Capture events from runtime controls

[DarkX_Greece]

Hello all,

can anyone help me by telling me how to capture the click events from some runtime command buttons that are in a form and which i don't know their name!

[manavo11]

Hello all,

can anyone help me by telling me how to capture the click events from some runtime command buttons that are in a form and which i don't know their name!

Do you mean that you add the controls to your form at runtime? If this is the case, what method are you using to do this?

[RobDog888]

If your adding them at runtime you need to declare a WithEvents for it in
the general declarations section.

If your loading an array of controls based off of an initial one added in design
time then you would use that objects event and check the index of the
control that is received in the procedures Index parameter.

[DarkX_Greece]

Here is an example on how i create the runtime controls in a form! (command buttons)

Public Enum XControls
    X_Command_Button = 0
    X_Label = 1
    X_TextBox = 2
    X_Image = 3
    X_ComboBox = 4
    X_OptionButton = 5
    X_CheckBox = 6
End Enum
Public Enum X_FontCharacteristics
    xTrue = True
    xFalse = False
End Enum
Public Enum X_FontSizes
    Size_9 = 9
    Size_10 = 10
    Size_11 = 11
    Size_12 = 12
    Size_13 = 13
    Size_14 = 14
    Size_15 = 15
    Size_16 = 16
    Size_17 = 17
    Size_18 = 18
    Size_19 = 19
    Size_20 = 20
    Size_21 = 21
    Size_22 = 22
    Size_23 = 23
    Size_24 = 24
    Size_25 = 25
    Size_26 = 26
    Size_27 = 27
    Size_28 = 28
    Size_29 = 29
    Size_30 = 30
End Enum
Public Enum X_Colors
    Light_Red = &H8080FF
    Red = &HFF&
    Dark_Red = &HC0&
    Blue = &HFF0000
    Light_Green = &H80FF80
    Green = &HFF00&
    Dark_Green = &H8000&
    Light_Blue = &HFFFF00
    Dark_Blue = &HC00000
    Orange = &H80FF&
    Light_Orange = &H80C0FF
    Dark_Orange = &H40C0&
    Yellow = &HFFFF&
    Black = &H0&
    White = &HFFFFFF
    Light_Grey = &HE0E0E0
    Grey = &HC0C0C0
    Dark_Grey = &H808080
    Blue_Black = &H800000
    Grey_Black = &H404040
    Pink = &HFF80FF
    Light_Pink = &HFFC0FF
    Dark_Pink = &HFF00FF
End Enum
Private WithEvents CMD As CommandButton
Public Sub CreateControl(ControlType As XControls, Caption_Text As String, Height As Integer, Width As Integer, Top As Integer, Left As Integer, Optional Action As String, Optional Backcolor As X_Colors, Optional Forecolor As X_Colors, Optional FontName As String, Optional FontSize As X_FontSizes, Optional FontBold As X_FontCharacteristics, Optional FontItalic As X_FontCharacteristics, Optional FontStrikeThrough As X_FontCharacteristics)
Static countCMD As Integer
 
Select Case ControlType
'Check if it is Command Button
Case Is = 0
    Set CMD = Me.Controls.Add("VB.CommandButton", "CMD" & countCMD + 1, Me)
    'Change the value of the static variable for creating more controls
    countCMD = countCMD + 1
    With CMD
        .Visible = True
        'Check if there is fontname entered
        If FontName <> "" Then
            .Font = FontName
        End If
        'Check if there is fontsize entered
        If FontSize <> 0 Then
            .FontSize = FontSize
        End If
        'Check if there is fontbold entered
        If FontBold <> 0 Then
            .FontBold = FontBold
        End If
        'Check if there is fontitalic entered
        If FontItalic <> 0 Then
            .FontItalic = FontItalic
        End If
        'Check if there is fontStriked entered
        If FontStrikeThrough <> 0 Then
            .FontStrikethru = FontStrikeThrough
        End If
        .Width = Width
        .Height = Height
        .Left = Left
        .Top = Top
        .Caption = Caption_Text
    End With
End Select
End Sub

I use this code to create a command button from my activex control, in the activex control!

My question is:
How can i know the exact name of the button which is clicked!
I know that the name of the command button should be "CMD" & countCMD + 1

but i must know the exact name when the button is clicked!
Hope you can help me!

I think there is a way to capture the control's name when i clicked by API....

[moeur]

One problem with the code the way you've presented it here is that you lose your reference to a command button once you've added a second one since you are assigning them all to the global CMD variable. I don't understand why you do this???

[DarkX_Greece]

How can i assign them in seperate variables?
Is there any chance to do it without using table variable?

[manavo11]

One problem with the code the way you've presented it here is that you lose your reference to a command button once you've added a second one since you are assigning them all to the global CMD variable. I don't understand why you do this???

But you can't have an array...

[manavo11]

Here is an example of adding controls at runtime using the second suggestion of RobDog888

[DarkX_Greece]

The code works and helped me a lot! Thank you Manavo11!

[manavo11]

The code works and helped me a lot! Thank you Manavo11!

You're welcome