I don't know about recording a macro but I have no problem changing the face
id of a built-in control:

Commandbars("Standard").Controls("New").FaceId=123

Did I misunderstand the problem?
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Jim Rech
Excel MVP

"Simon Shaw" wrote in message
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|I have built menus and toolbars for my excel apps so I am familiar with
| creating and setting up controls and buttons for commandbars. Now I am
trying
| to assign a FaceId to an msoControlButton, however this is not working. I
can
| assign FaceId's to buttons that I create, but not to standard ones like
'Save
| As'
|
| When I manually customize a toolbar I can add a control such as 'Save As',
| then change it to default style, then select from one of the pictures.
When I
| try to record this in a macro I do not get any code for the FaceId change.
|
| Ideas?