Removing Macro from Shape Programmatically - vba

I have several "Buttons" that change dynamically with the content of the sheet. I just need to figure out 1 line of code to get it working properly (Line 3):
Public Sub ClearMacro(shapename As String)
On Error Resume Next
ActiveSheet.Shapes(shapename).OnAction = Nothing
End Sub
I want to completely remove the macro from the shape, but keep the shape. Anything I can do differently to make this work?

Use Set and Nothing on objects. OnAction accepts a string value, use .OnAction = "" instead.
Public Sub ClearMacro(shapename As String)
On Error Resume Next
ActiveSheet.Shapes(shapename).OnAction = ""
End Sub

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Trying to use a variable in a Set statement

I have an array oNam of TextBox names, I want to call a sub and pass an index number pointing to the specific TextBox I am working on to the sub. In the sub I use the following code, Dim MyControl As Control, and Set MyControl = Me![oNam(n)]. I get the following
Run-time error 2147024809: Could not find the specified object.
However, if I replace oNam(n) with the actual TextBox name, Me![tbxBuyNowPrice], I don't get the error. I included a Debug.Print oNam(n) and it holds the correct name.
I've replaced the variable with the actual name and it works.
Dim oNam() As Variant
....Call TextBoxControl(34)
Sub TextBoxControl(n As Integer)
Debug.Print oNam(n) <====Shows correct name
Set MyControl = Me![oNam(n)] <====GET THE ERROR HERE
If DVAL(n) = "Yes" Then
Call TextBoxSettings(MyControl, "", vbYellow)
MyControl.SetFocus
GoTo EndOfTextBoxControl
Else
Call TextBoxSettings(MyControl, 0, vbCyan)
End If
EndOfTextBoxControl:
End Sub

Word VBA Userform, Getting Control Object By Name fails sometimes

I have a userform “myUserForm” with dozens of controls whose TypeName() is “CheckBox”. I just hate having dozens of _Click() routines named like “Private Sub Chk1_Click()”, so in order to manage the quantity of _Click() routines, I simplified and made them nearly identical:
Private Sub Chk1_Click()
ProcessClickFor ("Chk1")
End Sub
Private Sub Chk2_A_Click()
ProcessClickFor ("Chk2_A")
End Sub
Private Sub Chk3_Z_Click()
ProcessClickFor ("Chk3_Z")
End Sub
ProcessClickFor() does most of the work.
Sub ProcessClickFor(anyCheckBox As String)
Dim cbControl As Object
Set cbControl = ControlByName(anyCheckBox)
If cbControl.Value Then
cbControl.Value = True
End If
End Sub
Later, when I want to work with any control, I can get the Control object by name, like:
Dim aControl As Object
Set aControl = ControlByName(“Chk3”)
MsgBox “The control named “ & cbControl.Name & “ is “ & cbControl.Visible
Function ControlByName(sName) As Object
Dim objectified As Object
For Each objectified In myUserForm.Controls
If objectified.Name = sName Then
Set ControlByName = objectified
Exit Function
End If
Next objectified
End Function
This works fine, almost, but it FAILS on the same four controls on myUserForm every time.
The failure “mode” is that ControlByName() seems to return successfully, but the first use of the returned control (such as my MsgBox) gives the error:
"Run-time error '91': Object variable or With block variable not set".
I verified that the spelling of the defined control names matches the names in my _Click() routines. Dozens of similarly designed CheckBox controls work perfectly. Could it have to do with the length of the CheckBox names or the number of “_” characters in the CheckBox names? Could there be a corrupt character in a CheckBox name? Can you think of other things for me to try?

check if textbox exists vba (using name)

