I'm trying to write a macro that will have many different buttons. I would like all the buttons to trigger the same function but I need to set a variable in the function to identify which button triggered the macro.
I'm not really sure how I should do this. Is there a way I can say like variableA = ClickedButton()?
Any advice is appreciated
Hi , I think something like this should work
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
myfunction "b1"
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
myfunction "b2"
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()
myfunction "b3"
End Sub
sub myfunction (v as variant)
msgbox v
end sub
Try the following
In the button module:
Sub CommandButton1_Click()
myFunction btn_name:= Me.Name
End Sub
In a normal module:
Public Function myFunction(btn_name As String)
MsgBox "The button pressed was:" & btn_name
'do stuff
End Sub
Doing this, you pass the name of the pressed button (Me.Name) to the function as a variable, so it can be used generally inside that function.
Related
I have trying to call a module by assigning my sub name however it does not work
I tried by
Private Sub Filtert04_click()
Call filter 'the sub name
End Sub
It would be great if someone could help thx
Make sure the Sub in the module is defined as Public
Public Sub DoIt()
MsgBox "Hi"
End Sub
and then from your userform, you can call it like this:
Private Sub Filtert04_click()
DoIt
End Sub
All,
I have been struggling with this for a while: is it possible to pass an object to a function?
Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
Get the name of which control was pressed on a form (as object?)
Send the control's name to function "MyFunction" (as reference?)
Disable that same control on "MyFunction"
Called from form1:
Private Sub button1_Click()
Dim caller As String
caller = Form1.ActiveControl.Name
MyFunction(caller)
End Sub 'I'm able to pass it as a string
button1_Click calls MyFunction and passes caller to it:
Private Sub MyFunction(caller As String)
caller.Enabled = False
End Sub
I understand this will not work as a string. How could I possibly do it as an actual object?
Thank you!
There is little problem passing an object to a sub:
Private Sub Disable(c As Control)
MsgBox c.Name
c.Enabled = False
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Disable CommandButton1
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Disable CommandButton2
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()
Disable CommandButton3
End Sub
In the above I created a userform with three buttons, they say who they are when clicked and are then disabled.
Note that
Disable CommandButton1
can be replaced by
Disable Me.ActiveControl
or even just
Disable ActiveControl
You can even use Variant like so (rough example):
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
EnableDisable ActiveControl, "disable"
End Sub
Private Sub EnableDisable(control As Variant, status As String)
If status = "enabled" Then
control.Enabled = True
Else
control.Enabled = False
End If
End Sub
John Coleman's example is better than mine, though.
I have four modules, three buttons and one userform, a progressbar, in my Excel workbook. I would like to show a progressbar during the runtime of all four modules.
Example:
I click on a button which executes the following code and makes my progressbar visible:
Private Sub GWPCClearDataButton_Click()
ProgressBar.Show
End Sub
In my userform i have the following code:
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
GWPCClearData
End Sub
This calls one of my four modules which works fine so far.
Now here's where I'm stuck.
Of course, I would like to use the same progressbar for all modules but how can I determine in the userform code block which button was clicked and then depending on that call another module?
Example:
Private Sub GWPCClearDataButton_Click()
ProgressBar.Show
End Sub
Private Sub GSEPClearDataButton_Click()
ProgressBar.Show
End Sub
UserForm:
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
If "BUTTON_NAME" = "GWPCClearDataButton" Then
GWPCClearData
ElseIf "BUTTON_NAME" = "GSEPClearDataButton" Then
GSEPClearData
End if
End Sub
How could I do that? I have yet to find a possibility to pass a parameter to my userform which would contain the button name.
Thanks for any help.
In your form put
Sub Start_Form(Called_From as string)
'Process Called_From as needed
End Sub
When you call your form just call the sub first like below
<form_name>.Start_Form "Button Called From"
<form_name>.Show
Basically you have to pass the variable via another sub(can be called anything) in the userform and then show the form after
User Form Code
Dim test
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
MsgBox test
End Sub
Sub start(tt)
test = tt
End Sub
Module code
Sub t()
UserForm1.start "Hello World!"
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
I have a big problem with getting called a UserForm from a sub.
This is a part of my code:
Sub TestForArray(ObjectName,FormName As String)
Forms(FormName).Controls(ObjectName).List = NewArr
End sub
when I call this sub in a Private Sub, like this
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Call TestForArray("Form1", "ComboBox1")
End Sub
i get the error; "Sub or Function not defined" and higlights the word Forms
what am I doing wrong?
If the goal is to have one Sub that can be called from different UserForms to initialize the UserForm's Controls, you can give the UserForm itself as a parameter.
Example:
Sub TestForArray(oForm As UserForm, sObjectName As String)
aNewArr = [{1,2,3,4,5,6}]
oForm.Controls(sObjectName).List = aNewArr
End Sub
and:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Call TestForArray(Me, "ComboBox1")
End Sub
Greetings
Axel
I want to pass a CommandButton as an argument.
Example:
Sub calc(btn as button)
btn.Caption = "Something"
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
calc(CommandButton1)
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
calc(CommandButton2)
End Sub
Is something like the above possible? If yes how can I do it?
edit
Thanks for your response, but I dont get it. So it looks like this now:
Public Sub calc(ByRef btn as Object)
btn.Caption = "Something"
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
calc(CommandButton1)
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
calc(CommandButton2)
End Sub
Maybe someone can explain it to me in more detail, because Im very new to VBA.
You need:
Sub calc(btn As MSForms.CommandButton)
btn.Caption = "Something"
End Sub
And you must invoke it following the rules:
calc CommandButton1 // best
call calc (CommandButton1) // ok but verbose
calc (CommandButton1) // type mismatch!
(The type mismatch is because the parentheses evaluate CommandButton1 which results in its default property (a string) which is incompatible with the method argument type)
This is the sub:
Public Sub temp(ByRef cmdb As Object)
cmdb.Caption = "somethine else"
End Sub
This is how you would call it
call sub (commandbutton_1)