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Want to add menu items to your right-click shortcut menu? Try this :

'CODING STARTS HERE

Sub VbaMenu()

Dim currMenuGroup As AcadMenuGroup
Dim openMacro As String
Dim newScmenu As AcadPopupMenu
Dim scMenu As AcadPopupMenu
Dim entry As AcadPopupMenu

On Error GoTo Err_Control

' Use MenuGroups property to obtain reference to main ACAD menu
Set currMenuGroup = ThisDrawing.Application.MenuGroups.Item("ACAD")

'===================================================================
'find the shortcut menu
For Each entry In currMenuGroup.Menus
If entry.ShortcutMenu = True Then
Set scMenu = entry
End If
Next entry

'create a shortcut menu item
Set newScmenu = scMenu.AddSubMenu(0, "&VBA Menu")

'create the vbaload macro
openMacro = Chr(3) & Chr(3) & Chr(95) & "vbaload" & Chr(32)
'display the shortcut sub-menu item
newScmenu.AddMenuItem "", "VBA &Load", openMacro

'create the vbaide macro
openMacro = Chr(3) & Chr(3) & Chr(95) & "vbaide" & Chr(32)
'display the shortcut sub-menu item
newScmenu.AddMenuItem "", "VBA &Editor", openMacro

'create the vbarun macro
openMacro = Chr(3) & Chr(3) & Chr(95) & "vbarun" & Chr(32)
'display the shortcut sub-menu item
newScmenu.AddMenuItem "", "VBA &Macro", openMacro

'create the vbaman macro
openMacro = Chr(3) & Chr(3) & Chr(95) & "vbaman" & Chr(32)
'display the shortcut sub-menu item
newScmenu.AddMenuItem "", "&VBA Manager", openMacro

'add a separator line
scMenu.AddSeparator 1

're-compile the AutoCAD menu
currMenuGroup.Save acMenuFileCompiled

'==========================================================

Over_Here:
Exit Sub

Err_Control:
Select Case Err.Number
Case -2147024809
Err.Clear
Resume Over_Here
Case Else
MsgBox Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description
Exit Sub
End Select
End Sub

'CODING ENDS HERE

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