access 2010 custom ribbon

Question

I have a custom ribbon that calls vba commands. When it does, I get the error message

Microsoft Access cannot run the macro or callback function [FUNCTION OR SUB]

where [FUNCTION OR SUB] is the Function or Sub name I am calling.

An example of the code that generates the above message is:

Public Function OnButtonPress2(ctl As IRibbonControl)

    MsgBox "OnButtonPress2"

End Function

Where OnButtonPress2 is called in the ribbon's XML file for a button as

onAction="OnButtonPress2

The above works for a macro, so it's likely not to be the ribbon's xml

======== VERSION 2 I've created a new simple test db with the XML and module shown below:

The results of each are:

Macro1 - works fine (it has a popup message)

CommandOnAction2 - msgbox "There was an error compiling this function"

OnButtonPress2 - msgbox "Microsoft Access cannot run the macro or callback function 'OnButtonPress2 '

on the line "Public gobjRibn As IRibbonUI", IRibbonUI does not autocomplete leading me to believe there is a reference that needs to be added

XML (Ribbon name is NewRibbon and is set to open on startup)

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui">
<ribbon startFromScratch="false">
<tabs>
<tab id="tab1" label="Your Custom Tab">

<group id="group1" label="Your Custom Group">
<button id="SampleButton" label="Macro1" onAction="Macro1" />
<button id="SampleButton2" label="CommandOnAction2" onAction="=CommandOnAction2()"  />
<button id="SampleButton3" label="OnButtonPress2" onAction="OnButtonPress2"  />
</group>
</tab>
</tabs>
</ribbon>
</customUI>

module (name is modRibbon)

Option Compare Database

Public gobjRibn As IRibbonUI

Public Function CommandOnAction2(ByVal ctl As IRibbonControl)
    MsgBox "Function CommandOnAction2"
End Function

Public Sub OnButtonPress2(ByVal ctl As IRibbonControl)
    MsgBox " Sub OnButtonPress2"
End Sub

Gord Thompson Gord Thompson · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-14T08:34:15

I was able to recreate your issue in Access 2010 and I got your example to work by changing the Function to a Sub that looks like this:

Public Sub OnButtonPress2(ByVal control_ As IRibbonControl)
    MsgBox "OnButtonPress2"
End Sub

BTW, while searching for information on this issue I stumbled upon a posting in another forum here. In it, Albert D. Kallal discusses using onAction="=MyPublicFunctionName()" as an alternative to callbacks; perhaps you may find that useful in some cases.

access 2010 custom ribbon

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