I have a userform with a bunch of textboxes. End user inputs test data into form and after clicking "Submit" button, this info is saved to an excel sheet. I am wondering how to make it possible for user to input images from their computer into the form.
Requirements: End user be able to select an image from their computer and click submit on the form to have it inserted into an excel sheet.
Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()
Dim image As FileDialog
Set image = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
Dim vrtSelectedPicture As Variant
With image
If .Show = -1 Then
For Each vrtSelectedPicture In .SelectedItems
'Show path in textbox
TextBox71.Text = .SelectedItems(1)
Next vrtSelectedPicture
'The user pressed Cancel.
Else
End If
End With
'Set the object variable to Nothing
Set image = Nothing
End Sub
Sure, here is a sample code that may give you an idea about FileDialog.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.ButtonName = "Submit"
.Title = "Select an image file"
.Filters.Add "Image", "*.gif; *.jpg; *.jpeg", 1
If .Show = -1 Then
' file has been selected
' e.g. show path in textbox
Me.TextBox1.Text = .SelectedItems(1)
' e.g. display preview image in an image control
Me.Image1.PictureSizeMode = fmPictureSizeModeZoom
Me.Image1.Picture = LoadPicture(.SelectedItems(1))
Else
' user aborted the dialog
End If
End With
End Sub
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I am making a risk-type game for school that dynamically creates a 4x4 grid of buttons inside a table layout panel in visual basic. I have successfully created the panel and buttons with names that correspond to the row and column of the button. There are also two parallel arrays - one for button owner and the other for button number - that correspond to the owner of the button and the number of "armies" in the button. My issue is that when the user clicks a certain button, I need to reference the button name/value to know how many "armies" the button has to control the "attack" portion of the player's turn.
The following code creates the table layout panel and the buttons with names.
'Create table Dynamically
Dim ColCount As Integer = 4
Dim RowCount As Integer = 4
Dim f As New System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 15)
riskTable.AutoScroll = True
riskTable.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
riskTable.ColumnCount = ColCount
riskTable.RowCount = RowCount
For rowNo As Integer = 0 To riskTable.RowCount - 1
For columnNo As Integer = 0 To riskTable.ColumnCount - 1
Dim buttonname As String
buttonname = "B" & rowNo & columnNo
Dim button As Control = New Button
button.Size = New Size(179, 100)
button.Name = buttonname
button.Text = "1"
button.ForeColor = Color.White
button.Font = f
AddHandler button.Click, AddressOf buttonname_Click
riskTable.Controls.Add(button, columnNo, rowNo)
Next
Next
Me.Controls.Add(riskTable)
This is the dynamic event handler that I created. I tried using 'Me.Click' to get the name of the button, but it only returns the name of the form. I need to have code in here that references the name of the currently clicked button to then in turn reference the box owner and box number arrays.
Private Sub buttonname_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Click
MessageBox.Show(Me.Name)
End Sub
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I think that once I get this working, the rest of the game will be pretty simple to figure out.
Thanks!
Put the name in 'button.Tag' instead/also:
button.Tag = buttonname
Then it is easy to get the name with:
Private Sub buttonname_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Click
Dim result As String = CType(CType(sender, System.Windows.Forms.Button).Tag, String)
End Sub
(Check the System.Windows.Forms.Button though, might need some tweak to match your buttons inside the table. riskTable.Controls.button ?)
I am working with Power Point 2007 but there is no Add Ins menu tab and I can not find how to add it.
When PPT 2007 and onward runs code that creates "legacy" command bars or menu modifications, it automatically adds the Add-ins tab to the ribbon and puts the command bars/menu changes there. Here's some simple example code. You can run it as is, or save it as an add-in. Once the add-in is loaded, the Auto_Open code will run every time PPT starts up.
Sub Auto_Open()
Dim oToolbar As CommandBar
Dim oButton As CommandBarButton
Dim MyToolbar As String
' Give the toolbar a name
MyToolbar = "Kewl Tools"
On Error Resume Next
' so that it doesn't stop on the next line if the toolbar's already there
' Create the toolbar; PowerPoint will error if it already exists
Set oToolbar = CommandBars.Add(Name:=MyToolbar, _
Position:=msoBarFloating, Temporary:=True)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' The toolbar's already there, so we have nothing to do
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
' Now add a button to the new toolbar
Set oButton = oToolbar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton)
' And set some of the button's properties
With oButton
.DescriptionText = "This is my first button"
'Tooltip text when mouse if placed over button
.Caption = "Do Button1 Stuff"
'Text if Text in Icon is chosen
.OnAction = "Button1"
'Runs the Sub Button1() code when clicked
.Style = msoButtonIcon
' Button displays as icon, not text or both
.FaceId = 52
' chooses icon #52 from the available Office icons
End With
' Repeat the above for as many more buttons as you need to add
' Be sure to change the .OnAction property at least for each new button
' You can set the toolbar position and visibility here if you like
' By default, it'll be visible when created. Position will be ignored in PPT 2007 and later
oToolbar.Top = 150
oToolbar.Left = 150
oToolbar.Visible = True
NormalExit:
Exit Sub ' so it doesn't go on to run the errorhandler code
ErrorHandler:
'Just in case there is an error
MsgBox Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description
Resume NormalExit:
End Sub
Sub Button1()
' This code will run when you click Button 1 added above
' Add a similar subroutine for each additional button you create on the toolbar
' This is just some silly example code.