I am using Ms-Access and I created a userform which has a number of Textboxes on it. The boxes are named: Box1, Box2, Box3 ...
I need to loop through all boxes, but I don't know which is the last one. To avoid looping through all userform controls I thought of trying the following:
For i =1 To 20
If Me.Controls("Box" & i).value = MyCondition Then
'do stuff
End If
Next i
This errors at Box6, which is the first box not found. Is there a way to capture this error and exit the loop when it happens.
I know I could use On Error but I 'd rather capture this specific instance with code instead.
Thanks,
George
A Controls collection is a simplified collection of controls (obviously) and share a same order as a placement order of controls.
First of all, even a creatable collection object lacks methods such as Exists or Contains , hence you need a function with error handling to checking/pulling widget from a collection.
Public Function ExistsWidget(ByVal Name As String) As Boolean
On Error Resume Next
ExistsWidget = Not Me.Controls(Name) Is Nothing
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
If you really doesnt like "ask forgiveness not permission" option you can pull entire ordered collection of your textboxes (and/or check existance by name in another loop with similar logic).
Public Function PullBoxes() As Collection
Dim Control As MSForms.Control
Set PullBoxes = New Collection
For Each Control In Me.Controls
If TypeOf Control Is MSForms.TextBox And _
Left(Control.Name, 3) = "Box" Then
Call PullBoxes.Add(Control)
End If
Next
End Function
Since names of widgets are unique - you can return a Dictionary from that function with (Control.Name, Control) pairs inside and able to check existance of widget by name properly w/o an error suppression.
There's a good guide to Dictionary if it's a new information for you.
Anyway, no matter what object you choose, if user (or code) is unable to create more of thoose textboxes - you can convert this Function above to a Static Property Get or just to a Property Get with Static collection inside, so you iterate over all controls only once (e.g. on UserForm_Initialize event)!
Public Property Get Boxes() As Collection
Static PreservedBoxes As Collection
'There's no loop, but call to PullBoxes to reduce duplicate code in answer
If PreservedBoxes Is Nothing Then _
Set PreservedBoxes = PullBoxes
Set Boxes = PreservedBoxes
End Property
After all, the last created TextBox with name Box* will be:
Public Function LastCreatedBox() As MSForms.TextBox
Dim Boxes As Collection
Set Boxes = PullBoxes
With Boxes
If .Count <> 0 Then _
Set LastCreatedBox = Boxes(.Count)
End With
End Function
I think that now things are clearer to you! Cheers!
Note: All code are definitely a bunch of methods/properties of your form, hence all stuff should be placed inside of form module.
Long story short - you cannot do what you want with VBA.
However, there is a good way to go around it - make a boolean formula, that checks whether the object exists, using the On Error. Thus, your code will not be spoiled with it.
Function ControlExists(ControlName As String, FormCheck As Form) As Boolean
Dim strTest As String
On Error Resume Next
strTest = FormCheck(ControlName).Name
ControlExists = (Err.Number = 0)
End Function
Taken from here:http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1029435
To see the whole code working, check it like this:
Option Explicit
Sub TestMe()
Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To 20
If fnBlnExists("Label" & i, UserForm1) Then
Debug.Print UserForm1.Controls(CStr("Label" & i)).Name & " EXISTS"
Else
Debug.Print "Does Not exist!"
End If
Next i
End Sub
Public Function fnBlnExists(ControlName As String, ByRef FormCheck As UserForm) As Boolean
Dim strTest As String
On Error Resume Next
strTest = FormCheck(ControlName).Name
fnBlnExists = (Err.Number = 0)
End Function
I would suggest testing the existence in another procedure per below: -
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim i As Long
i = 1
Do Until Not BoxExists(i)
If Me.Conrtols("Box" & i).Value = MyCondition Then
'Do stuff
End If
i = i + 1
Next
End Sub
Private Function BoxExists(ByVal LngID As Long) As Boolean
Dim Ctrl As Control
On Error GoTo ErrorHandle
Set Ctrl = Me.Controls("BoX" & LngID)
Set Ctrl = Nothing
BoxExists = True
Exit Function
ErrorHandle:
Err.Clear
End Function
In the above, BoxExists only returns true if the box does exists.
You have taken an incorrect approach here.
If you want to limit the loop, you can loop only in the section your controls reside e.g. Detail. You can use the ControlType property to limit controls to TextBox.
Dim ctl As Control
For Each ctl In Me.Detail.Controls
If ctl.ControlType = acTextBox Then
If ctl.Value = MyCondition Then
'do stuff
End If
End If
Next ctl
I believe the loop will be faster than checking if the control name exists through a helper function and an On Error Resume Next.
But this only a personal opinion.

