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Erratic Behaviour of Buttons
I have been trying for several days to attach some buttons to a worksheet,
to set the properties caption and colour, and to assign a macro to each of them. Somehow I have actually achieved this with some of them, but I do not know how. When I right click a button (in design mode) I get different messages for each. For instance, one button has the caption "Update" and when I right click this I get a menu: Cut, Copy, .. . Edit Text, Grouping, Order, Assign Macro, Format Control. Right clicking this a second time seems to turn off design mode and "Assign Macro" disappears from the list. This does not toggle with the first list on reclicking. Design mode has to be turned on again. But another button "Find Unique Values", when I right click it, produces Cut, Copy,....Properties, View Code, Command Button Object, Grouping, Order, Format Control. Note that the options "Properties" and "View Code" are not available for the first button, and that "Assign Macro" is not available for the second button. The behaviour of the "Find Unique Values" button follows that described (for commandbuttons) in Richard Shepherd's "Excel VBA Macro Programming". When not in design mode, the button does not react to a right click; a macro can be assigned by inserting it in Private Sub CommandButton1_Click(). In the properties menu I find "CommandButton1 Command Button", and "Sheet6 Worksheet", but none of my other buttons are listed. So it seems that the "Update" button, and other like it, cannot be commandbuttons. The behaviour of the "Update" button does not follow Shepherd. It responds to a right click when not in design mode, and offers the option "Assign Macro". This is very convenient, but on the other hand I cannot change the properties.So if such buttons are not commandbuttons, what are they? If I right click "Update" and then call up "Properties" by right clicking the sheet tab, I get properties for Sheet6 and the CommandButton1 only. To confuse the issue further, the "Find Unique Values" button, on right clicking, sometimes comes up with a different menu: "Move Here, Copy Here, Cancel". Click "Cancel" and reclick, and the same menu appears. Click somewhere outside the menu and reclick and the "Cut, Copy, Properties..." options return. I have not fathomed how I can deliberately get the "Move Here..." menu to pop up. To sum up, (1) can someone tell me how to change to properties of buttons to which I can assign a macro, and what kind of buttons are these, if not commandbuttons? What must I click in the toolbox to get such a button? (2) Alternatively, can one assign a macro to a commandbutton without having to paste it into the code window? (3) What causes the "Move/Copy Here" window to appear ? (And what is meant by "Here"?) Thanks in advance for any help! RogerPB |
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Hi Roger,
Excel has 2 sets of command buttons - Forms and Controls. It would appear to me that you have been using both of these. I find working with Controls easier, and (I believe) that Excel only includes Forms for backward compatibility. To see the difference, when you insert a Form button, the default name is "Button1", and this will give you the "Assign Macro" option. When you insert a Control button, the default name is "CommandButton1" and will give you a "View Code" option instead. There are several differences in behaviour (more than I know about), but this should explain why you are experiencing these problems. I'm not sure about the Move/Copy here question.....could you be more specific about what triggers it? Hope this helps Warm regards Sunil Jayakumar "Roger PB" wrote in message ... I have been trying for several days to attach some buttons to a worksheet, to set the properties caption and colour, and to assign a macro to each of them. Somehow I have actually achieved this with some of them, but I do not know how. When I right click a button (in design mode) I get different messages for each. For instance, one button has the caption "Update" and when I right click this I get a menu: Cut, Copy, .. . Edit Text, Grouping, Order, Assign Macro, Format Control. Right clicking this a second time seems to turn off design mode and "Assign Macro" disappears from the list. This does not toggle with the first list on reclicking. Design mode has to be turned on again. But another button "Find Unique Values", when I right click it, produces Cut, Copy,....Properties, View Code, Command Button Object, Grouping, Order, Format Control. Note that the options "Properties" and "View Code" are not available for the first button, and that "Assign Macro" is not available for the second button. The behaviour