WD97: Macro to Add a Command Button with Code to a Document (185186)

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The following Visual Basic for Applications sample code will give you user- intervention between macros.

This sample code runs in the following sequence:

The sample adds a command button to an open Word document.
It adds code from a text file to the current project.

NOTE: In this example, the code that is copied to the document project is the Click event for the command button.
When the command button is clicked, another macro is run.
The button and code are removed from the document.

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To create this example, follow these steps:

Place the following sample code in the Visual Basic Editor.

   Sub AddACommandButtonWithCode()
      Dim oButton
      Set oButton =ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddOLEControl(Anchor:=Selection.
_
      Range, ClassType:= "Forms.CommandButton.1")
      With oButton.OLEFormat.Object
         .Caption = "Great Feature:"
         .Name = "myButtonOne"
      End With
      VBE.SelectedVBComponent.CodeModule.AddFromFile ("c:\buttoncode.txt")
      ActiveDocument.Activate
      Selection.Collapse
   End Sub

Type the following sample code in a text file, using Notepad.

   Sub myButtonOne_Click
      Msgbox "This code adds command button programmatically to document."
      'Removes the button from the document.
      ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).Delete
      'Removes the lines of code text from the document.
      Application.VBE.SelectedVBComponent.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1,7
   End Sub

Save the text file as "C:\ButtonCode.txt."

WD97: Macro to Add a Command Button with Code to a Document (185186)

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