Can I assign a macro to an autoshape using VBA?
 

Basically, I've got some code which dynamically generates macros base
on the amount of autoshapes on my worksheet - what I now need to do i
get the code to assign these macros to the autoshapes - I've trie
recording a macro and then assigning the macros manually, but all thi
comes up with is

ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape").select
Selection.OnAction = "whateversub"

The autoshapes all have the same name, but a different number (I'
using a variable to go through them 1 by 1, so I've amended it t
'ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape" & a).select')

This doesn't seem to do the trick, though.

Any ideas

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Can I assign a macro to an autoshape using VBA?
 

Here is one I use to name the shapes from a list of shapes in col A and the
name in col B
Should be easy to modify

Sub NameShapes()
Sheets("checks").Select
For Each c In [setup!a4:a15]
ActiveSheet.Shapes(c).TextFrame. _
Characters.Text = c.Offset(0, 1)
Next c
End Sub



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Basically, I've got some code which dynamically generates macros based
on the amount of autoshapes on my worksheet - what I now need to do is
get the code to assign these macros to the autoshapes - I've tried
recording a macro and then assigning the macros manually, but all this
comes up with is

ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape").select
Selection.OnAction = "whateversub"

The autoshapes all have the same name, but a different number (I'm
using a variable to go through them 1 by 1, so I've amended it to
'ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape" & a).select')

This doesn't seem to do the trick, though.

Any ideas?


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Can I assign a macro to an autoshape using VBA?
 

Cheers, Don, but I'm not trying to name the shapes - I'm trying to
assign a macro to them via VBA - i.e. I want to assign macro 1 to
autoshape 1, macro 2 to autoshape 2 etc.

Don Guillett Wrote:
Here is one I use to name the shapes from a list of shapes in col A and
the
name in col B
Should be easy to modify

Sub NameShapes()
Sheets("checks").Select
For Each c In [setup!a4:a15]
ActiveSheet.Shapes(c).TextFrame. _
Characters.Text = c.Offset(0, 1)
Next c
End Sub



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"madbloke"
wrote in
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Basically, I've got some code which dynamically generates macros
based
on the amount of autoshapes on my worksheet - what I now need to do
is
get the code to assign these macros to the autoshapes - I've tried
recording a macro and then assigning the macros manually, but all
this
comes up with is

ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape").select
Selection.OnAction = "whateversub"

The autoshapes all have the same name, but a different number (I'm
using a variable to go through them 1 by 1, so I've amended it to
'ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape" & a).select')

This doesn't seem to do the trick, though.

Any ideas?


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Can I assign a macro to an autoshape using VBA?
 

Should be easy to modify
untested but should work. Try it where the name of the macro is in col D.
ActiveSheet.Shapes(c).OnAction = c.offset(,3)' "yourmacroname"


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Cheers, Don, but I'm not trying to name the shapes - I'm trying to
assign a macro to them via VBA - i.e. I want to assign macro 1 to
autoshape 1, macro 2 to autoshape 2 etc.

Don Guillett Wrote:
Here is one I use to name the shapes from a list of shapes in col A and
the
name in col B
Should be easy to modify

Sub NameShapes()
Sheets("checks").Select
For Each c In [setup!a4:a15]
ActiveSheet.Shapes(c).TextFrame. _
Characters.Text = c.Offset(0, 1)
Next c
End Sub



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"madbloke"
wrote in
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Basically, I've got some code which dynamically generates macros
based
on the amount of autoshapes on my worksheet - what I now need to do
is
get the code to assign these macros to the autoshapes - I've tried
recording a macro and then assigning the macros manually, but all
this
comes up with is

ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape").select
Selection.OnAction = "whateversub"

The autoshapes all have the same name, but a different number (I'm
using a variable to go through them 1 by 1, so I've amended it to
'ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape" & a).select')

This doesn't seem to do the trick, though.

Any ideas?


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Can I assign a macro to an autoshape using VBA?
 

Thanks! Little bit of tweaking and that worked perfectly - I'd tried
similar and failed, so I was wondering whether the OnAction command was
right for the job. Clearly it is! Thanks again!

Don Guillett Wrote:

Should be easy to modify
untested but should work. Try it where the name of the macro is in col
D.
ActiveSheet.Shapes(c).OnAction = c.offset(,3)' "yourmacroname"


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"madbloke"
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Cheers, Don, but I'm not trying to name the shapes - I'm trying to
assign a macro to them via VBA - i.e. I want to assign macro 1 to
autoshape 1, macro 2 to autoshape 2 etc.

Don Guillett Wrote:
Here is one I use to name the shapes from a list of shapes in col A
and
the
name in col B
Should be easy to modify

Sub NameShapes()
Sheets("checks").Select
For Each c In [setup!a4:a15]
ActiveSheet.Shapes(c).TextFrame. _
Characters.Text = c.Offset(0, 1)
Next c
End Sub



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"madbloke"
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...

Basically, I've got some code which dynamically generates macros
based
on the amount of autoshapes on my worksheet - what I now need to
do
is
get the code to assign these macros to the autoshapes - I've
tried
recording a macro and then assigning the macros manually, but all
this
comes up with is

ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape").select
Selection.OnAction = "whateversub"

The autoshapes all have the same name, but a different number
(I'm
using a variable to go through them 1 by 1, so I've amended it to
'ActiveSheet.Shapes("shape" & a).select')

This doesn't seem to do the trick, though.

Any ideas?


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