Common event handler to get the name of ActiveX button clicked in VBA.

Question

So I was wondering if I can reference the button that was clicked. So I do not have to change the code to much for every button. So here is what I have.

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Answer 1

The answer in this SO post solves your issue.

Follow the instructions carefully. It should solve your problem. :)

EDIT:

It's pretty easy, actually.

SCREENSHOTS:

Set-up of my sheet:

Set-up of the VBE, Sheet1's code:

NOTE THE HIGHLIGHTED PARTS!

Set-up of the VBE, Class Module:

Add a class module by inserting Class Module rather than just Module. The name should exactly be ButtonEvents.

Result when CommandButton1 is clicked:

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This is just the basic premise, of course. Instead of showing a message box, you can instead change the code in the class module to have the name stored somewhere or send it to a particular cell, etc.

Hope this makes it clearer.