Button.Application Property

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Gets an Application object that represents the creator of the Button.

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 Application As Application

public Application Application { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application
An Application object that represents the creator of the Button.

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