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Gadolin
Gadolin

Reputation: 2686

vba button - find which was clicked

I have assigned macro to few buttons.

How can I find out inside macro which button was clicked?

I am doing as user form, where he can input peoples from family:

name1:
surname1:

name2:
surname2: |add next member|

I wish button to appear always in last row of the last added person. For simplicity I think it is better to have like 100 empty forms in the sheet but all invisible at the begining.
Then when user clicks add next member I simply make next rows visible, and move button to next person. But to do that I need to know my current position.

Similar with deletion I would make rows invisible when remove button is clicked.

name1:
surname1: [remove]

name2:
surname2: [remove]

name3:
surname3: |add next member|

I need to know which remove button was clicked.

EDIT: Found in web - what do you think, seems to be best /way

Dim r As Range
Set r = ActiveSheet.Buttons(Application.Caller).TopLeftCell
Range(Cells(r.Row, r.Column), Cells(r.Row, r.Column)).Select

Upvotes: 16

Views: 117419

Answers (4)

pablo
pablo

Reputation: 51

Dim button as a string:

    button = ActiveSheet.Shapes(Application.Caller).Name

Upvotes: 4

Lance Roberts
Lance Roberts

Reputation: 22842

I always write wrappers for each button that then call the macro in question.

Like so:

Public Sub StoreButton_Click()

  Call StoreTransValues(ActiveSheet)

End Sub

If you have only one button for any one page, you can just get the ActiveSheet property, and it will be the button on that page.

Edit:

Here's the code to get and use the name of the calling button:

Dim ButtonText As String

ButtonText = Application.Caller

ActiveSheet.Shapes(ButtonText).Delete

You would use the .Move method to move the button.

Upvotes: 23

NeverLift
NeverLift

Reputation: 111

I finally found the solution for determining which button in a Worksheet was pushed. Credit is due to Derk at http://www.ozgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33351.

My final example code:

Sub HereIAm()
    Dim b As Object
    Dim cs, rs As Integer
    Dim ss, ssv As String
    Set b = ActiveSheet.Buttons(Application.Caller)
    With b.TopLeftCell
        rs = .Row
        cs = .Column
    End With
    ss = Left(Cells(1, cs).Address(False, False), 1 - (ColNumber > 26)) & rs
    ssv = Range(ss).Value
    MsgBox "Row Number " & rs & "    Column Number " & cs & vbNewLine & _
        "Cell " & ss & "   Content " & ssv
End Sub

If you don't need the cells label, Cells(rs,cs).Value works as well.

Upvotes: 11

Nick Spreitzer
Nick Spreitzer

Reputation: 10598

Since you have a macro wired to your button(s), I assume you know which button it is that was clicked. To get the location of the button, use this:

ActiveSheet.Shapes("ButtonName").TopLeftCell.Address

To move a button to a new location, use this:

Dim NewAddress as Range
NewAddress = ActiveSheet.Cells(5, 5) 'Or where ever you need it to go
ActiveSheet.Shapes("ButtonName").Left = NewAddress.Left
ActiveSheet.Shapes("ButtonName").Top = NewAddress.Top

Upvotes: 1

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