CommandBarControl.OnAction property (Office)

Gets or sets the name of a Visual Basic procedure that will run when the user clicks or changes the value of a CommandBarControl. Read/write.

Note

The use of CommandBars in some Microsoft Office applications has been superseded by the new ribbon component of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface. For more information, see Overview of the Office Fluent ribbon.

Syntax

expression.OnAction

expression A variable that represents a CommandBarControl object.

Return value

String

Remarks

The container application determines whether the value is a valid macro name.

Example

This example adds a command bar control to the command bar named Custom. The procedure named MySub will run each time the control is clicked.

Set myBar = CommandBars("Custom") 
Set myControl = myBar.Controls _ 
    .Add(Type:=msocontrolButton) 
With myControl 
    .FaceId = 2 
    .OnAction = "MySub" 
End With 
myBar.Visible = True

This example adds a command bar control to the command bar named Custom. The COM add-in named FinanceAddIn will run each time the control is clicked.

Set myBar = CommandBars("Custom") 
Set myControl = myBar.Controls _ 
    .Add(Type:=msocontrolButton) 
With myControl 
    .FaceId = 2 
    .OnAction = "!<FinanceAddIn>" 
End With 
myBar.Visible = True

See also

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