OFF97: How to Prevent Customization of Menus and Toolbars

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Turning the Toolbar Shortcut Menu On and Off

The following Visual Basic for Applications subroutine turns off (disables) the Toolbar List shortcut menu:

   Sub DisableToolbarMenu()
       CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = False
   End Sub
				

After you run this subroutine, the Toolbars command on the View menu is unavailable. Also, you cannot display a list of available toolbars by pointing to and then right-clicking a toolbar.

The following subroutine turns on (enables) the Toolbar List shortcut menu:

   Sub EnableToolbarMenu()
       CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = True
   End Sub
				

Preventing Users from Changing Menus and Toolbars

Setting the Visible property of the Toolbar List shortcut menu does not prevent others from making changes to the menus and toolbars of a custom application. To prevent others from changing the menus and toolbars in a custom application, remove or turn off the Customize option on the Tools menu and turn off the Toolbar List shortcut menu.

The following sample subroutine turns off the Toolbar List shortcut menu and deletes the Customize menu option, which prevents others from modifying the menus and toolbars in a custom application:

   Sub DisableCustomize()
        Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls("&Customize...").Delete
        CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = False
   End Sub
				

You can use the following subroutine to restore the Customize menu command and allow others to display the Toolbar List shortcut menu:

   Sub EnableCustomize()
       Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add _
               Type:=msoControlButton, Id:=797, Before:=13
       CommandBars("Toolbar List").Enabled = True
   End Sub