' You'd put your real working code here to do whatever
' it is that you want to do
MsgBox "Stop poking the pig!"
End Sub
Using masked box in the form
masked1.mask = ##:##
In form load, masked1 display as __:__
Once user enter the values like 08:00 then reset means it should display again like this __:__
How to do this?
To clear a MaskEditBox you set the Text property to an empty string, however when the PromptInclude property is True you'll get an error. I would suggest writing a Sub method that you can call when you want to clear it.
Private Sub ClearMaskedEditBox(ByVal vMaskEditBox As MaskEdBox)
Dim strMask As String
strMask = vMaskEditBox.Mask 'save the current mask
vMaskEditBox.Mask = "" 'clear the control's mask
vMaskEditBox.Text = "" 'clear the text
vMaskEditBox.Mask = strMask 'reset the mask
End Sub
To use you call the Sub with the MaskEditBox control you want to clear.
Call ClearMaskedEditBox(masked1)
I have an Excel 2007 Worksheet with many buttons and labels that act as menu options (i.e. user clicks the buttons, labels with images) and is presented with forms, or some thing else.
These images / icons for the buttons and labels are loaded in VBA by assigning the Picture property of the Control and calling LoadPicture() method with the full image file path as parameter, like So.
With SomeFormObject
.cmdOpenFile.Picture = LoadPicture("F:\projectname\images\fileopen.BMP")
End With
This method of loading images for buttons, other controls is causing 2 issues.
1) It creates a dependency on the image files and physical location for every user, so if a user does not have the drive mapped and files present, the VBA fails with runtime error of file or path not found.
2)
The app gets very slow if the images are on a shared drive (which is the case)
I want to eliminate both issues and somehow load icons, images into control internally, without any external dependencies on external image files.
What is the best way to achieve this in Excel 2007 VBA?
I could not file any Visual Basic 6.0 / Visual Studio style "Resource File Editor" / feature with which to accomplish this.
Please advice! thank you
-Shiva #
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I really hope that there is a easier way to do this, but this is the only one I found:
The Idea is:
You keep the Pictures embedded in a Sheet and every time you want to set the pictures for the Command you export them from your worksheet to a file and load them through LoadPicture. The only way to export an embedded Picture through VBA that I found is by making it a Chart first.
The following code is based on 'Export pictures from Excel' from johnske
Option Explicit
Sub setAllPictures()
setPicture "Picture 18", "CommandButtonOpen"
setPicture "Picture 3", "CommandButtonClose"
End Sub
Sub setPicture(pictureName As String, commandName As String)
Dim pictureSheet As Worksheet
Dim targetSheet As Worksheet
Dim embeddedPicture As Picture
Dim pictureChart As Chart
Dim MyPicture As String
Dim PicWidth As Long
Dim PicHeight As Long
Set pictureSheet = Sheets("NameOfYourPictureSheet") ' <- to Change '
Set targetSheet = Sheets("NameOfYourSheet") ' <- to Change '
Set embeddedPicture = pictureSheet.Shapes(pictureName).OLEFormat.Object
With embeddedPicture
MyPicture = .Name
PicHeight = .ShapeRange.Height
PicWidth = .ShapeRange.Width
End With
Charts.Add
ActiveChart.Location Where:=xlLocationAsObject, Name:=pictureSheet.Name
Set pictureChart = ActiveChart
embeddedPicture.Border.LineStyle = 0
With pictureChart.Parent
.Width = PicWidth
.Height = PicHeight
End With
With pictureSheet
.Select
.Shapes(MyPicture).Copy
With pictureChart
.ChartArea.Select
.Paste
End With
.ChartObjects(1).Chart.Export Filename:="temp.jpg", FilterName:="jpg"
End With
pictureChart.Parent.Delete
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
targetSheet.Shapes(commandName).OLEFormat.Object.Object.Picture = LoadPicture("temp.jpg")
Set pictureChart = Nothing
Set embeddedPicture = Nothing
Set targetSheet = Nothing
Set pictureSheet = Nothing
End Sub
Sub listPictures()
' Helper Function to get the Names of the Picture-Shapes '
Dim pictureSheet As Worksheet
Dim sheetShape As Shape
Set pictureSheet = Sheets("NameOfYourSheet")
For Each sheetShape In pictureSheet.Shapes
If Left(sheetShape.Name, 7) = "Picture" Then Debug.Print sheetShape.Name
Next sheetShape
Set sheetShape = Nothing
Set pictureSheet = Nothing
End Sub
To Conclude:
Loading the Images from a Mapped Networked Drive seems less messy, and there shouldn't be that much of a speed difference.
