Hello,

I'm hoping that somebody will be able to help me, with this particular
issue. I have created an Excel Toolbar and assigned a number of macros to
the Toolbar.

However when I move the Excel file, from a development folder to a
production folder, the toolbar doesn't run the macros anymore and says that
the macros cannot be found e.g. Toolbar looking for the original Excel file
in the development folder.

Is their anyway round this, so that the Toolbar will always run the macros
contained within the opened Excel file?

Thanks.
Stefan.

Hi Stefan,

I'm hoping that somebody will be able to help me, with this particular
issue. I have created an Excel Toolbar and assigned a number of macros to
the Toolbar.

However when I move the Excel file, from a development folder to a
production folder, the toolbar doesn't run the macros anymore and says that
the macros cannot be found e.g. Toolbar looking for the original Excel file
in the development folder.

Is their anyway round this, so that the Toolbar will always run the macros
contained within the opened Excel file?

Here is a small tutorial about toolbars.

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Excel keeps toolbar and menubar customizations in a file with the extension
..xlb. The exact filename depends on Excel version and install, but usually is:
Excel9.xlb or Excel.xlb or Username8.xlb.
Often this file can be found in your WINDOWS directory.

You can attach a toolbar to a workbook. When this workbook is loaded, XL
checks if the toolbar is on the system. If not, it copies the toolbar from the
workbook to the system.

After creating *or changing* the toolbar, you should attach the toolbar to
your workbook:

- activate the workbook to which you want to attach the toolbar
- Rightclick the toolbar, select 'customize'
- Click 'Attach' (Toolbars Tab)
- If the workbook already contains a toolbar by that name, delete it first by
clicking on it on the righthand side and choosing Delete.
- Select your toolbar (on the left) and press 'copy'
- Save the workbook (optionally: save_as an add-in).

Also, you should include code that deletes the toolbar when your workbook or
add-in is closed, so that when you deliver a new version of your workbook the
new toolbar will be used i.s.o the old one. You can do that in the
Thisworkbook module, using the Workbook_BeforeClose event:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel as Boolean)
On Error Resume Next 'In case Toolbar is absent
Application.CommandBars("YourBarsName").Delete
End Sub

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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