Macro Property (ActiveX)

Specifies the macro for the menu or toolbar item.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.Macro

object

Type: PopupMenuItem, ToolbarItem

The objects this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: String

The name of the macro associated with the menu or toolbar item.

Remarks

No additional remarks.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_Macro()
    ' This example creates a new menu called TestMenu and inserts a menu item
    ' into it. The menu is then displayed on the menu bar.
    ' To remove the menu after execution of this macro, use the Customize Menu
    ' option from the Tools menu.
    
    Dim currMenuGroup As acadMenuGroup
    Set currMenuGroup = ThisDrawing.Application.MenuGroups.Item(0)
    
    ' Create the new menu
    Dim newMenu As AcadPopupMenu
    Set newMenu = currMenuGroup.Menus.Add("TestMenu")
    
    ' Add a menu item to the new menu
    Dim newMenuItem As AcadPopupMenuItem
    Dim openMacro As String
    ' Assign the macro string the VB equivalent of "ESC ESC _open "
    openMacro = Chr(3) & Chr(3) & Chr(95) & "open" & Chr(32)
    
    Set newMenuItem = newMenu.AddMenuItem(newMenu.count + 1, "Open", openMacro)
    
    ' Display the menu on the menu bar
    newMenu.InsertInMenuBar (ThisDrawing.Application.MenuBar.count + 1)
    
    MsgBox "The macro for the Open menu item is: " & newMenuItem.Macro
    
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_Macro()
    ;; This example creates a new menu called TestMenu and inserts a menu item
    ;; into it. The menu is then displayed on the menu bar.
    ;; To remove the menu after execution of this macro, use the Customize Menu
    ;; option from the Tools menu.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq currMenuGroup (vla-Item (vla-get-MenuGroups acadObj) 0))
    
    ;; Create the new menu
    (setq newMenu (vla-Add (vla-get-Menus currMenuGroup) "TestMenu"))
    
    ;; Add a menu item to the new menu
    ;; Assign the macro string the VB equivalent of "ESC ESC _open "
    (setq openMacro (strcat (Chr 3) (Chr 3) (Chr 95) "open" (Chr 32)))
    (setq newMenuItem (vla-AddMenuItem newMenu (1+ (vla-get-Count newMenu)) "Open" openMacro))
    
    ;; Display the menu on the menu bar
    (vla-InsertInMenuBar newMenu (1+ (vla-get-Count (vla-get-MenuBar acadObj))))

    (alert (strcat "The macro for the Open menu item is: " (vla-get-Macro newMenuItem)))
)