CommandBarButton.Execute method (Office)

Runs the procedure or built-in command assigned to the specified CommandBarButton control.

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The use of CommandBars in some Microsoft Office applications has been superseded by the new ribbon component of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.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

expression Required. A variable that represents a CommandBarButton object.

Example

This Microsoft Excel example creates a command bar and then adds a built-in command bar button control to it. The button executes the Excel AutoSum function. This example uses the Execute method to total the selected range of cells when the command bar appears.

Dim cbrCustBar As CommandBar 
Dim ctlAutoSum As CommandBarButton 
Set cbrCustBar = CommandBars.Add("Custom") 
Set ctlAutoSum = cbrCustBar.Controls _ 
    .Add(msoControlButton, CommandBars("Standard") _ 
    .Controls("AutoSum").Id) 
cbrCustBar.Visible = True  
ctlAutoSum.Execute

See also

• CommandBarButton object members

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