Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

Please help. Thanks.

Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter:

With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
.Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED
End With

The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the
controls, use

Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl
On Error Resume Next
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Do Until C Is Nothing
C.Delete
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Loop

This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag".

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]





On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp
wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Mac ro").Delete

Please help. Thanks.

Chip,

Thanks for the code.

I inserted a line for Tag in my Auto_Open sub and inserted the code to
delete the command button in my Workbook_Close sub. When I tried it, the
button did not delete from the Standard toolbar.

I am sure whether I did something wrong.

Thanks.

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter:

With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
.Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED
End With

The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the
controls, use

Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl
On Error Resume Next
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Do Until C Is Nothing
C.Delete
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Loop

This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag".

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]





On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp
wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Mac ro").Delete

Please help. Thanks.
.

I think it's time to share the code you used.

Did you create a separate sub to delete the control with that tag?
If yes, how did you run it?
And did you spell that Tag the same way in both routines?

Are you sure you're not looking at the control that was left over from previous
testing -- that one didn't have a tag.

I'd just delete it manually.

Inside excel:
Tools|Customize (just to see that dialog)
drag the offending control off the toolbar.



Accesshelp wrote:

Chip,

Thanks for the code.

I inserted a line for Tag in my Auto_Open sub and inserted the code to
delete the command button in my Workbook_Close sub. When I tried it, the
button did not delete from the Standard toolbar.

I am sure whether I did something wrong.

Thanks.

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter:

With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
.Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED
End With

The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the
controls, use

Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl
On Error Resume Next
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Do Until C Is Nothing
C.Delete
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Loop

This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag".

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]





On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp
wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Mac ro").Delete

Please help. Thanks.
.


--

Dave Peterson

Dave,

Thanks for your response.

Basically, I have an Excel file that is just dedicated for a macro, and the
Excel macro file will be used by users. The users will open the macro file
in the same window as an Excel file where the macro will execute the code.
The way I have designed is when the user opens the macro file, the macro file
will create the command button and will be hidden. When the user clicks on
the command button, the macro will execute its code. After the macro is
executed, the macro file will be closed, and the command button will remove
from the Standard toolbar. If the user does not click on the button and when
the Excel window is closed, the macro file will be closed and the button will
remove from the Standard toolbar.

The problem that I am having now is the button would not remove from the
toolbar.

In my Excel macro file, I have 3 Subs: Auto_Open, RunMacro and
Workbook_Close. The only code that I have in Auto_Open is a code to create
the command button "Macro" on the Standard toolbar, and the only code that I
would like to have in Workbook_Close is a code to remove the button from the
toolbar when the macro file closes.

As far as Runmacro, I use .OnAction = "RunMacro" in Auto_Open. When the
user clicks on the command button, OnAction calls up the RunMacro Sub and
executes the code in that Sub. At the end of RunMacro, I have a code to
close the macro Excel file.

I tried to use the code from Chip in Workbook_Close, and it did not remove
the button and did not seem to do anything.

I am sorry about the long message. I hope I have covered what you are
looking for.

What do you think I should do now?

Thanks.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I think it's time to share the code you used.

Did you create a separate sub to delete the control with that tag?
If yes, how did you run it?
And did you spell that Tag the same way in both routines?

Are you sure you're not looking at the control that was left over from previous
testing -- that one didn't have a tag.

I'd just delete it manually.

Inside excel:
Tools|Customize (just to see that dialog)
drag the offending control off the toolbar.



Accesshelp wrote:

Chip,

Thanks for the code.

I inserted a line for Tag in my Auto_Open sub and inserted the code to
delete the command button in my Workbook_Close sub. When I tried it, the
button did not delete from the Standard toolbar.

I am sure whether I did something wrong.

Thanks.

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter:

With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
.Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED
End With

The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the
controls, use

Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl
On Error Resume Next
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Do Until C Is Nothing
C.Delete
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Loop

This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag".

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]





On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp
wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Mac ro").Delete

Please help. Thanks.
.


--

Dave Peterson
.

It could be as simple as the name of your macro that you want to run when you
close that workbook.

If your procedure is in the ThisWorkbook module, it should look like:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)

(there is no workbook_Close event that fires automatically.)

