Identifying the text box that called the macro

lodgernz

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I want to call a macro from a text box, but I need the macro to be able to retrieve the text in the text box. I can do this OK if I know the name of the textbox object, but there will be many text boxes, and so the macro needs to know which one called it.
Is it possible for a macro to be able to get the name of the textbox that called it?

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Try Application.Caller

Code:
Sub TextBox1_Click()
MsgBox Application.Caller
End Sub
 
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I used the following for checkboxes, maybe it will work for textboxes??

Code:
Dim cbox As CheckBox, s As String
Worksheets(Headerpg).Unprotect
' get the name of the checkbox calling the macro
s = Application.Caller
' now set a reference to that checkbox
Set cbox = Worksheets(Headerpg).CheckBoxes(s)

so possibly

Code:
Dim cbox As Textbox, s As String
Worksheets(Headerpg).Unprotect
' get the name of the checkbox calling the macro
s = Application.Caller
' now set a reference to that checkbox
Set cbox = Worksheets(Headerpg).Textbox(s)
 
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