Peter
That's kind of you. I will 'tidy' it up a bit first as you will apppreciate
this is still in an experimental state. It is already reasonably well
commented. I will put together an email laying out the aims.

Geoff

"Peter T" wrote:

OK send your workbook. Can't guarantee I can fix it but I'll have a look.

Regards,
Peter T
pmbthornton gmail com

"Geoff" wrote in message
...
Peter
I am strruggling to understand and thanl you for staying with this. But
to
answer the first point - if I click on another tab after creating the new
page I get the automation error. If however I put a break on the
MultiSetasides_Change() event and step through the code then it remains
ok.
The cmdbutton still does not work because the event code has not been
written because when stepping through I get a msgbox to say 'Can't execute
in
break mode'. This becomes a circular argument from which I do not have
enough knowledge yet to break out of.

I hesitate to ask but wondered if I sent my wbook whether you would be
kind
enough to look through? I would not expect you to do anything other than
indicate what I should do. I do appreciate the concerns about viruses etc
or
you simply do not have the time but the solution I am trying to provide
for
my son is a worthwhile goal. And I cannot be the first to have had this
sort
of issue with multipages but there i sprecious little on the i'net to
learn
from.

Regards

Geoff

"Peter T" wrote:

Difficult to follow your code without creating a similar form + same
name
controls.

When you get that automation error are you still using the same newPage
object. If so work with a new ref to the page, if the page is the last
page
it would be pages.count - 1

Thirdly whilst I remain on the new page the cmdbutton event code does
not
fire. I think possibly because they will not have the same name.

It won't be the same name but if you've correctly added it to the a new
w/e
class it event code should fire. Store an additional property in the
class,
eg

Public sCtlName

and at the same time as setting the control object ref in the class
assign
sCtlName with its name. Set an appropriate break and step through.

Regards,
Peter T

"Geoff" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the reply. I have 1 succes and 2 failures
Firstly I have been able to reposition the pasted controls with:
For Each ctrl In newPage.Controls
ctrl.Move ctrl.Left + 48, ctrl.Top + 12
Next
Perhaps inelegant but effective.
Secondly a serious error - 'Automation Error. Object disconected from
clients'
I thought to tr y writng event code to the form module but though
there
in't
a crash at first, as soon as I try to navigate away from the new page
I
get
the error.
Thirdly whilst I remain on the new page the cmdbutton event code does
not
fire. I think possibly because they will not have the same name. I
have
tried to follow the advice on Chip Pearson's page and called the write
procedure using an Ontime event.

I would appreciate any advice you can give though I am afraid setting
w/e
classes for each control is language I am not familiar with - sorry.
My code follows:

Private Sub cmdEdit_Click()

Dim i As Byte, j As Integer

'''ensure Setaside selection
If lboSetAsides.ListIndex <= 0 Then
MsgBox "Please select a Setaside "
lboSetAsides.SetFocus
Exit Sub
End If

'''set up pages and populate controls with data
If numoPages = 0 Then
With MultiSetasides.Pages(1)
.Visible = True
.Caption = "Ref " &
Trim(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 0)) '''Rename page
caption
.Controls(0).Text =
Trim(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 1)) '''Setaside name
.Controls(6).Text =
Left(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 2),
Len(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 2)) - 3) '''Balance
Pounds
.Controls(7).Text =
Right(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 2), 2) '''Balance
Pence
.Controls(8).Text = Format(Date, "dd mmm yyyy")
End With
numoPages = 1
ElseIf numoPages 0 Then
'''determine if selected setaside has a page
For i = 1 To MultiSetasides.Pages.Count - 1
If Trim(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 0)) =
Mid(MultiSetasides.Pages(i).Caption, 5) Then
j = j + 1
Else
j = j - 1
End If
Next
'''create page if not selected before
If j < 0 Then
With MultiSetasides
Set newPage = .Pages.Add(, "Ref " &
(lboSetAsides.ListIndex), .Count)
.Pages(1).Controls.Copy
newPage.Paste
'''adjust position of controls
For Each ctrl In newPage.Controls
ctrl.Move ctrl.Left + 48, ctrl.Top + 12
Next
newPage.Picture = MultiSetasides.Pages(1).Picture
'''clear controls
ClearControls (MultiSetasides.Pages.Count)
End With
'''clear clipboard
ActiveCell.Copy
Application.CutCopyMode = False
'''populate controls
lastPage = MultiSetasides.Pages.Count - 1
With MultiSetasides.Pages(lastPage)
.Caption = "Ref " &
Trim(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 0)) '''Rename page
caption
.Controls(0).Text =
Trim(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 1)) '''Setaside name
.Controls(6).Text =
Left(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 2),
Len(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 2)) - 3) '''Balance
Pounds
.Controls(7).Text =
Right(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 2), 2) '''Balance
Pence
.Controls(8).Text = Format(Date, "dd mmm yyyy")
End With
numoPages = numoPages + 1

Setup '''''''''''''proc to write module code

End If

End If

'''goto page selected
For i = 1 To MultiSetasides.Pages.Count - 1
If MultiSetasides.Pages(i).Caption = "Ref " &
Trim(lboSetAsides.List(lboSetAsides.ListIndex, 0)) Then
MultiSetasides.Value = i
FirstControl (i)
Exit For
End If
Next
End Sub


Sub Setup()
Application.OnTime Now, "AddProcedure"
End Sub


Sub AddProcedure()
Dim VBCodeMod As CodeModule
Dim LineNum As Long
Set VBCodeMod =
ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents("frmMulti").Co deModule
With VBCodeMod
LineNum = .CountOfLines + 1
.InsertLines LineNum, _
"Private Sub cmdDeleteChanges" & MultiSetasides.Pages.Count &
"_Click()" &
Chr(13) & _
" ClearControls (MultiSetasides.Value)" & Chr(13) & _
" FirstControl (MultiSetasides.Value)" & Chr(13) & _
"End Sub"
End With

End Sub



"Peter T" wrote:

''I assume you have addressed how to add new event code to the
pasted
controls. ''

I first read that as you asking me but tracking down the thread I
see I
posed it to the OP
http://tinyurl.com/ddy3e

Indeed you'd need to add and set withevents (w/e) classes for each
control
type, with the class objects added to a module or global level
collection
(could be an array). In the form's initialize event set for existing
pages &
controls.

After pasting the page with the newly 'copied' controls, add w/e
classes
for
the new controls with whatever other properties (eg page name/no,
control
id, etc) with similar code as used in the init event.

The event code might adopt a Select Case approach for both for the
control name & page index.

Bear in mind not all controls expose the full set of events in a w/e
class
as
are available in a userform.

I recall the shifting controls problem and thought I found a way to
prevent
that, not sure now. Otherwise store the left & top properties of
controls on
the page to be copied in a 2D array and reapply same (in array
order) to
the
new controls. If controls are in a frame would only need to reset
the
frame's position.

Revert back if you get stuck.

Regards,
Peter T

"Geoff" wrote in message
...
I would appreciate further comment re your solution to copy
pasting
controls
and your code:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim newPage As Page
Dim nPages As Long
With Me.MultiPage1
nPages = .Count
Set newPage = .Pages.Add("Page" & (nPages + 1), _
"Address " & (nPages + 1), nPages)
.Pages(1).Controls.Copy
End With
newPage.Paste
End Sub

''I assume you have addressed how to add new event code to the
pasted
controls. ''

I have 2 questions
1. Using the above, I find each control is pasted to the left of
the
original position. They are alll drawn relative to each other
just
shifted
to the left. How would you correct this?
2. How do you sub-class the event code for each control
collection?