In microsoft excel vba, I am attempting to assign hyperlinks and/or actions to shapes I have drawn. Here is roughly what I have tried (uncomment only one line at a time)
Basically, what I want to do is allow users to get more information by clicking on a shape object. Hyperlinks are fine, but some kind of event handler which accepts parameters would be ideal. I will be creating hundreds of these shapes, and they need to link to unique places in the document.
Dim destinationHyperlinkCell as Range
set destinationHyperlinkCell = Range("10:10")
' (do some stuff here)...
With Sheet1.Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
600, _
600, _
300, _
16)
.TextFrame.Characters.Text = "Test this thing"
.Name = destinationHyperlinkCell.Address & " group of shapes"
'.Hyperlink.Address = destinationHyperlinkCell.Address
'.Hyperlink.Range = destinationHyperlinkCell.Address
'.OnAction = "'showDebugMsg """ & .Name & """'"
End With
use "Assign Macro ..." to define a macro to each shape which fires on "Click"
You can use the same macro for each shape and use the Application.Caller property to get the name of the shape which fired the macro. Then you have all the ingredients to write an intelligent handler - like a (hidden) Excel table that resolves shape name into an URL, text or whatever
Sub Shape_Click()
MsgBox "Co-Cooo! from" & Application.Caller
End Sub
Hope that helps
Good luck - MikeD
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I am very new with Powerpoint VBA and would like to know if there is a short way to transfer one text range from PowerPoint A to another text range located in Powerpoint B in a specific sequence.
Page a1 = b1
Page a2 = b2
Page a3 = b3
The template is changing and I need to adapt 5 powerpoints of 100 slides so I tought it would be easier with this solution.
Thank you in advance for your help.
PRECISION : I don't want to copy and paste the text range but to copy the text inside the range to put it inside the new range. Please find below the code I already have but It doesnt' Paste it inside my new range.
Sub copier_texte() 'je veux copier le contenu de la forme, et non pas la forme en entier
Dim nb_slide As Integer
nb_slide = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
With ActivePresentation
.Slides(1).Shapes(2).TextFrame.TextRange.Copy 'je sélectionne uniquement le contenu de la forme
For i = 2 To .Slides.Count
.Slides(i).Select
ActiveWindow.View.Paste
Next i
End With
End Sub
Short Answer:
Is there're a short way to transfer one text range from PowerPoint A to another text range located in Powerpoint B?
I think that there's no short way to do it, but let's try something first!
Long Answer:
Note: This solution based not on your desired behaviour (since it's unclear for me and there're many and more "what if" cases), but on similar problem, so I think that it's legit. Anyway it's a good fundament to start of.
Input:
I dont know how exactly your presentations looks like, so I made a reference one (Presentation A) and a "broken" one (Presentation B). Let's take a look on them:
Presentation A (5 slides: 1x"Title slide" with 2 triangle shapes, 3x"Title and Content" slides, 1x"Section Header" slide):
Presentation B (5 slides: 1x"Title slide" missing triangle shapes, 3x"Title and Content" slides with empty/without shapes(placeholders), 1x"Blank" slide (wrong layout)):
Both presentations are in the same folder:
Desired behaviour:
Some sort of synchronisation, if we miss a shape - then create one and put desired text to it, if there's one - put desired text only (based on Presentations A's shape). There're some "what if" cases in logic:
"What if" the number of slides in each presentation isn't equal? In which order compare slides then? (In our case the number is equal, so in code we drop that part and compare slides pair by pair).
"What if" the compared slides have a different layout? (In our case difference in blank layout, so we can easily handle it, but what we should do in general?)
...and many other cases not considered in this solution
Logic:
Logic is plain and simple. The entry point to our routine is in the Presentation A, since it's an our reference file. From that point we acquire a reference to Presentation B (when opening it), and start iteration in two loops (thru each pair of slides and thru reference shapes).
If we found a "broken" (or not so, there's no check for that) shape by a reference one - we put text and some options in it or create a new one shape (or placeholder) otherwise.
Option Explicit
Sub Synch()
'define presentations
Dim ReferencePresentation As Presentation
Dim TargetPresentation As Presentation
'define reference objects
Dim ReferenceSlide As Slide
Dim ReferenceSlides As Slides
Dim ReferenceShape As Shape
'define target objects
Dim TargetSlide As Slide
Dim TargetSlides As Slides
Dim TargetShape As Shape
'define other variables
Dim i As Long
'Setting-up presentations and slide collections
Set ReferencePresentation = ActivePresentation
With ReferencePresentation
Set TargetPresentation = Presentations.Open(FileName:=.Path & "/Presentation B.pptm", _
WithWindow:=msoFalse)
Set ReferenceSlides = .Slides
End With
Set TargetSlides = TargetPresentation.Slides
'Check slide count
If ReferenceSlides.Count <> TargetSlides.Count Then
'What's a desired behaviour for this case?
