OFF97: How to Prevent Customization of Menus and Toolbars

ID: Q170563

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications included with:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 - Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 - Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, Service Release 1

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Office 97, Service Release 1 (SR-1), the CommandBars object model allows you to disable the Toolbars shortcut menu. This simplifies preventing others from changing the toolbars and menus of a custom application that you develop with Microsoft Office 97.

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Disabling and Enabling the Toolbar Shortcut Menu

The following Visual Basic for Applications subroutine disables the Toolbar List shortcut menu:

   Sub DisableToolbarMenu()
       CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = False
   End Sub

After you run this subroutine, the Toolbars command on the View menu is unavailable. Also, you cannot display a list of available toolbars by pointing to, and then right-clicking a toolbar.

The following subroutine enables the Toolbar List shortcut menu:

   Sub EnableToolbarMenu()
       CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = True
   End Sub

Preventing Users from Changing Menus and Toolbars

Setting the Visible property of the Toolbar List shortcut menu does not prevent others from making changes to the menus and toolbars of a custom application. To prevent others from changing the menus and toolbars in a custom application, remove or disable the Customize option on the Tools menu and disable the Toolbar List shortcut menu.

The following sample subroutine disables the Toolbar List shortcut menu and deletes the Cutomize menu option, which prevents others from modifying the menus and toolbars in a custom application:

   Sub DisableCustomize()
        Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls("&Customize...").Delete
        CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = False
   End Sub

You can use the following subroutine to restore the Customize menu command and allow others to display the Toolbar List shortcut menu:

   Sub EnableCustomize()
       Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add _
               Type:=msoControlButton, Id:=797, Before:=13
       CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = True
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about customizing command bars, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "commandbars", click Search, and then click to view "Using command bars".

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: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Additional query words: xlvbainfo

Keywords          : kbinterop kbprg 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 5, 1999