I have an add-in which adds its own menu to the Excel program. I need to be
able to select a shortcut menu item by VBA to update the information
displayed on the worksheet. This will automate the update process for the
information (otherwise, will need to manually right-click and select the
menuitem ~20 times).

Thanx in advance.

Hi

Application.CommandBars.FindControl(, 30010).Controls("&Google Search").Execute
This example will run a control on the Help menu for example

Post back with the name of your control and where it is if you need more help
For ID numbers see
http://www.rondebruin.com/menuid.htm



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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"PosseJohn" wrote in message ...
I have an add-in which adds its own menu to the Excel program. I need to be
able to select a shortcut menu item by VBA to update the information
displayed on the worksheet. This will automate the update process for the
information (otherwise, will need to manually right-click and select the
menuitem ~20 times).

Thanx in advance.

John,

I would have thought that the best way was to set an object variable to the
men u item when creating it

Set myMenuItem =
Application.Commandbars("Standard").Controls.Add(T ype:=msoControlButton,temp
orary:=true)
myMenuItem.Caption = "abc"
etc.

Declare myMenuItem as a global object variable, and you can refer to that
anywhere in the code.

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HTH

RP
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"PosseJohn" wrote in message
...
I have an add-in which adds its own menu to the Excel program. I need to
be
able to select a shortcut menu item by VBA to update the information
displayed on the worksheet. This will automate the update process for the
information (otherwise, will need to manually right-click and select the
menuitem ~20 times).

Thanx in advance.