of the "Find Unique Values" button follows that described (for commandbuttons) in Richard Shepherd's "Excel VBA Macro Programming". When not in design mode, the button does not react to a right click; a macro can be assigned by inserting it in Private Sub CommandButton1_Click(). In the properties menu I find "CommandButton1 Command Button", and "Sheet6 Worksheet", but none of my other buttons are listed. So it seems that the "Update" button, and other like it, cannot be commandbuttons. The behaviour of the "Update" button does not follow Shepherd. It responds to a right click when not in design mode, and offers the option "Assign Macro". This is very convenient, but on the other hand I cannot change the properties.So if such buttons are not commandbuttons, what are they? If I right click "Update" and then call up "Properties" by right clicking the sheet tab, I get properties for Sheet6 and the CommandButton1 only. To confuse the issue further, the "Find Unique Values" button, on right clicking, sometimes comes up with a different menu: "Move Here, Copy Here, Cancel". Click "Cancel" and reclick, and the same menu appears. Click somewhere outside the menu and reclick and the "Cut, Copy, Properties..." options return. I have not fathomed how I can deliberately get the "Move Here..." menu to pop up. To sum up, (1) can someone tell me how to change to properties of buttons to which I can assign a macro, and what kind of buttons are these, if not commandbuttons? What must I click in the toolbox to get such a button? (2) Alternatively, can one assign a macro to a commandbutton without having to paste it into the code window? (3) What causes the "Move/Copy Here" window to appear ? (And what is meant by "Here"?) Thanks in advance for any help! RogerPB www.ayyoo.com/loans.html |
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There are two types of controls available from the toolbars. One is Forms
and the other is Control Toolbox. Buttons from the Forms toolbar respond to right-click and assign macro. A button from the Control Toolbox responds to the Design icon and code goes in Private Sub CommandButton1_Click(). Mike F "Roger PB" wrote in message ... I have been trying for several days to attach some buttons to a worksheet, to set the properties caption and colour, and to assign a macro to each of them. Somehow I have actually achieved this with some of them, but I do not know how. When I right click a button (in design mode) I get different messages for each. For instance, one button has the caption "Update" and when I right click this I get a menu: Cut, Copy, .. . Edit Text, Grouping, Order, Assign Macro, Format Control. Right clicking this a second time seems to turn off design mode and "Assign Macro" disappears from the list. This does not toggle with the first list on reclicking. Design mode has to be turned on again. But another button "Find Unique Values", when I right click it, produces Cut, Copy,....Properties, View Code, Command Button Object, Grouping, Order, Format Control. Note that the options "Properties" and "View Code" are not available for the first button, and that "Assign Macro" is not available for the second button. The behaviour of the "Find Unique Values" button follows that described (for commandbuttons) in Richard Shepherd's "Excel VBA Macro Programming". When not in design mode, the button does not react to a right click; a macro can be assigned by inserting it in Private Sub CommandButton1_Click(). In the properties menu I find "CommandButton1 Command Button", and "Sheet6 Worksheet", but none of my other buttons are listed. So it seems that the "Update" button, and other like it, cannot be commandbuttons. The behaviour of the "Update" button does not follow Shepherd. It responds to a right click when not in design mode, and offers the option "Assign Macro". This is very convenient, but on the other hand I cannot change the properties.So if such buttons are not commandbuttons, what are they? If I right click "Update" and then call up "Properties" by right clicking the sheet tab, I get properties for Sheet6 and the CommandButton1 only. To confuse the issue further, the "Find Unique Values" button, on right clicking, sometimes comes up with a different menu: "Move Here, Copy Here, Cancel". Click "Cancel" and reclick, and the same menu appears. Click somewhere outside the menu and reclick and the "Cut, Copy, Properties..." options return. I have not fathomed how I can deliberately get the "Move Here..." menu to pop up. To sum up, (1) can someone tell me how to change to properties of buttons to which I can assign a macro, and what kind of buttons are these, if not commandbuttons? What must I click in the toolbox to get such a button? (2) Alternatively, can one assign a macro to a commandbutton without having to paste it into the code window? (3) What causes the "Move/Copy Here" window to appear ? (And what is meant by "Here"?) Thanks in advance for any help! RogerPB |
