WD2000: How to Create a Macro That Adds a Command Button with Code to a Document

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications sample code allows for user intervention between macros. This sample code runs in the following sequence:

1. The macro adds a command button to an open Microsoft Word document.
2. The macro 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.
3. When the command button is clicked, another macro is run.
4. The button and code are removed from the document.

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1. Type or paste 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
   					

2. Type the following sample code in a text file, such as 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
   					

3. Save the text file as "C:\Buttoncode.txt".

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