MacroOptions Method [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]
Corresponds to options in the Macro Options dialog box. You can also use this method to display a user defined function (UDF) in a built-in or new category within the Insert Function dialog box.
expression**.MacroOptions(Macro**, Description, HasMenu, MenuText, HasShortcutKey, ShortcutKey, Category, StatusBar, HelpContextID, HelpFile)
expression Required. An expression that returns an Application object.
Macro Optional Variant. The macro name or the name of a user defined function (UDF).
Description Optional Variant. The macro description.
HasMenu Optional Variant. This argument is ignored.
MenuText Optional Variant. This argument is ignored.
HasShortcutKey Optional Variant. True to assign a shortcut key to the macro (ShortcutKey must also be specified). If this argument is False, no shortcut key is assigned to the macro. If the macro already has a shortcut key, setting this argument to False removes the shortcut key. The default value is False.
ShortcutKey Optional Variant. Required if HasShortcutKey is True; ignored otherwise. The shortcut key.
Category Optional Variant. An integer that specifies an existing macro function category (Financial, Date & Time, or User Defined, for example). See the remarks section to determine the integers that are mapped to the built-in categories. You can also specify a string for a custom category. If you provide a string it will be treated as the category name that is displayed in the Insert Function dialog box. If the category name has never been used, a new category is defined with that name. If you use a category name that is that same a built-in name, Excel will map the user defined function to that built-in category.
StatusBar Optional Variant. The status bar text for the macro.
HelpContextId Optional Variant. An integer that specifies the context ID for the Help topic assigned to the macro.
HelpFile Optional Variant. The name of the Help file that contains the Help topic defined by HelpContextId.
Remarks
The following table lists which integers are mapped to the built-in categories that can be used in the Category parameter.
| Integer | Category |
| 1 | Financial |
| 2 | Date & Time |
| 3 | Math & Trig |
| 4 | Statistical |
| 5 | Lookup & Reference |
| 6 | Database |
| 7 | Text |
| 8 | Logical |
| 9 | Information |
| 10 | Commands |
| 11 | Customizing |
| 12 | Macro Control |
| 13 | DDE/External |
| 14 | User Defined |
| 15 | First custom category |
| 16 | Second custom category |
| 17 | Third custom category |
| 18 | Fourth custom category |
| 19 | Fifth custom category |
| 20 | Sixth custom category |
| 21 | Seventh custom category |
| 22 | Eighth custom category |
| 23 | Ninth custom category |
| 24 | Tenth custom category |
| 25 | Eleventh custom category |
| 26 | Twelfth custom category |
| 27 | Thirteenth custom category |
| 28 | Fourteenth custom category |
| 29 | Fifteenth custom category |
| 30 | Sixteenth custom category |
| 31 | Seventeenth custom category |
| 32 | Eighteenth custom category |
Example
This example adds a user-defined macro called "TestMacro" to a custom category named "My Custom Category". After you run this example, you should see "My Custom Category" which contains the "TestMacro" user-defined function in the Or select a category drop-down list in the Insert Function dialog box.
Function TestMacro()
MsgBox ActiveWorkbook.Name
End Function
Sub AddUDFToCustomCategory()
Application.MacroOptions Macro:="TestMacro", Category:="My Custom Category"
End Sub
Applies to | Application Object