'We can add slides to target presentation but it adds complexity
Debug.Print "ERROR!" & vbTab & "Reference And Target slides counts are not equal!"
Else
'"mainloop" for slides
For i = 1 To ReferenceSlides.Count
Set ReferenceSlide = ReferenceSlides(i)
Set TargetSlide = TargetSlides(i)
'Check slide layout
If ReferenceSlide.Layout <> TargetSlide.Layout Then
'What's a desired behaviourfor this case?
'We can change layout for target presentation but it adds complexity
'But let's try to change a layout too, since we have an easy case in our example!
Debug.Print "WARNING!" & vbTab & "Reference And Target slides layouts are not same!"
TargetSlide.Layout = ReferenceSlide.Layout
End If
'"innerloop" for shapes (for placeholders actually)
With ReferenceSlide
For Each ReferenceShape In .Shapes
Set TargetShape = AcquireShape(ReferenceShape, TargetSlide, True)
If TargetShape Is Nothing Then
Debug.Print "WARNING!" & vbTab & "There's no shape like " & ReferenceShape.Name
ElseIf TargetShape.HasTextFrame Then
With TargetShape.TextFrame.TextRange
'paste text
.Text = ReferenceShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text
'and options
.Font.Size = ReferenceShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Size
.Font.Name = ReferenceShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Name
.Font.Color.RGB = ReferenceShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Color.RGB
'...
End With
End If
Next
End With
Next
End If
'Save and close target presentation
Call TargetPresentation.Save
Call TargetPresentation.Close
End Sub
Function AcquireShape(ByRef ReferenceShape As Shape, ByRef TargetSlide As Slide, _
Optional ByVal CreateIfNotExists As Boolean) As Shape
Dim TargetShape As Shape
With ReferenceShape
'seek for existed shape
For Each TargetShape In TargetSlide.Shapes
If TargetShape.Width = .Width And TargetShape.Height = .Height And _
TargetShape.Top = .Top And TargetShape.Left = .Left And _
TargetShape.AutoShapeType = .AutoShapeType Then
Set AcquireShape = TargetShape
Exit Function
End If
Next
'create new
If CreateIfNotExists Then
If .Type = msoPlaceholder Then
Set AcquireShape = TargetSlide.Shapes.AddPlaceholder(.PlaceholderFormat.Type, .Left, .Top, .Width, .Height)
Else
Set AcquireShape = TargetSlide.Shapes.AddShape(.AutoShapeType, .Left, .Top, .Width, .Height)
End If
End If
End With
End Function
Output:
I know that it's hard to find any difference by a screenshot (it's can be even photoshoped, anyway there're a few difference for that purpose), but for a full answer, here it is:
Conclusion:
As you see, it isn't a hard task to achieve something similar to your desire, but complexity of solution depends on inputs and on "what if" cases, hence there's no short way to overcome this task in general (in my humble opinion). Cheers!
Your question has a number of different interpretations, below is my attempt to answer what I believe the question is. There are a number of stage to this solution.
1. Ensure we save the VBA we write
Firstly, we have to assume a master presentation, that is one that will hold the values to be copied into all others. This will need to be saved as a macro enabled presentation (pptm) to allow us to save our VBA. This is done via File > Save-As and while selecting the save location choose PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation in the Save as type box.
2. Enable Windows scripting runtime
Within the pptm 'master' presentation that we now have, open the VBA IDE (Alt+F11). In the menu bar select Tools > References... and tick Microsoft Scripting Runtime from the list that is presented. Click OK to close the references dialog box with your tick remembered. This is needed for some error handling in the code, it checks to see if the presentation exists before trying to open it.
3. Insert the provided code
Right-click on VBAProject in the upper right area (the Project explorer) and select Insert > Module.
