How to add a button programmatically in VBA next to some sheet cell data?
Solution 1:
I think this is enough to get you on a nice path:
Sub a()
Dim btn As Button
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveSheet.Buttons.Delete
Dim t As Range
For i = 2 To 6 Step 2
Set t = ActiveSheet.Range(Cells(i, 3), Cells(i, 3))
Set btn = ActiveSheet.Buttons.Add(t.Left, t.Top, t.Width, t.Height)
With btn
.OnAction = "btnS"
.Caption = "Btn " & i
.Name = "Btn" & i
End With
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub btnS()
MsgBox Application.Caller
End Sub
It creates the buttons and binds them to butnS(). In the btnS() sub, you should show your dialog, etc.
Solution 2:
Suppose your function enters data in columns A and B and you want to a custom Userform to appear if the user selects a cell in column C. One way to do this is to use the SelectionChange
event:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim clickRng As Range
Dim lastRow As Long
lastRow = Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row
Set clickRng = Range("C1:C" & lastRow) //Dynamically set cells that can be clicked based on data in column A
If Not Intersect(Target, clickRng) Is Nothing Then
MyUserForm.Show //Launch custom userform
End If
End Sub
Note that the userform will appear when a user selects any cell in Column C and you might want to populate each cell in Column C with something like "select cell to launch form" to make it obvious that the user needs to perform an action (having a button naturally suggests that it should be clicked)