How to get a name of control by name?

Question

I have a simple function where there\'s a combo box. If combo box\'s value is equal to \"Disable\", I\'ll disable textbox B. There are many combo boxes with their correspond

Answer 1

VBA

Edit: (Change for an actual VBA macro)

Sub Macro1()
'
' GetControl By Name
'
    If value_of_a = "disable" Then
        GetControl(ComboBox1.Name + "_status").Enabled = False
    End If

End Sub

Function GetControl(nameOfControl As String) As OLEObject
    Dim ctrl As OLEObject

    For Each ctrl In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
        If ctrl.Name = nameOfControl Then
            Set GetControl = ctrl
        End If
    Next ctrl
End Function

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VB.Net

Code for VB.Net if anyone wants it for that reason:

Sub Main()
    If value_of_a = "disable" Then 
        GetControl(ComboBox_1.Name + "_status").Enabled = False
    End If
End Sub

Function GetControl(nameOfControl As String) As Control
    For Each ctrl In Me.Controls
        If ctrl.Name = nameOfControl Then
            Return ctrl
        End If
    Next ctrl

    Return Nothing
End Function

Answer 2

I'm not sure how you are calling this, but here's a self-contained procedure that should help:

Sub test()

Dim ws As Excel.Worksheet
Dim ProductCombo As OLEObject
Dim ProductText As OLEObject

Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
With ws
    Set ProductCombo = .OLEObjects("Product1")
    Set ProductText = .OLEObjects(ProductCombo.Name & "_status")
    ProductText.Enabled = ProductCombo.Object.Text <> "Disabled"
End With
End Sub

EDIT: I really hate worksheet controls - I start from scratch every time I program them! Nonetheless, I thought I'd add this subroutine which resets every textbox whose name fits the patter Product#_status, according to its paired combobox. The logic does assume the names start with Product1, Product2, etc., without a gap in the numbering:

Sub test2()

Dim ws As Excel.Worksheet
Dim ctl As OLEObject
Dim i As Long
Dim ProductComboboxesCount
Dim ProductCombo As OLEObject
Dim ProductText As OLEObject
Const ControlPrefix As String = "Product"

Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
With ws
    For Each ctl In .OLEObjects
        If TypeOf ctl.Object Is MSForms.ComboBox And Left(ctl.Name, Len(ControlPrefix)) = ControlPrefix Then
            ProductComboboxesCount = ProductComboboxesCount + 1
        End If
    Next ctl
    For i = 1 To ProductComboboxesCount
        Set ProductCombo = .OLEObjects(ControlPrefix & i)
        Set ProductText = .OLEObjects(ControlPrefix & i & "_status")
        ProductText.Enabled = ProductCombo.Object.Text <> "Disabled"
    Next i
End With
End Sub