In the main editing area paste the below (I have added commenting to describe what is happening): -
Option Explicit
Public Sub Update()
Dim AryPresentations(4) As String
Dim LngPID As Long
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
Dim PP_Src As Presentation
Dim PP_Dest As Presentation
Dim Sld_Src As Slide
Dim Sld_Dest As Slide
Dim Shp_Src As Shape
Dim Shp_Dest As Shape
Dim LngFilesMissing As Long
Dim BlnWasOpen As Boolean
'If there is an error, this will handle it and stop the process
On Error GoTo ErrorHandle
'Increase the size of AryPresentations and and the paths as shown in the example below
AryPresentations(0) = "C:\Users\garye\Desktop\PP2.pptx"
AryPresentations(1) = "C:\Users\garye\Desktop\PP3.pptx"
AryPresentations(2) = "C:\Users\garye\Desktop\PP4.pptx"
AryPresentations(3) = "C:\Users\garye\Desktop\PP5.pptx"
AryPresentations(4) = "C:\Users\garye\Desktop\PP6.pptx"
'PP_Src is this, our 'master' presentation
Set PP_Src = ActivePresentation
'This loops through each item in AryPresentations
For LngPID = 0 To UBound(AryPresentations, 1)
'We rememeber if you had it open already as if you did, then we won't close it when we are done
BlnWasOpen = False
'Check all currently open presentations to see if one if the presentation we are due to update
For Each PP_Dest In PowerPoint.Presentations
If Trim(UCase(PP_Dest.FullName)) = Trim(UCase(AryPresentations(LngPID))) Then Exit For
Next
'If it was not already open, check it exists and if it does, then open in
If PP_Dest Is Nothing Then
If FSO.FileExists(AryPresentations(LngPID)) Then
Set PP_Dest = PowerPoint.Presentations.Open(AryPresentations(LngPID))
End If
Else
BlnWasOpen = True
End If
If PP_Dest Is Nothing Then
Debug.Print "File note found"
LngFilesMissing = LngFilesMissing + 1
Else
'The below connects to the slide (Sld_Src) you want to pick up from, the shape (Shp_Src) you want to pick up from and then
'places it in the slide (Sld_Dest) you want it to go to into the shape (Shp_Dest) you want it to go in to
Set Sld_Src = PP_Src.Slides(1)
Set Sld_Dest = PP_Dest.Slides(1)
Set Shp_Src = Sld_Src.Shapes(1)
Set Shp_Dest = Sld_Dest.Shapes(1)
Shp_Dest.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = Shp_Src.TextFrame.TextRange.Text
Set Shp_Dest = Nothing
Set Shp_Src = Nothing
Set Sld_Dest = Nothing
Set Sld_Src = Nothing
'Repeat the above for each piece of text to copy
'Finally save the changes
PP_Dest.Save
'Close the presentation if it was not already open
If Not BlnWasOpen Then PP_Dest.Close
End If
Next
MsgBox "Process complete. Number of missing files: " & LngFilesMissing, vbOKOnly + vbInformation, "Complete"
Exit Sub
ErrorHandle:
MsgBox "There was an error: - " & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description, vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "Error"
Err.Clear
End Sub
4. Customise code
You'll want to add the paths and location of the changes in and then it should run.
I'm working on a spreadsheet with a Form Control that opens a Userform used for data entry purposes. The submit button of the form fills a row of cells and adds two buttons on the last two cells of the row. It will insert as many rows as the user does and each time the two new buttons are created with their own distinct name. However, these are ActiveX controls and they are giving me compatibility problems with other Windows/Office versions once colleagues open the file and try to use it on their laptop.
This is the code I'm using to add one of the command buttons on the spreadsheet (it is essentially the same for the other button, just different variables):
Dim i As Long, Hght As Long
Dim Name As String, NName As String
i = 0
Hght = 305.25
NName = "cmdAction" & i
For Each OLEObject In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
If Left(OLEObject.Name, 9) = "cmdAction" Then
Name = Right(OLEObject.Name, Len(OLEObject.Name) - 9)
If Name >= i Then
i = Name + 1
End If
NName = "cmdAction" & i
Hght = Hght + 27
End If
Next
Dim UpdateEntry As OLEObject, N%
Set UpdateEntry = ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="Forms.CommandButton.1", Link:=False _
, DisplayAsIcon:=False, Left:=Selection.Offset(0, 23).Left, Top:=Selection.Offset(0, 23).Top, Width:=72, Height _
:=24)
UpdateEntry.Name = NName
UpdateEntry.Object.Caption = "Edit Entry"
With ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents(ActiveSheet.CodeName).CodeModule
N = .CountOfLines
.InsertLines N + 1, "Private Sub " & NName & "_Click()"
.InsertLines N + 2, vbTab & "Code for button goes here"
.InsertLines N + 3, vbTab & "End Sub"
End With
I was wondering if it was possible to do the same thing, but that the buttons created are form control instead of ActiveX?
