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Marco Mendonça - 18 Apr 2005 18:06 GMT

I've created a Custom CommandBar and i don't want to allow the user to
customize the Word CommandBars.
I've managed to disable the "Toolbar List" menu (right-clicking the
CommandBars), but i can't access the dropdown button of the CommandBar (the
last button of the CommandBar) that allows the user to click "Customize".
How can i disable this "Customize" option?

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 19 Apr 2005 17:12 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?TWFyY28gTWVuZG9uw6dh?=,

> I've created a Custom CommandBar and i don't want to allow the user to
> customize the Word CommandBars.
> I've managed to disable the "Toolbar List" menu (right-clicking the
> CommandBars), but i can't access the dropdown button of the CommandBar (the
> last button of the CommandBar) that allows the user to click "Customize".
> How can i disable this "Customize" option?

Using VBA, you can set a protection for individual command bars. For example

CommandBars("MyBar").Protection = msoBarNoChangeVisible

Cindy Meister
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http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
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Marco Mendonça - 19 Apr 2005 17:43 GMT

I'm using:

CommandBar.Protection = msoBarNoChangeDock + _
msoBarNoChangeVisible + msoBarNoCustomize + _
msoBarNoMove + msoBarNoResize

But that doesn't hide the "Customize" button of the "Add or Remove Buttons"
Menu of the CommandBar. So, the user is still able to create other
CommandBars...

> Hi =?Utf-8?B?TWFyY28gTWVuZG9uw6dh?=,
>
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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 21 Apr 2005 14:34 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?TWFyY28gTWVuZG9uw6dh?=,

> So, the user is still able to create other
> CommandBars...

As far as I know, there is no way to block this one. The
Word developers haven't been as conscientious about
exposing objects in the object model in recent years. This
button is (like Task Panes) relatively recent, and is yet
another thing we can't trap.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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