Thanks- I really appreciate your help
-----Original Message-----
Use the LEFT method on it.

ActiveCell.Value = Left
(Application.CommandBars.ActionControl.Caption,
2)


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Thanks, it works well

I only want the cell to have the first couple of
characters from the selected control. Is there a way to
truncate ActiveControl.caption? I tried setting it to a
string variable but got a data mismatch error.

-----Original Message-----
Point the OnAction property to a macro, and in the
macro
you can get the
caption with

ActiveCell.Value =
Application.CommandBars.ActionControl.Caption


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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the
Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing
direct)

"DEFJ" wrote in
message
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Is there a way to set a command bar's "OnAction"
property
to place the commandbar's caption in a cell?

I need a hint.
What I'm trying to do is make a right-click button
that
lists choices for a user to place in the target cell.
The
amount of choices will vary. I've got the
commandbar
code down but was wondering if there was a way to
call a
macro that looks at the caption of the selected
control.


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