The error that is displayed is Run-time error 32809: Application-defined or object-defined error. After extensive research, I've found that it happens due to the sheet getting corrupted once a different version of Windows has altered it. The only way to fix it is to create a new sheet, copying all of the contents to the new sheet, deleting the corrupted sheet and renaming the new one to the name it had previously. This works, but it is not possible to copy the ActiveX Controls, because they will be renamed and the appropriate code will not be in them, however the Form Control on the spreadsheet used to open the UserForm will work just fine, which is why I think my only solution would be to change all ActiveX to Form Control.
Would appreciate some help.
Instead of using ActiveX buttons, use Shapes and set the Shape.OnAction property to call the macro that you would normally place behind the ActiveX button. In the macro you can use Application.Caller to get the name of the shape that was clicked, thus allowing you to know which button was clicked and to branch your code accordingly.
I would like to do more or less as the author has intended here:
http://ccm.net/faq/1105-adding-a-vba-commandbutton-with-its-respective-the-code
unfortunately, although the code is written to the correct sheet in Microsoft Excel Objects, the code does not run once the button is pressed. The _Click() is here:
Sub ButtonTest_Click()
MsgBox "I am supposed to work!" 'but i dont, i actually do nothing
End Sub
and the rest of the code is below:
Sub CreateButton()
Dim Obj As Object
Dim Code As String
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
'create button
Set Obj = ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="Forms.CommandButton.1", _
Link:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False, Left:=200, Top:=100, Width:=100, Height:=35)
Obj.Name = "TestButton"
'buttonn text
ActiveSheet.OLEObjects(1).Object.Caption = "Test Button"
'macro text
Code = "Sub ButtonTest_Click()" & vbCrLf
Code = Code & "Msgbox ""I am supposed to work!""" & vbCrLf
Code = Code & "End Sub"
'add macro at the end of the sheet module
With ActiveWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents(ActiveSheet.Name).CodeModule
.insertlines .CountOfLines + 1, Code
end With
End Sub
nothing happens when the button is pressed- to my mind it looks like it should fire the event as author intended, any ideas why it doesn't?
You are creating ActiveX components. Unlike form components you cannot name the underlying macros as you wish. The macros' names must start with the name of the ActiveX component followed by and underscore and the even name.
So, if your ActiveX component is named TestButton (according to this):
Obj.Name = "TestButton"
Then the sub's name to handle the click event must be named:
Sub TestButton_Click()
Hence, you'll have to rename the sub or you must change the name for the ActiveX component to match.
Alternatively, you can also implement form controls. The following three lines of code create a new form control CheckBox and assigns your macro to it (when clicked):
Dim chk As CheckBox
Set chk = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(390.75, 216, 72, 72)
chk.OnAction = "ButtonTest_Click"
I have a macro that creates a command button however I am unable to assign any macro to the button in the VBA
have looked at this link but its for a userform (but I'm not good enough to be able to change it to suit what I need)
The code I am currently tring is below, I'm guessing I need to add something to the With Statement but I dont know what it would be
Dim MyR As Range, MyB As OLEObject
Dim MyR_T As Long, MyR_L As Long
Set MyR = Range("I3") 'just an example - you get that from your own script
MyR_T = MyR.Top 'capture positions
MyR_L = MyR.Left '...
'create button
Set MyB = ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="Forms.CommandButton.1", _
Link:=False, DisplayAsIcon:=False)
'set main button properties
With MyB
.Name = "MyPrecodedButton" 'important - code must exist ... see below
.Object.Caption = "Load UseForm"
.Top = MyR_T
.Left = MyR_L
.Width = 130
.Height = 30
.Placement = xlMoveAndSize
.PrintObject = True 'or false as per your taste
End With
So from your own link you have posted, your code would look like this:
Set UF = ActiveWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents("Name_of_the_userform")
With UF.CodeModule
.InsertLines 2, _
"Private Sub " & MyB.Name & "_Click()" & Chr(13) & _
"****HERE COMES YOUR FUNCTION CALL FOR THE BUTTON****" & Chr(13) & _
"End Sub"
End With
But this only works with activeX Buttons. What it does is quite a hack... so if you have a better solution i would not recommend this one. What it does is this: Every ActiveX Button has a onclick function with the following Syntax: "ButtonName_Click()" If you somewhere in your code put this line, it will be executed on click. now what the code does (as in the link which you have posted), is it writes These functions into the userform code.