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Thanks to Sunil and Mike, I had in the meantime, since writing, with the help of the Help screen fathomed out that I had been using bothForms and Controls I would agree that using Controls gives one greater control, because one can define properties. On the other hand, assigning a macro with a click is more convenient than having to write or paste code. But it seems there is no way to change, for instance, the colour of a button made using Forms. As regards the copy/move question, the problem is precisely that I don't know what triggers this menu. It came up sporadically both with Forms and Controls! And if you should click the option "Move here", what is moved where? Thanks again, Roger PB "Sunil Jayakumar" <sunil.jayakumar[at]gmail.com schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Roger, Excel has 2 sets of command buttons - Forms and Controls. It would appear to me that you have been using both of these. I find working with Controls easier, and (I believe) that Excel only includes Forms for backward compatibility. To see the difference, when you insert a Form button, the default name is "Button1", and this will give you the "Assign Macro" option. When you insert a Control button, the default name is "CommandButton1" and will give you a "View Code" option instead. There are several differences in behaviour (more than I know about), but this should explain why you are experiencing these problems. I'm not sure about the Move/Copy here question.....could you be more specific about what triggers it? Hope this helps Warm regards Sunil Jayakumar "Roger PB" wrote in message ... I have been trying for several days to attach some buttons to a worksheet, to set the properties caption and colour, and to assign a macro to each of them. Somehow I have actually achieved this with some of them, but I do not know how. When I right click a button (in design mode) I get different messages for each. For instance, one button has the caption "Update" and when I right click this I get a menu: Cut, Copy, .. . Edit Text, Grouping, Order, Assign Macro, Format Control. Right clicking this a second time seems to turn off design mode and "Assign Macro" disappears from the list. This does not toggle with the first list on reclicking. Design mode has to be turned on again. But another button "Find Unique Values", when I right click it, produces Cut, Copy,....Properties, View Code, Command Button Object, Grouping, Order, Format Control. Note that the options "Properties" and "View Code" are not available for the first button, and that "Assign Macro" is not available for the second button. The behaviour of the "Find Unique Values" button follows that described (for commandbuttons) in Richard Shepherd's "Excel VBA Macro Programming". When not in design mode, the button does not react to a right click; a macro can be assigned by inserting it in Private Sub CommandButton1_Click(). In the properties menu I find "CommandButton1 Command Button", and "Sheet6 Worksheet", but none of my other buttons are listed. So it seems that the "Update" button, and other like it, cannot be commandbuttons. The behaviour of the "Update" button does not follow Shepherd. It responds to a right click when not in design mode, and offers the option "Assign Macro". This is very convenient, but on the other hand I cannot change the properties.So if such buttons are not commandbuttons, what are they? If I right click "Update" and then call up "Properties" by right clicking the sheet tab, I get properties for Sheet6 and the CommandButton1 only. To confuse the issue further, the "Find Unique Values" button, on right clicking, sometimes comes up with a different menu: "Move Here, Copy Here, Cancel". Click "Cancel" and reclick, and the same menu appears. Click somewhere outside the menu and reclick and the "Cut, Copy, Properties..." options return. I have not fathomed how I can deliberately get the "Move Here..." menu to pop up. To sum up, (1) can someone tell me how to change to properties of buttons to which I can assign a macro, and what kind of buttons are these, if not commandbuttons? What must I click in the toolbox to get such a button? (2) Alternatively, can one assign a macro to a commandbutton without having to paste it into the code window? (3) What causes the "Move/Copy Here" window to appear ? (And what is meant by "Here"?) Thanks in advance for any help! RogerPB www.ayyoo.com/loans.html |
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