chip, > > Thanks for the code. > > I inserted a line for Tag in my Auto_Open sub and inserted the code to > delete the command button in my Workbook_Close sub. When I tried it, the > button did not delete from the Standard toolbar. > > I am sure whether I did something wrong. > > Thanks. > > "Chip Pearson" wrote: > > > Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter: > > > > With nCon > > .BeginGroup = True > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > .Caption = "Macro" > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > .Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED > > End With > > > > The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the > > controls, use > > > > Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl > > On Error Resume Next > > Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag") > > Do Until C Is Nothing > > C.Delete > > Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag") > > Loop > > > > This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag". > > > > Cordially, > > Chip Pearson > > Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010 > > Pearson Software Consulting, LLC > > www.cpearson.com > > [email on web site] > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp > > <Accesshelp(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > >Hello all, > > > > > >I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The > > >following is the code that I use: > > > > > >Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard") > > > nBar.Visible = True > > > Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True) > > > With nCon > > > .BeginGroup = True > > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > > .Caption = "Macro" > > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > > End With > > > > > >What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when > > >the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did > > >not work. > > > > > >Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macro").Delete > > > > > >Please help. Thanks. > > . > > -- Dave Peterson
From: Accesshelp on 5 May 2010 22:26 Dave, Thanks for your response. Basically, I have an Excel file that is just dedicated for a macro, and the Excel macro file will be used by users. The users will open the macro file in the same window as an Excel file where the macro will execute the code. The way I have designed is when the user opens the macro file, the macro file will create the command button and will be hidden. When the user clicks on the command button, the macro will execute its code. After the macro is executed, the macro file will be closed, and the command button will remove from the Standard toolbar. If the user does not click on the button and when the Excel window is closed, the macro file will be closed and the button will remove from the Standard toolbar. The problem that I am having now is the button would not remove from the toolbar. In my Excel macro file, I have 3 Subs: Auto_Open, RunMacro and Workbook_Close. The only code that I have in Auto_Open is a code to create the command button "Macro" on the Standard toolbar, and the only code that I would like to have in Workbook_Close is a code to remove the button from the toolbar when the macro file closes. As far as Runmacro, I use .OnAction = "RunMacro" in Auto_Open. When the user clicks on the command button, OnAction calls up the RunMacro Sub and executes the code in that Sub. At the end of RunMacro, I have a code to close the macro Excel file. I tried to use the code from Chip in Workbook_Close, and it did not remove the button and did not seem to do anything. I am sorry about the long message. I hope I have covered what you are looking for. What do you think I should do now? Thanks. "Dave Peterson" wrote: > I think it's time to share the code you used. > > Did you create a separate sub to delete the control with that tag? > If yes, how did you run it? > And did you spell that Tag the same way in both routines? > > Are you sure you're not looking at the control that was left over from previous > testing -- that one didn't have a tag. > > I'd just delete it manually. > > Inside excel: > Tools|Customize (just to see that dialog) > drag the offending control off the toolbar. > > > > Accesshelp wrote: > > > > Chip, > > > > Thanks for the code. > > > > I inserted a line for Tag in my Auto_Open sub and inserted the code to > > delete the command button in my Workbook_Close sub. When I tried it, the > > button did not delete from the Standard toolbar. > > > > I am sure whether I did something wrong. > > > > Thanks. > > > > "Chip Pearson" wrote: > > > > > Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter: > > > > > > With nCon > > > .BeginGroup = True > > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > > .Caption = "Macro" > > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > > .Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED > > > End With > > > > > > The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the > > > controls, use > > > > > > Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl > > > On Error Resume Next > > > Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag") > > > Do Until C Is Nothing > > > C.Delete > > > Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag") > > > Loop > > > > > > This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag". > > > > > > Cordially, > > > Chip Pearson > > > Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010 > > > Pearson Software Consulting, LLC > > > www.cpearson.com > > > [email on web site] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp > > > <Accesshelp(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > >Hello all, > > > > > > > >I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The > > > >following is the code that I use: > > > > > > > >Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard") > > > > nBar.Visible = True > > > > Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True) > > > > With nCon > > > > .BeginGroup = True > > > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > > > .Caption = "Macro" > > > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > > > End With > > > > > > > >What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when > > > >the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did > > > >not work. > > > > > > > >Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macro").Delete > > > > > > > >Please help. Thanks. > > > . > > > > > -- > > Dave Peterson > . >
From: Accesshelp on 5 May 2010 22:33 FSt1, Thanks for continuing to help. I found the name of command button that I created after following your steps, and the name is the same name as Caption "Macro". Since I found the name, I tried your code from your first response as follows: Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macro").Delete When I tried it and executed the code, I received the following error: Method 'Delete' of object'_CommandBarButton' failed I used the code from above in "RunMacro" Sub, instead of Workbook_Close. Thanks. "FSt1" wrote: > hi > i got confused and thought you were talking about a command button on the > sheet. > don't ask why. bad case of the stupids i guess. > but no different. right click the command bar. from the popup, click > customize. > right click the button. on the popup, about 3 from the top should be the > name. this is how excel ids the button. that was what chip was triing to do. > give it a alias name. try that. post back if no joy. > > regards > FSt1 > > "Accesshelp" wrote: > > > FSt1, > > > > To be quite honest, I do not know the name of the button, and I do not know > > how to give a name to the button that I created. The code in my original > > post is all the code that I use to create the button. > > > > Do you know how I can find out what the name of my button is? Is there an > > alternative code without the button name? > > > > Thanks. > > > > "FSt1" wrote: > > > > > hi > > > wild guessing here but.. > > > what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be > > > the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1' > > > and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button > > > name commandbutton2 and so on. > > > try > > > Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("CommandButton1").Delete > > > > > > i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons, > > > i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on. > > > but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences. > > > > > > Regards > > > FSt1 > > > > > > > > > "Accesshelp" wrote: > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The > > > > following is the code that I use: > > > > > > > > Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard") > > > > nBar.Visible = True > > > > Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True) > > > > With nCon > > > > .BeginGroup = True > > > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > > > .Caption = "Macro" > > > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > > > End With > > > > > > > > What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when > > > > the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did > > > > not work. > > > > > > > > Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macro").Delete > > > > > > > > Please help. Thanks.
