Parent Property Example

The following example uses the Parent property to refer to the control or form that contains a specific control.

To use this example, copy this sample code to the Script Editor of a form. To run the code you need to open the form so the Open event will activate. Make sure that the form contains:

• Two Label controls named Label1 and Label2.
• A CommandButton named CommandButton1.
• One or more additional controls of your choice.

Dim MyControl
Dim MyParent 
Dim ControlsIndex

Sub Item_Open()
  Set CommandButton1 = Item.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("P.2").CommandButton1
  ControlsIndex = 0
  CommandButton1.Caption = "Get Control and Parent"
  CommandButton1.AutoSize = True
  CommandButton1.WordWrap = True
End Sub

Sub CommandButton1_Click()
  Set Label1 = Item.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("P.2").Label1
  Set Label2 = Item.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("P.2").Label2

  'Process Controls collection for UserForm
  Set MyControl = Item.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("P.2").Controls.Item(ControlsIndex)
  Set MyParent = MyControl.Parent
  Label1.Caption = MyControl.Name
  Label2.Caption = MyParent.Name
      
  'Prepare index for next control on Userform
  ControlsIndex = ControlsIndex + 1
  If ControlsIndex >= Item.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("P.2").Controls.Count Then
    ControlsIndex = 0
  End If
End Sub