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copying custom tool bar
Is there a way to copy the custom tool bar I am using on my computer to the
LAN so that it can be loaded onto another's computer and into their Excel startpage? Thanks, Gwen |
copying custom tool bar
It depends on how the toolbar was created. You can use
view/toolbars/customize, click the Attach button, and attach the toolbar to the workbook, then when the workbook opens, so does the toolbar, wherever it is stored. If it's built using VBA code, then that code must be run on the LAN HTH "gwen" wrote: Is there a way to copy the custom tool bar I am using on my computer to the LAN so that it can be loaded onto another's computer and into their Excel startpage? Thanks, Gwen |
copying custom tool bar
This does not work on Excel 2003. The toolbar was built manually. When i
click attach and copy the custom toolbar to the right hand pane of the window, i then click OK then close the next window. The toolbar does not appear in the new workbook i created until i add it as i would add any toolbar. Saving the file, closing and copying to another computer does not bring the toolbar. Copying the file in which the toolbar was originally created to another computer does not bring the toolbar either, even after the same 'attach' process. What am i doing wrong? Thanks, "Bob Umlas, Excel MVP" wrote: It depends on how the toolbar was created. You can use view/toolbars/customize, click the Attach button, and attach the toolbar to the workbook, then when the workbook opens, so does the toolbar, wherever it is stored. If it's built using VBA code, then that code must be run on the LAN HTH "gwen" wrote: Is there a way to copy the custom tool bar I am using on my computer to the LAN so that it can be loaded onto another's computer and into their Excel startpage? Thanks, Gwen |
copying custom tool bar
I'd start by reading Jan Karel Pieterse's web page:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/DistributeMacro04.htm Especially the paragraph that starts with: "Excel checks the user's .xlb file to see whether the toolbar is already on the system." John wrote: This does not work on Excel 2003. The toolbar was built manually. When i click attach and copy the custom toolbar to the right hand pane of the window, i then click OK then close the next window. The toolbar does not appear in the new workbook i created until i add it as i would add any toolbar. Saving the file, closing and copying to another computer does not bring the toolbar. Copying the file in which the toolbar was originally created to another computer does not bring the toolbar either, even after the same 'attach' process. What am i doing wrong? Thanks, "Bob Umlas, Excel MVP" wrote: It depends on how the toolbar was created. You can use view/toolbars/customize, click the Attach button, and attach the toolbar to the workbook, then when the workbook opens, so does the toolbar, wherever it is stored. If it's built using VBA code, then that code must be run on the LAN HTH "gwen" wrote: Is there a way to copy the custom tool bar I am using on my computer to the LAN so that it can be loaded onto another's computer and into their Excel startpage? Thanks, Gwen -- Dave Peterson |
copying custom tool bar
Thank you for your comment and link to the site, which has helpful and
extremely well written information. I have since determined empirically that a toolbar can be attached to an Excel 5.0/95 file and carried to Excel 2003 on another PC, however when attached to a file in Excel 2003 then saved as type 2003 & 5.0/95 it is not retained. If saved as Excel 2003 vs 2003 & 5.0/95 the toolbar is not loaded on a system running Excel 5.0/95 or Excel 7.0/95. That's what i wanted to do, and i can't. Thanks again. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'd start by reading Jan Karel Pieterse's web page: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/DistributeMacro04.htm Especially the paragraph that starts with: "Excel checks the user's .xlb file to see whether the toolbar is already on the system." John wrote: This does not work on Excel 2003. The toolbar was built manually. When i click attach and copy the custom toolbar to the right hand pane of the window, i then click OK then close the next window. The toolbar does not appear in the new workbook i created until i add it as i would add any toolbar. Saving the file, closing and copying to another computer does not bring the toolbar. Copying the file in which the toolbar was originally created to another computer does not bring the toolbar either, even after the same 'attach' process. What am i doing wrong? Thanks, "Bob Umlas, Excel MVP" wrote: It depends on how the toolbar was created. You can use view/toolbars/customize, click the Attach button, and attach the toolbar to the workbook, then when the workbook opens, so does the toolbar, wherever it is stored. If it's built using VBA code, then that code must be run on the LAN HTH "gwen" wrote: Is there a way to copy the custom tool bar I am using on my computer to the LAN so that it can be loaded onto another's computer and into their Excel startpage? Thanks, Gwen -- Dave Peterson |
copying custom tool bar
Thanks, it worked perfectly.
Gwen "Bob Umlas, Excel MVP" wrote: It depends on how the toolbar was created. You can use view/toolbars/customize, click the Attach button, and attach the toolbar to the workbook, then when the workbook opens, so does the toolbar, wherever it is stored. If it's built using VBA code, then that code must be run on the LAN HTH "gwen" wrote: Is there a way to copy the custom tool bar I am using on my computer to the LAN so that it can be loaded onto another's computer and into their Excel startpage? Thanks, Gwen |
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