CommandBarControl members (Office)

Represents a command bar control. The CommandBarControl object is a member of the CommandBarControls collection. The properties and methods of the CommandBarControl object are all shared by the CommandBarButton, CommandBarComboBox, and CommandBarPopup objects.

Methods

Name	Description
Copy	Copies a command bar control to an existing command bar.
Delete	Deletes the CommandBarControl object from its collection.
Execute	Runs the procedure or built-in command assigned to the specified CommandBarControl control.
Move	Moves the specified CommandBarControl to an existing command bar.
Reset	Resets a built-in command bar to its default configuration, or resets a built-in CommandBarControl to its original function and face.
SetFocus	Moves the keyboard focus to the specified CommandBarControl. If the control is disabled or isn't visible, this method will fail.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Gets an Application object that represents the container application for the CommandBarControl object (you can use this property with an Automation object to return that object's container application). Read-only.
BeginGroup	Gets True if the specified command bar control appears at the beginning of a group of controls on the command bar. Read/write.
BuiltIn	Gets True if the specified command bar control is a built-in control of the container application. Returns False if it's a custom control, or if it's a built-in control whose OnAction property has been set. Read-only.
Caption	Gets or sets the caption text for a command bar control. Read/write.
Creator	Gets a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the CommandBarControl object was created. Read-only.
DescriptionText	Gets or sets the description for a command bar control. Read/write.
Enabled	Gets or sets a Boolean value specifying if the CommandBarControl is enabled. Read/write.
Height	Gets or sets the height of a CommandBarControl control. Read/write.
HelpContextId	Gets or sets the Help context Id number for the Help topic attached to the CommandBarControl. Read/write.
HelpFile	Gets or sets the file name for the Help topic attached to the CommandBarControl. Read/write.
Id	Gets the ID for a built-in CommandBarControl. Read-only.
Index	Gets a Long representing the index number for a CommandBarControl object in the collection. Read-only.
IsPriorityDropped	Gets True if the control is currently dropped from the menu or toolbar based on usage statistics and layout space. (Note that this is not the same as the control's visibility, as set by the Visible property). Read-only.
Left	Gets the horizontal position of the specified CommandBarControl (in pixels) relative to the left edge of the screen. Returns the distance from the left side of the docking area. Read-only.
OLEUsage	Gets or sets the OLE client and OLE server roles in which a CommandBarControl will be used when two Microsoft Office applications are merged. Read/write.
OnAction	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.
Parameter	Gets or sets a string that an application can use to execute a command from a CommandBarControl. Read/write.
Parent	Gets the Parent object for the CommandBarControl object. Read-only.
Priority	Gets or sets the priority of a CommandBarControl. A control's priority determines whether the control can be dropped from a docked command bar if the command bar controls can't fit in a single row. Controls that can't fit in a single row drop off command bars from right to left. Read/write.
Tag	Gets or sets information about the CommandBarControl, such as data that can be used as an argument in procedures, or information that identifies the control. Read/write.
TooltipText	Gets or sets the text displayed in a CommandBarControl's ScreenTip. Read/write.
Top	Gets the distance (in pixels) from the top edge of the specified CommandBarControl to the top edge of the screen. Read-only.
Type	Gets the type of CommandBarControl. Read-only.
Visible	Gets or sets the Visible property of the CommandBarControl. True if the CommandBarControl is visible. Read/write.
Width	Gets or sets the width (in pixels) of the specified CommandBarControl. Read/write.

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