2 alternatives i can think of: form.img.picture=pastepicture , and = oleobjects("ActiveXPictureName").object.picture.
I'm trying to create a toolbar with a button that will change the LanguageID for all shapes and text boxes in a PowerPoint document to EnglishUS. This is to fix a problem where if someone spell-checks a document using another language (in this instance, French), that language is embedded into the .ppt file itself. When another user tries to spell-check the same area using another language, say English, the words the spell checker suggests are in the original language. For instance, it tried to correct the word 'specified' to 'specifie', a French word. From what I've read, the only way to fix this language issue is with a VBscript, and the only way to run a VBscript in Powerpoint without embedding it into a .ppt and loading that file every time is by creating an add-in with a toolbar button to run the macro, also using VBS. Below is the code which I've taken from various sources, and when I tried to put it together, it didn't work (although it did compile). If someone could take a look, I'm sure its a simple syntax error or something like that, it would be a HUGE help. Thanks in advance!!
By the way if anyone knows an easier way to run a macro in PPT without having to open a certain PPT every time, I'm ALL ears.
and now, the script:
Sub Auto_Open()
Dim oToolbar As CommandBar
Dim oButton As CommandBarButton
Dim MyToolbar As String
''# Give the toolbar a name
MyToolbar = "Fix Language"
On Error Resume Next
''# so that it doesn't stop on the next line if the toolbar's already there
''# Create the toolbar; PowerPoint will error if it already exists
Set oToolbar = CommandBars.Add(Name:=MyToolbar, _
Position:=msoBarFloating, Temporary:=True)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
''# The toolbar's already there, so we have nothing to do
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
''# Now add a button to the new toolbar
Set oButton = oToolbar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton)
''# And set some of the button's properties
With oButton
.DescriptionText = "Fix Language for Spell Check"
''# Tooltip text when mouse if placed over button
.Caption = "Click to Run Script"
''# Text if Text in Icon is chosen
.OnAction = "Button1"
''# Runs the Sub Button1() code when clicked
.Style = msoButtonIcon
''# Button displays as icon, not text or both
.FaceId = 59
End With
''# Repeat the above for as many more buttons as you need to add
''# Be sure to change the .OnAction property at least for each new button
''# You can set the toolbar position and visibility here if you like
''# By default, it'll be visible when created
oToolbar.Top = 150
oToolbar.Left = 150
oToolbar.Visible = True
NormalExit:
Exit Sub ''# so it doesn't go on to run the errorhandler code
ErrorHandler:
''# Just in case there is an error
MsgBox Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description
Resume NormalExit:
End Sub
Sub Button1()
''# This is the code to replace the LanguageID throughout the ppt
Option Explicit
Public Sub ChangeSpellCheckingLanguage()
Dim j As Integer, k As Integer, scount As Integer, fcount As Integer
scount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
For j = 1 To scount
fcount = ActivePresentation.Slides(j).Shapes.Count
For k = 1 To fcount
If ActivePresentation.Slides(j).Shapes(k).HasTextFrame Then
ActivePresentation.Slides(j).Shapes(k) _
.TextFrame.TextRange.LanguageID = msoLanguageIDEnglishUS
End If
Next k
Next j
End Sub
End Sub
The answer is quite obvious if it is not clear yet.
As you can see the sub Button1() encapsulates another sub. Thus, I advise you to remove the call ChangeSpellingCheckingLanguage and the last End sub, then your code will work.