Use .onAction method
Something like this
Sheets("someVeryFunnySheetName").buttons("someSeriousButtonName").onAction = "macroName"
Here is one example, if you wana to pass parameter to that macro (axleOutputSHeetCounter is some integer i think)
With chartSheet.Buttons("closeOutputSheet")
.OnAction = "'Module7_Axle.closeOutputSheet """ & axleOutputSheetCounter & """'"
.Characters.text = "Delete sheet"
.Characters.Font.Size = 16
End With
edit: for activeX buttons here you can find question with same issue and working solution
I have been creating an acronym finding macro that will sit on a custom toolbar in word. When run it searches the document for acronyms and places them in a table. I want to include some user forms so that as the macro finds an acronym the user can select the predefined definition (got from an excel document) or enter their own new one (I know multiple acronyms meanings is frowned upon but it happens).
Anyway I am stuck. I have created a user form with three buttons. A text input and a label. Now I have managed to set the label text with the acronym that was found however I can't seem to get the buttons to change a variable, userChoice, and if applicable save the newly entered definition.
below is the test macro i have been trying this out on
Sub userFormTest()
Dim objExcel As Object
Dim objWbk As Object
Dim rngSearch As Object
Dim rngFound As Object
Dim targetCellValue As String
Dim userChoice As Integer
Set objDoc = ActiveDocument
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objWbk = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\Dave\Documents\Test_Definitions.xlsx")
objExcel.Visible = True
objWbk.Activate
With objWbk.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set rngSearch = .Range(.Range("A1"), .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(-4162))
Set rngFound = rngSearch.Find(What:="AA", After:=.Range("A1"), LookAt:=1)
If rngFound Is Nothing Then
UserForm1.Label1.Caption = "Acronym: AA" & vbCr & _
"Definition: Not found, please enter a definition below" & vbCr & _
" or choose to ignore this acronym"
UserForm1.Show
'an if statement here so that if the add button was pressed it adds to doc etc
Else
targetCellValue = .Cells(rngFound.Row, 2).Value
UserForm2.Label1.Caption = "Acronym: AA" & vbCr & _
"Definition: " & targetCellValue
UserForm2.Show
'an if statement here so that if the add button was pressed it adds to doc etc
End If
End With
objWbk.Close Saved = True
Set rngFound = Nothing
Set rngSearch = Nothing
Set objWbk = Nothing
objExcel.Visible = True
Set objExcel = Nothing
Set objDoc = Nothing
End Sub
I do realise that this could be done in the button_click() subs however I already have all the documents open etc in the other macro. Or is it possible to link to those already open documents? To be honest either way I would prefer to return to the main macro and just use the form to the user input.
I do realise that this could be done in the button_click() subs. However I already have all the documents open etc in the other macro. Or is it possible to link to those already open documents?
You can definitely link between button_click() subs and your main macro to modify the value of userChoice.
Answer:
What you need is some userform element (like a textbox) that can hold your value so you can refer back to it in your main macro. It looks like you already have this element (based upon your caption "Not found, please enter a definition below"). Let's say that element is a TextBox called Definition. Then let's say you want to return to the main macro after people push an "Add" button, as it appears you do (based upon your comment "so that if the add button was pressed it adds to doc").
In each of both Userform1 and Userform2, you would want something like this:
Private Sub AddButton_Click()
Userform1/Userform2.Hide
End Sub
That would return you to your main macro, where you could follow up with:
If Userform1/Userform2.Definition.Value = Whatever Then
'if the add button was pressed it adds to doc etc
End If
right where your existing comments are. Note that you could set userChoice = Userform1.Definition.Value here, but you don't need to because Userform1.Definition.Value already contains the information you need to track.
Additional material:
Rather than using the default instance of your Userform1 and Userform2 by using .Show on them immediately without assigning new instances of them to variables, may I suggest creating Userform variables to contain New instances of them like this:
Dim UnknownDefinition As Userform1
Set UnknownDefinition = New Userform1
UnknownDefinition.Show
Or if you want to get really optimal, you could follow more of the approach recommended here on how to make a properly instanced, abstracted userform:
Rubberduck VBA: How to create a properly instanced, abstracted userform
And now with bonus quotes from the post's author, #Mathieu Guindon:
make Definition a proper property, with the Property Let mutator changing the label value on top of changing its private backing field's value; avoid accessing form controls outside the form, treat them as private even if VBA makes them public.
Calling code wants data, not controls. You can extract properties/data, but not controls, into a dedicated model class.