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Adds button, combobox, text box and drop down to tools menu

 
Sub ExpandMenu()
  Dim cbc As CommandBarControl
  Dim cbb As CommandBarButton
  Dim cbcm As CommandBarComboBox
  Dim cbp As CommandBarPopup
  With Application.CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("tools")
    Set cbc = .Controls.Add(Id:=3, Temporary:=True)
    
    Set cbb = .Controls.Add(Temporary:=True)
    cbb.Caption = "A new command"
    cbb.Style = msoButtonCaption
    cbb.OnAction = "NewCommand_OnAction"
    
    Set cbcm = .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlComboBox, Temporary:=True)
    cbcm.Caption = "Combo:"
    cbcm.AddItem "list entry 1"
    cbcm.AddItem "list entry 2"
    cbcm.OnAction = "NewCommand_OnAction"
    cbcm.Style = msoComboLabel
    
    Set cbc = .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlEdit, Temporary:=True)
    cbc.Caption = "Text box:"
    cbc.Text = "Type in a text:"
    cbc.OnAction = "MenuText_OnAction"
    
    Set cbc = .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlDropdown, Temporary:=True)
    cbc.Caption = "Dropdown:"
    cbc.AddItem "list entry 1"
    cbc.AddItem "list entry 2"
    cbc.OnAction = "MenuDropdown_OnAction"

    Set cbp = .Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlPopup, Temporary:=True)
    cbp.Caption = "new sub menu"
    Set cbb = cbp.Controls.Add
    cbb.Caption = "sub entry 1"
    Set cbb = cbp.Controls.Add
    cbb.Caption = "sub entry 2"
  End With
End Sub

Sub MenuCombo_OnAction()
  MsgBox "Selected list entry: " & _
    CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("tools").Controls("Combo:").Text
End Sub
Sub MenuText_OnAction()
  MsgBox "New text: " & _
    CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("tools").Controls("Text box:").Text
End Sub
Sub MenuDropdown_OnAction()
  MsgBox "Selected list entry: " & _
    CommandBars("Worksheet Menu Bar").Controls("tools").Controls("Dropdown:").Text
End Sub

 








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