ActionControl Property

Returns the CommandBarControl object whose OnAction property is set to the running procedure. If the running procedure was not initiated by a command bar control, this property returns Nothing. Read-only.

Example

This example creates a command bar named “Custom”, adds three buttons to it, and then uses the ActionControl property and the Tag property to determine which command bar button was last clicked.

Set myBar = CommandBars _
    .Add(Name:="Custom", Position:=msoBarTop, _
    Temporary:=True)
Set buttonOne = myBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton)
With buttonOne
    .FaceId = 133
    .Tag = "RightArrow"
    .OnAction = "whichButton"
End With
Set buttonTwo = myBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton)
With buttonTwo
    .FaceId = 134
    .Tag = "UpArrow"
    .OnAction = "whichButton"
End With
Set buttonThree = myBar.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton)
With buttonThree
    .FaceId = 135
    .Tag = "DownArrow"
    .OnAction = "whichButton"
End With
myBar.Visible = True
		

The whichButton subroutine responds to the OnAction method and determines which command bar button was last clicked.

Sub whichButton()
Select Case CommandBars.ActionControl.Tag
    Case "RightArrow"
        MsgBox ("Right Arrow button clicked.")
    Case "UpArrow"
        MsgBox ("Up Arrow button clicked.")
    Case "DownArrow"
        MsgBox ("Down Arrow button clicked.")
End Select
End Sub