Hi Tom,

Re 1.
I should have thought of .Index instead of "Position".
I also notice you've corrected my declaration of FontCtrl
as Object to CommandBarControl.

Re 2.
The commandbar width is in pixels.
I think that's it..

Declare Function GetSystemMetrics32 Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetSystemMetrics" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Sub AAtester6()
Dim CmdBar As CommandBar
Set CmdBar = CommandBars("Formatting")
'before adding control
If GetSystemMetrics32(0) - CmdBar.Width < 23 Then
MsgBox "Too wide"
'do something else
End If
'or after adding control
If CmdBar.Width GetSystemMetrics32(0) Then
MsgBox "Re-customize the Formatting toolbar"
End If
End Sub

This assumes a msoControlButton is always 22 pixels?

Many thanks for both,
Dan
-----Original Message-----
Sub AAtester5()
Dim FontCtrl As CommandBarControl
Dim nwCtrl As CommandBarControl
With Application.CommandBars("Formatting")
Set FontCtrl = .FindControl(Id:=1691)
If FontCtrl.Index < .Controls.Count Then
Set nwCtrl = .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, _
Befo=FontCtrl.Index + 1)
Else
Set nwCtrl = .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton)
End If
End With
nwCtrl.Caption = "MyControl"
End Sub

I have never played with your second question - I guess
you could sum up the
width of the controls or look at the width of the bar and
check it against
the width of the window. The commandbar width is in
pixels. If I have
time to play with it I will post back if I come up with
anything - hopefully
someone else has some experience with this.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



Dan wrote in message
...
Hi all

1. I want to add a control before "&Fill Color" on the
Formatting commandbar. I'm stuck and frustrated!

In this effort "After:=FontCtrl" is clearly wrong

Sub Test()
Dim FontCtrl As Object
With Application.CommandBars("Formatting")
Set FontCtrl = .FindControl(Id:=1691)
'1691 is Fill Color ID
'MsgBox FontCtrl.Caption
.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, _
after:=FontCtrl).Caption = "MyCaption" 'fails
'also .OnAction, .Tag etc
End With
End Sub

2. I've noticed some customized toolbars extend to the
right of the screen. What would be the best approach to
ensure I am neither putting my new control, nor pushing
any others off the screen.

TIA,
Dan


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