OFF98: How to Change the ToolTip for a Custom Toolbar Control

ID: Q184503

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SUMMARY

Microsoft Office 98 programs do not allow you to change the ToolTip for a custom toolbar control by using the Customize command (on the Tools menu). To change the ToolTip, use a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro. This article contains a sample macro that changes the ToolTip for a custom toolbar control.

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To change the ToolTip for a custom toolbar button, specify the toolbar (command bar), the custom toolbar control (a button in this example), and the ToolTip that you want to change or set. The example creates a toolbar button called "My Custom Button" on the Microsoft Excel Standard toolbar. This button is used in the Visual Basic for Applications example.

To use this example, follow these steps:

1. On the Excel Tools menu, click Customize.

2. Click the Commands tab. Click Macros in the Categories list. In the 

   Commands list, click and hold the Custom Button and drag it to the
   Standard toolbar.
3. Click Modify Selection. On the Shortcut menu that appears, type "My 
   Custom Button" (without the quotation marks) in the Name box.
   Click Close in the Customize dialog box.
The following example macro changes the ToolTip for "My Custom Button" on the Excel Standard toolbar: 

   Sub ChangeToolTip()

      With CommandBars("Standard")          ' The toolbar (command bar).
         With .Controls("My Custom Button") ' The custom control.
            .TooltipText = "My Custom Tip"  ' The ToolTip to change or set.
         End With
      End With

   End Sub
Note that you specify the name of the custom or existing toolbar (instead of Standard). To determine the name of an existing toolbar, point to Toolbars on the View menu. The name of the toolbar appears in the list that is displayed. Remember to type the name of the toolbar in the macro exactly as it appears on the list.

You must also specify the button index or name of the control you want to change. To determine the name of an existing custom control, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.

2. While the Customize dialog box is displayed, click to select the toolbar 

   control.
3. On the Customize dialog box, click Modify Selection. 

   The toolbar control name is listed in the Name box on the
   Modify Selection shortcut menu.

REFERENCES

For more information about the CommandBars collection, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "CommandBars" click Search, and then click to view "CommandBars Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q179216
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program
Additional query words: vba vbe vb offcon OFF98 
Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode xlvbahowto OffVBA 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999