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Application.BuiltInMenus Property

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Visio Automation Reference

Returns a UIObject object that represents a copy of the built-in Microsoft Office Visio menus and accelerators. Read-only.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Visio 4.0

Syntax

expression.BuiltInMenus

expression   A variable that represents an Application object.

Return Value
UIObject

Remarks

You can use the BuiltInMenus property to obtain a UIObject object and modify its menus and accelerators. You can then use the SetCustomMenus method of an Application or Document object to substitute your customized menus and accelerators for the built-in Visio menus and accelerators.

You can also use the SaveToFile method of the UIObject object to store its menus in a file and reload them as custom menus by setting the CustomMenusFile property of an Application or Document object.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the BuiltInMenus property. It adds a menu and menu item to the drawing window menu set and sets the menu and menu item's Caption properties.

To restore the built-in menus in Microsoft Office Visio after you run this macro, call the ThisDocument.ClearCustomMenus method.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  
Public Sub BuiltInMenus_Example()
 
    Dim vsoUIObject As Visio.UIObject 
    Dim vsoMenuSets As Visio.MenuSets 
    Dim vsoMenuSet As Visio.MenuSet   
    Dim vsoMenus As Visio.Menus 
    Dim vsoMenu As Visio.Menu 
    Dim vsoMenuItems As Visio.MenuItems 
    Dim vsoMenuItem As Visio.MenuItem
 
    'Get a UIObject object that represents Visio built-in menus.
    Set vsoUIObject = Visio.Application.BuiltInMenus
 
    'Get the MenuSets collection.
    Set vsoMenuSets = vsoUIObject.MenuSets 

'Get the drawing window menu set.
Set vsoMenuSet = vsoMenuSets.ItemAtID(visUIObjSetDrawing)

'Get the Menus collection.
Set vsoMenus = vsoMenuSet.Menus

'Add a new menu before the Window menu.
Set vsoMenu = vsoMenus.AddAt(7) 
vsoMenu.Caption = "MyNewMenu" 

'Get the MenuItems collection.
Set vsoMenuItems = vsoMenu.MenuItems 

'Add a menu item to the new menu.
Set vsoMenuItem = vsoMenuItems.Add 

'Set the Caption property for the new menu item. 
vsoMenuItem.Caption = "&MyNewMenuItem" 

'Tell Visio to use the new UI when the document is active. 
ThisDocument.SetCustomMenus vsoUIObject



End Sub

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