UIObject.ToolbarSets property (Visio)

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01/19/2022

Returns the ToolbarSets collection of a UIObject object. Read-only.

Syntax

expression. ToolbarSets

expression A variable that represents a UIObject object.

Return value

ToolbarSets

Remarks

Note

Starting with Visio 2010, the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface (UI) replaced the previous system of layered menus, toolbars, and task panes. VBA objects and members that you used to customize the user interface in previous versions of Visio are still available in Visio, but they function differently.

If a UIObject object represents toolbars (for example, if the object was retrieved by using the BuiltInToolbars property of an Application object), its ToolbarSets collection represents all of the toolbars for that UIObject object.

Use the ItemAtID property of a ToolbarSets object to retrieve toolbars for a particular window context, for example, the drawing window. If a context does not include toolbars, it has no ToolbarSets collection.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic macro shows how to use the ToolbarSets property to get a particular object in a collection. It also shows how to get a copy of the built-in Visio toolbars, add a toolbar button, set the button icon, and replace the built-in toolbar set with the custom set.

Before running this code, replace path\filename with the full path to and name of a valid icon (.ico) file on your computer.

To restore the built-in Visio toolbars after you run this macro, call the ThisDocument.ClearCustomToolbars method.

 
Public Sub ToolbarSets_Example() 
 
 Dim vsoUIObject As Visio.UIObject 
 Dim vsoToolbarSet As Visio.ToolbarSet 
 Dim vsoToolbarItems As Visio.ToolbarItems 
 Dim vsoToolbarItem As Visio.ToolbarItem 
 
 'Get the UIObject object for the copy of the built-in toolbars. 
 Set vsoUIObject = Visio.Application.BuiltInToolbars(0) 
 
 'Get the drawing window toolbar sets. 
 'NOTE: Use ItemAtID to get the toolbar set. 
 'Using vsoUIObject.ToolbarSets(visUIObjSetDrawing) will not work. 
 Set vsoToolbarSet = vsoUIObject.ToolbarSets.ItemAtID(visUIObjSetDrawing) 
 
 'Get the ToolbarItems collection. 
 Set vsoToolbarItems = vsoToolbarSet.Toolbars(0).ToolbarItems 
 
 'Add a new button in the first position. 
 Set vsoToolbarItem = vsoToolbarItems.AddAt(0) 
 
 'Set properties for the new toolbar button. 
 vsoToolbarItem.CntrlType = visCtrlTypeBUTTON 
 vsoToolbarItem.CmdNum = visCmdPanZoom 
 
 'Set the toolbar button icon. 
 vsoToolbarItem.IconFileName "path\filename" 
 
 'Use the new custom UI. 
 ThisDocument.SetCustomToolbars vsoUIObject 
 
End Sub

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