From: Dave Peterson on 6 May 2010 08:21
It could be as simple as the name of your macro that you want to run when you close that workbook. If your procedure is in the ThisWorkbook module, it should look like: Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) (there is no workbook_Close event that fires automatically.) If the procedure is in a General module, then it should look like: Sub Auto_Close() ==== You could test your code by running that workbook_close procedure yourself (but remember, excel won't run it automatically!). Accesshelp wrote: > > Dave, > > Thanks for your response. > > Basically, I have an Excel file that is just dedicated for a macro, and the > Excel macro file will be used by users. The users will open the macro file > in the same window as an Excel file where the macro will execute the code. > The way I have designed is when the user opens the macro file, the macro file > will create the command button and will be hidden. When the user clicks on > the command button, the macro will execute its code. After the macro is > executed, the macro file will be closed, and the command button will remove > from the Standard toolbar. If the user does not click on the button and when > the Excel window is closed, the macro file will be closed and the button will > remove from the Standard toolbar. > > The problem that I am having now is the button would not remove from the > toolbar. > > In my Excel macro file, I have 3 Subs: Auto_Open, RunMacro and > Workbook_Close. The only code that I have in Auto_Open is a code to create > the command button "Macro" on the Standard toolbar, and the only code that I > would like to have in Workbook_Close is a code to remove the button from the > toolbar when the macro file closes. > > As far as Runmacro, I use .OnAction = "RunMacro" in Auto_Open. When the > user clicks on the command button, OnAction calls up the RunMacro Sub and > executes the code in that Sub. At the end of RunMacro, I have a code to > close the macro Excel file. > > I tried to use the code from Chip in Workbook_Close, and it did not remove > the button and did not seem to do anything. > > I am sorry about the long message. I hope I have covered what you are > looking for. > > What do you think I should do now? > > Thanks. > > "Dave Peterson" wrote: > > > I think it's time to share the code you used. > > > > Did you create a separate sub to delete the control with that tag? > > If yes, how did you run it? > > And did you spell that Tag the same way in both routines? > > > > Are you sure you're not looking at the control that was left over from previous > > testing -- that one didn't have a tag. > > > > I'd just delete it manually. > > > > Inside excel: > > Tools|Customize (just to see that dialog) > > drag the offending control off the toolbar. > > > > > > > > Accesshelp wrote: > > > > > > Chip, > > > > > > Thanks for the code. > > > > > > I inserted a line for Tag in my Auto_Open sub and inserted the code to > > > delete the command button in my Workbook_Close sub. When I tried it, the > > > button did not delete from the Standard toolbar. > > > > > > I am sure whether I did something wrong. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > "Chip Pearson" wrote: > > > > > > > Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter: > > > > > > > > With nCon > > > > .BeginGroup = True > > > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > > > .Caption = "Macro" > > > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > > > .Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED > > > > End With > > > > > > > > The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the > > > > controls, use > > > > > > > > Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl > > > > On Error Resume Next > > > > Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag") > > > > Do Until C Is Nothing > > > > C.Delete > > > > Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag") > > > > Loop > > > > > > > > This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag". > > > > > > > > Cordially, > > > > Chip Pearson > > > > Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010 > > > > Pearson Software Consulting, LLC > > > > www.cpearson.com > > > > [email on web site] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp > > > > <Accesshelp(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >Hello all, > > > > > > > > > >I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The > > > > >following is the code that I use: > > > > > > > > > >Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard") > > > > > nBar.Visible = True > > > > > Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True) > > > > > With nCon > > > > > .BeginGroup = True > > > > > .Style = msoButtonCaption > > > > > .Caption = "Macro" > > > > > .OnAction = "RunMacro" > > > > > End With > > > > > > > > > >What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when > > > > >the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did > > > > >not work. > > > > > > > > > >Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macro").Delete > > > > > > > > > >Please help. Thanks. > > > > . > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Dave Peterson > > . > > -- Dave Peterson |