Custom Icons in Toolbar or menu

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Jack_Feeman - 13 Nov 2006 17:49 GMT

Anyone know an easy way to get a custom icon (.ico file) into a custom
toolbar or menu? I have made several custom icons for macro buttons in a
custom toolbar. Unfortunately you cannot cut/copy and paste or otherwise copy
the .ico image into the menu/toolbar item. I do not know how to build one in
VBA.

Thanks
Jack

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Andrew V - 13 Nov 2006 23:04 GMT

I tried copy paste of .ICO file contents from MS Paint ir IrfanView, but the
results weren't the greatest. You could draw the icons in Word by editing
toolbar icons, which is what I do. Alternatively you could check out this
page, which shows VBA sample code for using a picture file to create an icon
for a button, among other useful tidbits:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnofftalk/html/
office05022002.asp

Andrew

> Anyone know an easy way to get a custom icon (.ico file) into a custom
> toolbar or menu? I have made several custom icons for macro buttons in a
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> Thanks
> Jack

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Jack_Feeman - 14 Nov 2006 01:05 GMT

Thanks,
Yeah I have tried the edit thing in Word many times in the past. Good for
simple icons, not enough grid to hand draw more complex icons. I know there
is an involved way to add one in VBA but don't remember it. I will try your
alteravive.

Thanks

> I tried copy paste of .ICO file contents from MS Paint ir IrfanView, but the
> results weren't the greatest. You could draw the icons in Word by editing
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> > Thanks
> > Jack

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