VBA : InputBox wrongly used previous User Input without prompting for new input

This is the VBA code I am learning to write (got some reference from the Internet)
Public whatyousay As String
Sub testing()
b14
b15
End Sub
Function WorksheetExists(WSName As String) As Boolean
On Error Resume Next
WorksheetExists = Worksheets(WSName).Name = WSName
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
Sub b14()
Dim sh As Worksheet
Do Until WorksheetExists(whatyousay)
whatyousay = InputBox("Enter sheet name")
If Not WorksheetExists(whatyousay) Then MsgBox whatyousay & " doesn't exist.", vbExclamation
Loop
If WorksheetExists(whatyousay) Then Sheets(whatyousay).Activate
End Sub
Sub b15()
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(whatyousay).Range("A1").Value = xxxx
End Sub
I must have wrongly adjust the code, as I can't find anyone having the same problem on the Internet.
When the button is clicked, it is supposed to prompt user input for the sheet name, then perform some actions.
Now, the problem I am facing is that the button only prompt user input for one time. If it was clicked the second time, it will used the previous user input without prompting.
Can anyone of you please point me to the right direction?
You are not erasing what was left in whatyousay during the last loop.
Sub b15()
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(whatyousay).Range("A1").Value = xxxx
whatyousay = vbnullstring '<~~ remove the string from last time
End Sub
Personally, I avoid public vars. You can do the same thing by passing the string var into the secondary sub as a parameter.

Methods and Variable

Is it possible to use varibles within a VBA method?
For eg, i'm trying to add item to a list: Listbox1.AddItem (item1)
Qns: Am I able to replace "1" with a varible: Listbox & "Varible".AddItem (item1)
Sub ThisWorks()
Worksheets("Control Sheet").Tx_TgtRaw_FX_CA.AddItem ("Remark1")
End Sub
=======================
Sub test()
'Trying to use this as a varible instead
X = "Tx_TgtRaw_FX_CA"
Worksheets("Control Sheet").X.AddItem ("Remark1")
'Error 438: Object does not support this property or method
End Sub
=======================
Sub testarr()
Dim y(0 To 2)
Set y(0) = "Tx_TgtRaw_FX_CA"
Worksheets("Control Sheet").y(0).AddItem ("Remark1")
'Error 438: Object does not support this property or method
End Sub
I don't think that any way to use INDIRECT variable names in VBA would be possible.
One workaround is to define arrays and refer to their items, e.g.:
Dim ListBoxes(10) as Variable
Set ListBoxes(1) = ListBox1
Set ListBoxes(2) = ListBox2
(instead of preparing the array manually you can
also add the items programmatically to the form)
...
ListBoxes(i).AddItem(item1)
You'd need to loop the controls in the appropriate container to check if its name equals the control name you need. I.e.
For Each c in Controls
If LCase(c.Name) = LCase("NameOfDesiredControl") Then
... Work with it ...
End If
Next
This can easily be translated into a function.
I'm not sure exactly what your goals are, but the following modifications to your posted code allows it to work:
Option Explicit
Sub ThisWorks()
Worksheets("Control Sheet").Tx_TgtRaw_FX_CA.AddItem ("Remark1")
End Sub
'=======================
Sub test()
Dim X As Object
'Trying to use this as a varible instead
Set X = Worksheets("Control Sheet").Tx_TgtRaw_FX_CA
X.AddItem ("Remark1")
End Sub
'=======================
Sub testarr()
Dim y(0 To 2)
Set y(0) = Worksheets("Control Sheet").Tx_TgtRaw_FX_CA
y(0).AddItem ("Remarkx")
End Sub