Button.Creator Property

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Gets a value that indicates the application in which the Button was created.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Creator As XlCreator

public XlCreator Creator { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlCreator
The xlCreatorCode.

Remarks

Because the Button was created in Microsoft Office Excel, this property returns the string XCEL, which is equivalent to the hexadecimal number 5843454C.

Examples

The following code example adds a Button control to the current worksheet. The Click event handler for this button displays the values of the Creator and Application properties.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub DisplayCreatorAndApplication()
    Dim CreatorButton1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button = _
        Me.Controls.AddButton(Me.Range("B2", "C3"), "CreatorButton1")
    CreatorButton1.Text = "Click to view creator and application" 
    AddHandler CreatorButton1.Click, AddressOf CreatorButton_Click
End Sub 

Private Sub CreatorButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim ClickedButton As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button = _
        CType(sender, Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button)

    Dim ApplicationString As String = "The current application is " & _
        ClickedButton.Application.Name.ToString()

    If ClickedButton.Creator = Excel.XlCreator.xlCreatorCode Then
        MsgBox(ApplicationString & ". Created by Microsoft Excel")
    Else
        MsgBox(ApplicationString & _
            ". Created by an application other than Microsfot Excel")
    End If 
End Sub

private void DisplayCreatorAndApplication()
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button creatorButton1 =
            this.Controls.AddButton(this.Range["B2", "C3"],
            "creatorButton1");
    creatorButton1.Text = "Click to view creator and application";
    creatorButton1.Click += new EventHandler(creatorButton_Click);
}

void creatorButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button clickedButton =
        (Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button)sender;

    string applicationString = "The current application is " +
        clickedButton.Application.Name.ToString();

    if (clickedButton.Creator == Excel.XlCreator.xlCreatorCode)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(applicationString +
            ". Created by Microsoft Excel");
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox.Show(applicationString +
            ". Created by an application other than Microsfot Excel");
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Button Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls Namespace