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Marc
Marc

Reputation: 21

Is it possible to return the names of checkboxes in Excel VBA?

I'm currently working with a couple of worksheets that contain hundreds of checkboxes. The code behind these checkboxes works fine, but I'm looking for a way to list the names of the checkboxes per column, i.e. I need to know the names of all checkboxes in column G, for instance.

Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7390

Answers (3)

Dick Kusleika
Dick Kusleika

Reputation: 33145

Consider using the TopLeftCell property

Sub ListCheckBoxes()

    Dim ole As OLEObject

    'Loop through all the active x controls
    For Each ole In Sheet1.OLEObjects
        'Only care about checkboxes
        If TypeName(ole.Object) = "CheckBox" Then
            'Check topleftcell property
            If ole.TopLeftCell.Column = Sheet1.Range("G1").Column Then
                'print out list
                Debug.Print ole.TopLeftCell.Address, ole.Name
            End If
        End If
    Next ole

End Sub

Upvotes: 2

Alex P
Alex P

Reputation: 12489

The code below will work if you specify the column you want to check.

For example, if you want to search for all checkboxes in column E you specify 5 and the code checks for any checkbox that is within the bounds of the left most part of column E and column F.

Sub ListCheckBoxNames()
    Dim col As Long, cb As OLEObject

    col = 5 //e.g. A=1, B=2, C=3 etc...you need to change this as appropriate

    For Each cb In Worksheets(1).OLEObjects
        If cb.Left >= Columns(col).Left And cb.Left < Columns(col + 1).Left Then
            Debug.Print cb.Name
        End If
    Next cb
End Sub

Upvotes: 1

user688334
user688334

Reputation:

If you align a control to column G (hold down ALT whilst moving to align) select properties and find out the left position of the control

You can then use this code to identify which controls from Sheet1 have left alignment equal to what you need.

Sub test()
lngcolumnGLeft = 288 'pseudo position of object aligned to column G

'cycle through all objects
With Sheet1

    For Each obj In .OLEObjects
        If obj.Left = lngcolumnGLeft Then

            .Range("G" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Value = obj.Name

        End If
    Next obj

End With

End Sub

Upvotes: 1

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