Excel 2007 Custom Right Click Menus for Connectors and Shapes

[Joe B.]

I get this to work in 2003 but not 2007
context / popup menu works for Cell but not connector or shapes in 2007.
Works in 2003. I understand the ribbon messes up regular menus, but what am
I missing with 2007 right click menus?

I have a more complex version of the code below I intend to use - but I ran
this simple one to see if it would work in 2007 and 2003 (make sure did not
have other code issues).

Sub editconnector()
Dim MenuItem As Object
Dim i, j As Integer

Application.CommandBars("connector").Reset
Application.CommandBars("shapes").Reset
Dim MyMenu As Object
Set MyMenu = Application.CommandBars("connector")
j = MyMenu.Controls.Count
For i = 1 To j
MsgBox (MyMenu.Controls(i).Caption)
Next i
Set MenuItem =
MyMenu.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, Before:=1, temporary:=False)
MenuItem.BeginGroup = True
MenuItem.OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!" &
"do_analysis"
MenuItem.Caption = "Tester2"
MenuItem.Visible = True
MsgBox (MenuItem.Caption)

Set MyMenu = Application.CommandBars("shapes")
j = MyMenu.Controls.Count
For i = 1 To j
MsgBox (MyMenu.Controls(i).Caption)
Next i
Set MenuItem = MyMenu.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton)
MenuItem.BeginGroup = True
MenuItem.OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!" &
"do_analysis"
MenuItem.Caption = "Tester3"
MsgBox (MenuItem.Caption)

End Sub

 

[Dave Peterson]

xl2007 replaced the commandbars with the ribbon.

So you can learn a lot about the ribbon (or how to modify the quick access
toolbar)...

I'd start at Ron de Bruin's site:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/ribbon.htm
http://www.rondebruin.nl/qat.htm -- For macros for all workbooks (saved as an
addin)
or
http://www.rondebruin.nl/2007addin.htm

Or maybe you could weasel and create your own "toolbar". It'll show up in the
Addin's tab of the ribbon in xl2007.

Here's how I do it when I want a toolbar:
http://www.contextures.com/xlToolbar02.html
(from Debra Dalgleish's site)

 

[Joe B.]

Yeah I heard of that - I am under the impression that all of the shortcut
menus (right click menus) such as when right clicking on a connector that is
on a worksheet - are still customizable, but that the commandbars that are
part of the old menu structure are not.

The textbooks and online help I have found so far suggests I should be able
to still do it (right click shortcut menus).

Thx for the reply - let me know if you have any further thoughts.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Oh, oh.

I didn't notice that these were the popup type menus.

I don't use xl2007 enough to help.

If you don't get any more responses to this thread, you may want to write
another followup saying that you re-asked your question in a new thread.

(I'm afraid that I may have poisoned the well for this one.)

Yeah I heard of that - I am under the impression that all of the shortcut
menus (right click menus) such as when right clicking on a connector that is
on a worksheet - are still customizable, but that the commandbars that are
part of the old menu structure are not.

The textbooks and online help I have found so far suggests I should be able
to still do it (right click shortcut menus).

Thx for the reply - let me know if you have any further thoughts.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Joe has reposted the question.

Oh, oh.

I didn't notice that these were the popup type menus.

I don't use xl2007 enough to help.

If you don't get any more responses to this thread, you may want to write
another followup saying that you re-asked your question in a new thread.

(I'm afraid that I may have poisoned the well for this one.)