How to click programmatically on a shape

Hi,

Is it possible to click (not to select) programmatically on a shape in order to start a procedure (sub)?

The code below selects the grey shape, but i need code that "click's" on it (an artificial click fired by code).

Insert my test code below in a module and run Draw_Shapes. After clicking the red shape i want the message "My color is grey" to appear, via the grey shape.

[vba]Sub Draw_Shapes()
Dim sh As Shape
For Each sh In ActiveSheet.Shapes
sh.Delete
Next
ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape(1, Left:=ThisWorkbook.Application.Range("A1").Left + 10, Top:=ThisWorkbook.Application.Range("A1").Top + 2, Width:=50, Height:=50).Select
Selection.Name = "GreyShape"
Selection.OnAction = " My_Color_Is_Grey"
With Selection.ShapeRange.Line
.Visible = msoTrue
.Weight = 1
End With
With Selection.ShapeRange.Fill
.Visible = msoTrue
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(150, 150, 150)
.Transparency = 0
.Solid
End With
ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape(1, Left:=ThisWorkbook.Application.Range("E1").Left + 10, Top:=ThisWorkbook.Application.Range("E1").Top + 2, Width:=100, Height:=50).Select
Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.Characters.Text = "Click programmatically on left left"
Selection.OnAction = "Activate_MyColorIsGrey"
With Selection.ShapeRange.Line
.Visible = msoTrue
.Weight = 1
End With
With Selection.ShapeRange.Fill
.Visible = msoTrue
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 0, 0)
.Transparency = 0
.Solid
End With
End Sub


Sub My_Color_Is_Grey()
MsgBox "My color is Grey"
End Sub


Sub Activate_MyColorIsGrey()
ActiveSheet.Shapes("GreyShape").Select
End Sub
[/vba] Greatings,
Stranno

Greetings,

Unless I am mis-reading (it happens:dunno ), why not simply have the code call 'Activate_MyColorIsGrey'?

Mark

How about (untested):
[vba]set tmp = ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape(1, Left:=ThisWorkbook.Application.Range("E1").Left + 10, Top:=ThisWorkbook.Application.Range("E1").Top + 2, Width:=100, Height:=50)
with tmp
.name = "GreyShape"
.OnAction = "Book1!My_Color_Is_Grey" 'Book1 being workbook name
...
end with
[/vba]

Perhaps
[vba]Sub Activate_MyColorIsGrey()
Application.Run ActiveSheet.Shapes("GreyShape").OnAction
End Sub[/vba]

Hi there,

Thanx for your commants.

Meanwhile I solved my problem with a workaround, but the initial problem is not solved yet.

I was looking for something like:
ActiveSheet.Shapes (Application.Caller) in general and adapted to my case someting like: ActiveSheet.Shapes (ActiveSheet.Shapes("GreyShape")(Application.Caller)). But That doesn 't work.

Thanx again

greetings, stranno

Yes Alfatoon! That's the solution.
Thanx a lot!

greetings, stranno

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Aflatoon

Perhaps
[vba]Sub Activate_MyColorIsGrey()
Application.Run ActiveSheet.Shapes("GreyShape").OnAction
End Sub[/vba]

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No obstinence intended, and I would not have thought of that "in a million years."

Mostly just cat-killin' curiousity I suppose: I remain not understanding why we cannot just call the procedure that is called by the button?

Mark

Hi mark, I like your curiosity. In fact I am just like you. I try to explain. In my real program there is no extra button. I needed this button just to to show what i wanted to achieve, namely to fire the macro which is linked to a shape (of which the name is known) while nobody is clicking on it.

Kind regards,
Stranno

Thank you Stranno :-)

nonetheless: it seems very unlikely you do not know which macro has been 'attached' to that shape (e.g. 'M_stranno_001')

so you can 'call' that macro simply using it's name

[vba]
sub M_snb()
M_stranno_001
end sub
[/vba]

hi snb,

Hi snb,

A user clicks on a shape. Based on a specific set of properties (color, relative position with respect to other shapes, width etc) a macro is being fired. Calculations are being made, and based on the outcome, the size of the shape changes. After that the user can select additional criteria (this is optional) and again
calculation are being made. But in order to start the right macro (there are a few of them), the user had to click on the same shape again. And this i found not very elegant. I wanted to automate this by using the name of the shape which was stored somewhere. Aflatoon 's proposal was the solution in my case. Ofcourse there are more roads leading to Rome (Dutch saying). But this worked for me.

Maar evenmin elegant...:)