If the procedure is in a General module, then it should look like:
Sub Auto_Close()

====
You could test your code by running that workbook_close procedure yourself (but
remember, excel won't run it automatically!).

Accesshelp wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for your response.

Basically, I have an Excel file that is just dedicated for a macro, and the
Excel macro file will be used by users. The users will open the macro file
in the same window as an Excel file where the macro will execute the code.
The way I have designed is when the user opens the macro file, the macro file
will create the command button and will be hidden. When the user clicks on
the command button, the macro will execute its code. After the macro is
executed, the macro file will be closed, and the command button will remove
from the Standard toolbar. If the user does not click on the button and when
the Excel window is closed, the macro file will be closed and the button will
remove from the Standard toolbar.

The problem that I am having now is the button would not remove from the
toolbar.

In my Excel macro file, I have 3 Subs: Auto_Open, RunMacro and
Workbook_Close. The only code that I have in Auto_Open is a code to create
the command button "Macro" on the Standard toolbar, and the only code that I
would like to have in Workbook_Close is a code to remove the button from the
toolbar when the macro file closes.

As far as Runmacro, I use .OnAction = "RunMacro" in Auto_Open. When the
user clicks on the command button, OnAction calls up the RunMacro Sub and
executes the code in that Sub. At the end of RunMacro, I have a code to
close the macro Excel file.

I tried to use the code from Chip in Workbook_Close, and it did not remove
the button and did not seem to do anything.

I am sorry about the long message. I hope I have covered what you are
looking for.

What do you think I should do now?

Thanks.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I think it's time to share the code you used.

Did you create a separate sub to delete the control with that tag?
If yes, how did you run it?
And did you spell that Tag the same way in both routines?

Are you sure you're not looking at the control that was left over from previous
testing -- that one didn't have a tag.

I'd just delete it manually.

Inside excel:
Tools|Customize (just to see that dialog)
drag the offending control off the toolbar.



Accesshelp wrote:

Chip,

Thanks for the code.

I inserted a line for Tag in my Auto_Open sub and inserted the code to
delete the command button in my Workbook_Close sub. When I tried it, the
button did not delete from the Standard toolbar.

I am sure whether I did something wrong.

Thanks.

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Try identifying the control with a Tag parameter:

With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
.Tag = "MyTag" '<<<< ADDED
End With

The text "MyTag" can be anything you want. Then, to delete the
controls, use

Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl
On Error Resume Next
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Do Until C Is Nothing
C.Delete
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MyTag")
Loop

This will delete all controls whose Tag property is "MyTag".

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]





On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:57:01 -0700, Accesshelp
wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Mac ro").Delete

Please help. Thanks.
.


--

Dave Peterson
.


--

Dave Peterson

hi
wild guessing here but..
what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be
the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1'
and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button
name commandbutton2 and so on.
try
Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Comm andButton1").Delete

i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons,
i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on.
but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences.

Regards
FSt1


"Accesshelp" wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

Please help. Thanks.

FSt1,

To be quite honest, I do not know the name of the button, and I do not know
how to give a name to the button that I created. The code in my original
post is all the code that I use to create the button.

Do you know how I can find out what the name of my button is? Is there an
alternative code without the button name?

Thanks.

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
wild guessing here but..
what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be
the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1'
and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button
name commandbutton2 and so on.
try
Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Comm andButton1").Delete

i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons,
i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on.
but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences.

Regards
FSt1


"Accesshelp" wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

Please help. Thanks.

hi
i got confused and thought you were talking about a command button on the
sheet.
don't ask why. bad case of the stupids i guess.
but no different. right click the command bar. from the popup, click
customize.
right click the button. on the popup, about 3 from the top should be the
name. this is how excel ids the button. that was what chip was triing to do.
give it a alias name. try that. post back if no joy.

regards
FSt1

"Accesshelp" wrote:

FSt1,

To be quite honest, I do not know the name of the button, and I do not know
how to give a name to the button that I created. The code in my original
post is all the code that I use to create the button.

Do you know how I can find out what the name of my button is? Is there an
alternative code without the button name?

Thanks.

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
wild guessing here but..
what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be
the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1'
and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button
name commandbutton2 and so on.
try
Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Comm andButton1").Delete

i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons,
i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on.
but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences.

Regards
FSt1


"Accesshelp" wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

Please help. Thanks.

