The Tools/Customize command is greyed out "RomanP" <R_PR[ at ]tut.by> 23.02.2006 13:01:05 I have MS Word 2003 embedded into ActiveX and then into HTML page in IE. Word has "Customize..." menu item greyed out and it can not be activated by: CommandBars("Menu Bar").Controls("Tools").Controls("&Customize...").Enabled = True (it does not set 'Enabled' at whole) or CommandBars.DisableCustomize = false; (it is already 'false'). It seems, that ActiveX as container for Word makes this menu item disabled. Excel as container for Word does not make "Customize" disabled. What is the trick here? Regards, Roman Prytkov

RE: The Tools/Customize command is greyed out R_PR 28.02.2006 08:56:28 I tried following approaches with Word automation to make Tools/Customize enabled (this is pseudo-code, illustrating approach): 1) CommandBars("Menu Bar").Controls("Tools").Controls("&Customize...").Enabled = true 2) WordBasic.ToolsCustomize() 3) CommandBars("Menu Bar").Controls("Tools").Protection = msoBarNoProtection 4) CommandBars("Menu Bar").Controls("Tools").DisableCustomize = False nothing of these works. I tried them steps by steps, controlling the access and return results - they works till the final point - "Tools/Customize" remains disabled. The same behavior Word demonstrates when it is embedded into Excel or TestContainer (tstcon32.exe). What makes "Tools/Customize" disabled - is it common for OLE containers and is it possible to activate it?