CODEWITHSUNDEEP
vbaexcelexcel-2007
user2796352
user2796352

Reputation: 964

Add VBA code to dynamically created Excel sheets

I am working on an Excel workbook that has one initial sheet. This first sheet is a form that asks the users how many items in their project they have. The macro then generates a sheet for each item in their project.

Each generated sheet has buttons that perform specific functions, and these buttons have click events tied to them in the sheets code.

I have coded out all the functionality I need in the sheet in a static sheet.

I was wondering if there was a way to take this code and import it into all the dynamically created sheets once all the formatting and buttons are created by the form.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2192

Answers (2)

DecimalTurn
DecimalTurn

Reputation: 4129

You could create a sheet named "Template" (potentially hidden) that would contain all the code and buttons and then use something like this:

Sheets("Template").Copy After:=Sheets(Sheets.count)

At this point, the Activesheet will be the newly copied sheet, so you can define a variable to refer to it and make all the changes you need. For example:

Dim ws as Worksheet
set ws = Activesheet
ws.Range("A1") = "test"

Upvotes: 2

shmicah
shmicah

Reputation: 423

As @cyboashu said, just copy the sheet and it will copy all formulas and formatting over. At that point, any additional changes that are needed can still be made to the individual sheets. They are not linked copies.

Here's a quick and dirty macro to copy worksheet(1) to the end of the workbook and rename. If you need to do any formatting, you can do it immediately after the paste using ActiveSheet. Assigning your new Activesheet to a variable to reference later is better practice but I'm not 100% sure how to do that without digging in further. Maybe someone can elaborate. 

    Sub copysheet()
    Dim Mainws As Worksheet
    Dim Mainwb As Workbook
    Set Mainwb = ThisWorkbook
    Set Mainws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1)

    i = Mainwb.Worksheets.Count

    With Mainwb
       Mainws.Copy after:=Worksheets(i)
       Worksheets(i + 1).Name = "Copied Worksheet"
    End With
    With ActiveSheet
        Cells(1, 1).Value = "Copied Sheet"
        'other formatting changes
    End With

    'increment i variable if you plan to make more copies in a loop
    'i = Mainwb.Worksheets.Count

    End Sub

Upvotes: 0

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