This may be an incredibly late answer, but I just solved this problem using VBScript (which can be run outside of powerpoint). The script as written will change the language of each powerpoint file in a given directory (and subdirectories) to English. Here's the script:
Option Explicit
'microsoft office constants
Const msoTrue = -1
Const msoFalse = 0
Const msoLanguageIDEnglishUS = 1033
Const msoGroup = 6
'starting folder (current folder)
Const START_FOLDER = ".\"
'valid powerpoint file extensions
Dim FILE_EXTENSIONS : FILE_EXTENSIONS = Array("pptx", "pptm", "ppt", "potx", "potm", "pot")
'desired language for all Text
Dim DESIRED_LANGUAGE : DESIRED_LANGUAGE = msoLanguageIDEnglishUS
'VBScript file system objects for starting folder
Dim objFSO : Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objStartingFolder : Set objStartingFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(START_FOLDER)
IterateContainingItems objStartingFolder
'recursive subroutine to iterate each file in specified folder and all subfolders
Sub IterateContainingItems(objCurrentFolder)
Dim colFiles : Set colFiles = objCurrentFolder.Files
Dim objCurrentFile
For Each objCurrentFile in colFiles
ReportInfo(objCurrentFile)
Next
Dim colFolders : Set colFolders = objCurrentFolder.SubFolders
Dim objNextFolder
For Each objNextFolder in colFolders
IterateContainingItems objNextFolder
Next
End Sub
'subroutine executed for every file iterated by IterateContainingItems subroutine
Sub ReportInfo(objCurrentFile)
Dim strPathToFile
strPathToFile = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(objCurrentFile.Path)
If isPowerpointFile(strPathToFile) Then
Dim objPowerpointApp, objPresentations, objPresentation, objSlides, intSlideCount
set objPowerpointApp = CreateObject("Powerpoint.Application")
set objPresentations = objPowerpointApp.Presentations
Set objPresentation = objPresentations.Open(strPathToFile, msoFalse, msoFalse, msoFalse)
Set objSlides = objPresentation.Slides
intSlideCount = objSlides.Count
ResetLanguage objPresentation
objPresentation.Save
objPresentation.Close
objPowerpointApp.Quit
End If
End Sub
'check if given filepath specifies a powerpoint file as described by the "constant" extension array
Function isPowerpointFile(strFilePath)
Dim strExtension, found, i
strExtension = objFSO.GetExtensionName(strFilePath)
found = false
for i = 0 to ubound(FILE_EXTENSIONS)
if FILE_EXTENSIONS(i) = strExtension then
found = true
exit for
end if
next
isPowerpointFile = found
End Function
'finds every shape in the entire document and attempts to reset its LanguageID
Sub ResetLanguage(objCurrentPresentation)
Dim objShape
'change shapes from presentation-wide masters
If objCurrentPresentation.HasHandoutMaster Then
For Each objShape in objCurrentPresentation.HandoutMaster.Shapes
ChangeLanguage objShape
Next
End If
If objCurrentPresentation.HasNotesMaster Then
For Each objShape in objCurrentPresentation.NotesMaster.Shapes
ChangeLanguage objShape
Next
End If
If objCurrentPresentation.HasTitleMaster = msoTrue Then
For Each objShape in objCurrentPresentation.TitleMaster.Shapes
ChangeLanguage objShape
Next
End If
'change shapes from each design's master
Dim tempDesign
For Each tempDesign in objCurrentPresentation.Designs
For Each objShape in tempDesign.SlideMaster.Shapes
ChangeLanguage objShape
Next
Next
'change shapes from each slide
Dim tempSlide
For Each tempSlide in objCurrentPresentation.Slides
For Each objShape in tempSlide.Shapes
ChangeLanguage objShape
Next
If tempSlide.hasNotesPage Then
For Each objShape in tempSlide.NotesPage.Shapes
ChangeLanguage objShape
Next
End If
Next
End Sub
'if the given shape contains a text element, it checks and corrects the LanguageID
'if the given shape is a group, it iterates through each element in the group
Sub ChangeLanguage(objShape)
If objShape.Type = msoGroup Then
Dim objShapeGroup : Set objShapeGroup = objShape.GroupItems
Dim objShapeChild
For Each objShapeChild in objShapeGroup
ChangeLanguage objShapeChild
Next
Else
If objShape.HasTextFrame Then
Dim intOrigLanguage : intOrigLanguage = objShape.TextFrame.TextRange.LanguageID
If Not intOrigLanguage = DESIRED_LANGUAGE Then
If objShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Length = 0 Then
objShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "[PLACEHOLDER_TEXT_TO_DELETE]"
End If
objShape.TextFrame.TextRange.LanguageID = DESIRED_LANGUAGE
If objShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "[PLACEHOLDER_TEXT_TO_DELETE]" Then
objShape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = ""
End If
End If
End If
End If
End Sub
To run it, just copy and paste the code into a text editor and save it as "script_name.vbs" in the directory with your powerpoint files. Run it by double clicking the script and waiting.
To load a macro every time PowerPoint is opened, you will want to create a PowerPoint AddIn. Microsoft has provided step-by-step guide for Office XP. For Office 2007 and newer, AFAIK the following steps will do that:
Save file as *.ppam into the directory it suggests (%APPDATA%\Microsoft\AddIns)
Open the Settings (click the office button in the top left corner and select "PowerPoint Options"), select the "Add-Ins" page, choose "PowerPoint Add-Ins" in the drop-down behind "Manage" and click the "Go" button. A dialog opens. Selecting "Add New" brings up a file picker dialog. You should be able to select the file there.
You can also use the Office Custom UI Editor to create ribbons.
However, I have already created such a Language Fixer Add-In for current versions of PowerPoint, and I have put it up for free download for personal use: PowerPoint Language Fixer by Jan Schejbal