How to add events to Controls created at runtime i

Question

I would like to add a Control and an associated event at runtime in Excel using VBA but I don't know how to add the events.

I tried the code below and the Button is correctly created in my userform but the associated click event that should display the hello message is not working.

Any advice/correction would be welcome.

Dim Butn As CommandButton
Set Butn = UserForm1.Controls.Add("Forms.CommandButton.1")
With Butn
    .Name = "CommandButton1"
    .Caption = "Click me to get the Hello Message"
    .Width = 100
    .Top = 10
End With

With ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents("UserForm1.CommandButton1").CodeModule
    Line = .CountOfLines
    .InsertLines Line + 1, "Sub CommandButton1_Click()"
    .InsertLines Line + 2, "MsgBox ""Hello!"""
    .InsertLines Line + 3, "End Sub"
End With
UserForm1.Show

Answer 1

This was my solution to add a commandbutton and code without using classes It adds a reference to allow access to vbide Adds the button

Then writes a function to handle the click event in the worksheet

Sub AddButton()
Call addref
Set rng = DestSh.Range("B" & x + 3)
'Set btn = DestSh.Buttons.Add(rng.Left, rng.Top, rng.Width, rng.Height)
Set myButton = ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="Forms.CommandButton.1", Left:=rng.Left, Top:=rng.Top, Height:=rng.Height * 3, Width:=rng.Width * 3)
DoEvents
With myButton
     '.Placement = XlPlacement.xlFreeFloating
     .Object.Caption = "Export"
     .Name = "BtnExport"

     .Object.PicturePosition = 1
     .Object.Font.Size = 14
   End With
   Stop
   myButton.Object.Picture = LoadPicture("F:\Finalised reports\Templates\Macros\evolution48.bmp")

Call CreateButtonEvent

End Sub

Sub addref()
On Error Resume Next
Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.References.AddFromFile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VBA6\VBE6EXT.OLB"
Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.References.AddFromFile "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VBA6\VBE6EXT.OLB"

End Sub


    Private Sub CreateButtonEvent()
On Error GoTo errtrap

    Dim oXl As Application: Set oXl = Application
    oXl.EnableEvents = False
    oXl.DisplayAlerts = False
    oXl.ScreenUpdating = False
    oXl.VBE.MainWindow.Visible = False

    Dim oWs As Worksheet
    Dim oVBproj As VBIDE.VBProject
    Dim oVBcomp As VBIDE.VBComponent
    Dim oVBmod As VBIDE.CodeModule '
    Dim lLine As Single
    Const QUOTE As String = """"

    Set oWs = Sheets("Contingency")
    Set oVBproj = ThisWorkbook.VBProject
    Set oVBcomp = oVBproj.VBComponents(oWs.CodeName)
    Set oVBmod = oVBcomp.CodeModule

    With oVBmod
        lLine = .CreateEventProc("Click", "BtnExport") + 1
        .InsertLines lLine, "Call CSVFile"
    End With

    oXl.EnableEvents = True
    oXl.DisplayAlerts = True
Exit Sub
errtrap:


End Sub

Answer 2

The code for adding a button at run time and then to add events is truly as simple as it is difficult to find out..I can say that because I have spent more time on this perplexity and got irritated more than in anything else I ever programmed ..

Create a Userform and put in the following code:

Option Explicit


Dim ButArray() As New Class2

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
    Dim ctlbut As MSForms.CommandButton

    Dim butTop As Long, i As Long

    '~~> Decide on the .Top for the 1st TextBox
    butTop = 30

    For i = 1 To 10
        Set ctlbut = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.CommandButton.1", "butTest" & i)

        '~~> Define the TextBox .Top and the .Left property here
        ctlbut.Top = butTop: ctlbut.Left = 50
        ctlbut.Caption = Cells(i, 7).Value
        '~~> Increment the .Top for the next TextBox
        butTop = butTop + 20

        ReDim Preserve ButArray(1 To i)
        Set ButArray(i).butEvents = ctlbut
    Next
End Sub

---

Now U need to add a Class Module to your Code for the project..Please remember its class module not Module.And put in following simple Code( In my case the class name is Class2)-

---

Public WithEvents butEvents As MSForms.CommandButton

Private Sub butEvents_click()

    MsgBox "Hi Shrey"

End Sub

---

Thats it. Now run it

Answer 3

Try this:

Sub AddButtonAndShow()

    Dim Butn As CommandButton
    Dim Line As Long
    Dim objForm As Object

    Set objForm = ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents("UserForm1")

    Set Butn = objForm.Designer.Controls.Add("Forms.CommandButton.1")
    With Butn
        .Name = "CommandButton1"
        .Caption = "Click me to get the Hello Message"
        .Width = 100
        .Top = 10
    End With

    With objForm.CodeModule
        Line = .CountOfLines
        .InsertLines Line + 1, "Sub CommandButton1_Click()"
        .InsertLines Line + 2, "MsgBox ""Hello!"""
        .InsertLines Line + 3, "End Sub"
    End With

    VBA.UserForms.Add(objForm.Name).Show

End Sub

This permanently modifies UserForm1 (assuming you save your workbook). If you wanted a temporary userform, then add a new userform instead of setting it to UserForm1. You can then delete the form once you're done with it.

Chip Pearson has some great info about coding the VBE.

Answer 4

DaveShaw, thx for this code man!

I have used it for a togglebutton array (put a 'thumbnail-size' picture called trainer.jpg in the same folder as the excel file for a togglebutton with a picture in it). In the 'click' event the invoker is also available (by the object name as a string)

In the form:

Dim CreateTrainerToggleButtonArray() As New ToggleButtonClass 

Private Sub CreateTrainerToggleButton(top As Integer, id As Integer)

Dim pathToPicture As String
pathToPicture = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\trainer.jpg"
Dim idString As String
idString = "TrainerToggleButton" & id

Dim cCont As MSForms.ToggleButton
Set cCont = Me.Controls.Add _
   ("Forms.ToggleButton.1")

With cCont
   .Name = idString
   .Width = 20
   .Height = 20
   .Left = 6
   .top = top
   .picture = LoadPicture(pathToPicture)
   End With

   ReDim Preserve CreateTrainerToggleButtonArray(1 To id)
   Set CreateTrainerToggleButtonArray(id).ToggleButtonEvents = cCont
   CreateTrainerToggleButtonArray(id).ObjectName = idString

   End Sub

and a class "ToggleButtonClass"

  Public WithEvents ToggleButtonEvents As MSForms.ToggleButton
  Public ObjectName As String


  Private Sub ToggleButtonEvents_click()
  MsgBox "DaveShaw is the man... <3 from your friend: " & ObjectName
  End Sub

Now just simple call from UserForm_Initialize

 Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
   Dim index As Integer
   For index = 1 To 10
     Call CreateTrainerToggleButton(100 + (25 * index), index)
   Next index
 End Sub

Answer 5

I think the code needs to be added to the Userform, not to the button itself.

So something like

With UserForm1.CodeModule
  'Insert code here
End With

In place of your With ThisWorkbook