Steve,

The best option is to create the commandbar on the fly, when the workbook is
opened, and delete the commandbar when the workbook is closed.

Follow these instructions and example code.

In the workbook's Thisworkbook object code module, place the following code:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
DeleteCommandbar
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
CreateCommandbar
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_WindowActivate(ByVal Wn As Window)
On Error GoTo NotThere
Application.CommandBars("My Bar").Visible = True
Exit Sub
NotThe
CreateCommandbar
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_WindowDeactivate(ByVa*l Wn As Window)
On Error Resume Next
Application.CommandBars("My Bar").Visible = False
End Sub

In a regular code module, place the following:

Dim myBar As CommandBar
Dim myButton As CommandBarButton

Sub CreateCommandbar()

On Error Resume Next
DeleteCommandBar

Set myBar = Application.CommandBars.Add("M*y Bar")
With myBar
.Position = msoBarTop
.Visible = True
.Enabled = True
Set myButton = .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControl*Button, ID:=23)
With myButton
.Caption = "Hello"
.Style = msoButtonIcon
.FaceId = 137
.Enabled = True
.OnAction = "SayHello"
End With
End With

End Sub

Sub DeleteCommandBar()
'Delete the commandbar if it already exists
On Error Resume Next
Application.CommandBars("My Bar").Delete
End Sub

Sub SayHello()
MsgBox "Hello there"
End Sub

You can add as many buttons or other menu items as you like.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP



"sjschmidtky" wrote in message
...
I was proud of myself in creating a new toolbar menu and sub-menu and
assigning macros to the menu items until I discovered that the menu appears
on the toolbar always now, regardless of the spreadsheet I open. It appears
that when I select a custom menu item, it's going out the the spreadsheet
where it is stored and executing it against the spreadsheet I have open
(great, but that's not what I want).

How do I create toolbar menus that only appear for a specific spreadsheet
when it is open?
--
Steve