FSt1,

Thanks for continuing to help. I found the name of command button that I
created after following your steps, and the name is the same name as Caption
"Macro".

Since I found the name, I tried your code from your first response as follows:

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

When I tried it and executed the code, I received the following error:

Method 'Delete' of object'_CommandBarButton' failed

I used the code from above in "RunMacro" Sub, instead of Workbook_Close.

Thanks.

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
i got confused and thought you were talking about a command button on the
sheet.
don't ask why. bad case of the stupids i guess.
but no different. right click the command bar. from the popup, click
customize.
right click the button. on the popup, about 3 from the top should be the
name. this is how excel ids the button. that was what chip was triing to do.
give it a alias name. try that. post back if no joy.

regards
FSt1

"Accesshelp" wrote:

FSt1,

To be quite honest, I do not know the name of the button, and I do not know
how to give a name to the button that I created. The code in my original
post is all the code that I use to create the button.

Do you know how I can find out what the name of my button is? Is there an
alternative code without the button name?

Thanks.

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
wild guessing here but..
what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be
the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1'
and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button
name commandbutton2 and so on.
try
Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Comm andButton1").Delete

i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons,
i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on.
but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences.

Regards
FSt1


"Accesshelp" wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

Please help. Thanks.

Just out of curiosity, is the code that attempts to delete the command
button executed directly or indirectly by the code attached to the
command button? In other words, does the command button attempt to
delete itself? If so, you can't do that.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]



On Wed, 5 May 2010 15:09:01 -0700, Accesshelp
wrote:

FSt1,

To be quite honest, I do not know the name of the button, and I do not know
how to give a name to the button that I created. The code in my original
post is all the code that I use to create the button.

Do you know how I can find out what the name of my button is? Is there an
alternative code without the button name?

Thanks.

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
wild guessing here but..
what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be
the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1'
and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button
name commandbutton2 and so on.
try
Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Comm andButton1").Delete

i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons,
i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on.
but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences.

Regards
FSt1


"Accesshelp" wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

Please help. Thanks.

Chip,

Thanks for continuing to help me. I do not know whether the command button
attempts to delete itself. How do I find out?

Currently, I have the following code in Auto_Open and Auto_Close, and the
command button does not remove from the Standard toolbar when the macro file
closes (and I do not receive any error messages).

Auto_Open:

Private Sub Auto_Open()

Dim nBar As Variant
Dim nCon As Variant

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
.Tag = "MacroTag"
End With

End Sub

Auto_Close:

Private Sub Auto_Close()

Dim C As Office.CommandBarControl
On Error Resume Next
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MacroTag ")
Do Until C Is Nothing
C.Delete
Set C = Application.CommandBars.FindControl(Tag:="MacroTag ")
Loop

End Sub

Thanks. Please help.





"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Just out of curiosity, is the code that attempts to delete the command
button executed directly or indirectly by the code attached to the
command button? In other words, does the command button attempt to
delete itself? If so, you can't do that.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]



On Wed, 5 May 2010 15:09:01 -0700, Accesshelp
wrote:

FSt1,

To be quite honest, I do not know the name of the button, and I do not know
how to give a name to the button that I created. The code in my original
post is all the code that I use to create the button.

Do you know how I can find out what the name of my button is? Is there an
alternative code without the button name?

Thanks.

"FSt1" wrote:

hi
wild guessing here but..
what is the name of the button. the button's caption may not necessarily be
the name of the button. by default excel give it the name 'commandbutton1'
and keeps count of them in the back ground asigning the next command button
name commandbutton2 and so on.
try
Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Comm andButton1").Delete

i usually change the default names of all my controls. for command buttons,
i usually use CB1, CB2 ect. might mean less typing later on.
but different strokes for different folks. we all have our preferences.

Regards
FSt1


"Accesshelp" wrote:

Hello all,

I have a code that creates a command button when the Excel file opens. The
following is the code that I use:

Set nBar = CommandBars("Standard")
nBar.Visible = True
Set nCon = nBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Temporary:=True)
With nCon
.BeginGroup = True
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Macro"
.OnAction = "RunMacro"
End With

What I would like to do is to remove the above command button "Macro" when
the Excel file closes. I have tried to use the following code, and it did
not work.

Application.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Macr o").Delete

Please help. Thanks.
.