{"id":4602,"date":"2016-04-21T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learnexcelmacro.com\/wp\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:40:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:40:38","slug":"link-macro-to-a-command-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2016\/04\/link-macro-to-a-command-button\/","title":{"rendered":"VBA Beginners: How to write macro for a Command Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Beginners,<\/p>\n<p>Quite a few times I was getting this question from my readers &#8211; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<li><strong>How to associate a VBA code to a button?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How to write a vba code which gets executed by clicking on a command button in excel vba.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Add a button to trigger my macro <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>and so on&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Here are 3 simple steps by which you can associate a code with a command button:<\/h2>\n<p><i><strong>Note:<\/strong> These steps are common for all the ActiveX Controls added in excel sheet like Text box, Radio Button, Check box etc.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Step 1: <\/h2>\n<p>Add your command button as shown in below picture:<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_4605\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4605\" src=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/Step-1.png\" alt=\"command button\" width=\"513\" height=\"246\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4605\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Add Button in Excel<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Step 2:<\/h2>\n<p>Double click on the Button (note: Before double clicking make sure that you are in design mode in excel macro as highlighted above)<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_4607\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4607\" src=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/Step-2.png\" alt=\"Command Button\" width=\"575\" height=\"257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4607\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Add code for Command Button<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>OR<\/h3>\n<p>You can right click on the command button and click on &#8220;View Code&#8221; as well<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_4612\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4612\" src=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/Step-2-1.png\" alt=\"View code of Command Button\" width=\"273\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4612\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View code of Command Button<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Step 3:<\/h2>\n<p>By default you will be taken to a screen as shown below.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_4608\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4608\" src=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/Step-3.png\" alt=\"Click Event for Command Button\" width=\"406\" height=\"239\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4608\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Event for Button<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn the above image as you can see in the right hand side there is a drop down which has all the events which can be triggered on this commandbutton like .&#8221;Click&#8221;, Double Click&#8221;, on focus etc. As you as select an event VBA screen will automatically take you to that event procedure syntax. <\/p>\n<p>There between &#8220;Sub&#8221; and &#8220;End Sub&#8221; you can write your own code or you call call any other function which you have already defined.<\/p>\n<h2>Note: The above 3 steps can be done for any of the ActiveX Controls added in your excel sheet. 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