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CommandBars.ActionControl property (Office)

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Gets the CommandBarControl object whose OnAction property is set to the running procedure. Read-only.

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The use of CommandBars in some Microsoft Office applications has been superseded by the new ribbon component of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.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.ActionControl

expression A variable that represents a CommandBars object.

Example

This example creates a command bar named Custom, adds three buttons to it, and then uses the ActionControl property and the Tag property to determine which command bar button was last clicked.

Set myBar = CommandBars _ 
    .Add(Name:="Custom", Position:=msoBarTop, _ 
    Temporary:=True) 
Set buttonOne = myBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton) 
With buttonOne 
    .FaceId = 133 
    .Tag = "RightArrow" 
    .OnAction = "whichButton" 
End With 
Set buttonTwo = myBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton) 
With buttonTwo 
    .FaceId = 134 
    .Tag = "UpArrow" 
    .OnAction = "whichButton" 
End With 
Set buttonThree = myBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton) 
With buttonThree 
    .FaceId = 135 
    .Tag = "DownArrow" 
    .OnAction = "whichButton" 
End With 
myBar.Visible = True

The following subroutine responds to the OnAction method and determines which command bar button was last clicked.

Sub whichButton() 
Select Case CommandBars.ActionControl.Tag 
    Case "RightArrow" 
        MsgBox ("Right Arrow button clicked.") 
    Case "UpArrow" 
        MsgBox ("Up Arrow button clicked.") 
    Case "DownArrow" 
        MsgBox ("Down Arrow button clicked.") 
End Select 
End Sub

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