Detect if a Form Control option button is selected in VBA

Ettelaiv picture Ettelaiv · Jun 5, 2015 · Viewed 103.7k times · Source

I have a code that work just fine using ActiveX option buttons. However, I want the macro to run on a Mac as well so I am trying to replace my ActiveX controls with form controls. With ActiveX, all I had to do in order to check if one of my two option buttons was selected is:

    Sub OptionButton1_Click
    If OptionButton1.Value = true then
        (action...)
    End if
    End sub

I have been trying to find an equivalent for Form Controls on Google but each time I get an:

Object required error

Thank you very much for your answers @L42 and @Sai Nishank! Now what if I want to check in an OptionButton_Click if an option button from an other group is true ? I tried this syntax but I get an error message : "Compile error Method or Data not found"

    Sub USDButton_Click()
    MsgBox "USD"
    If Sheet1.BTUButton = True Then
    (action1)
    End If
     If Sheet1.kWhButton = True Then
    (action2)
     End If

I am not sure if BTUButton is the correct name of the button, but I don't where to check, form controls don't have that handy "Right Click > Properties" like ActiveX

Answer

L42 picture L42 · Jun 5, 2015

If you are using a Form Control, you can get the same property as ActiveX by using OLEFormat.Object property of the Shape Object. Better yet assign it in a variable declared as OptionButton to get the Intellisense kick in.

Dim opt As OptionButton

With Sheets("Sheet1") ' Try to be always explicit
    Set opt = .Shapes("Option Button 1").OLEFormat.Object ' Form Control
    Debug.Pring opt.Value ' returns 1 (true) or -4146 (false)
End With

But then again, you really don't need to know the value.
If you use Form Control, you associate a Macro or sub routine with it which is executed when it is selected. So you just need to set up a sub routine that identifies which button is clicked and then execute a corresponding action for it.

For example you have 2 Form Control Option Buttons.

Sub CheckOptions()
    Select Case Application.Caller
    Case "Option Button 1"
    ' Action for option button 1
    Case "Option Button 2"
    ' Action for option button 2
    End Select
End Sub

In above code, you have only one sub routine assigned to both option buttons.
Then you test which called the sub routine by checking Application.Caller.
This way, no need to check whether the option button value is true or false.