This isn't something I have attempted, but I was able to get a working procedure into the userform code module from a button on the form. I say working, because I dropped the form and added the button manually (the code was still there) and ran the form and the event fired. As a trouble shooting aid, I put in a textbox and a commandbutton to put the code from the module on the form. This ran fine before I programmatically added the button, but if I did it after I added the button (and code), I got the error you report. My code to create the event is in the userform code module as I suspect yours is. On Chip Pearson's site
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/vbe.htm
he cautions against this:
"Also, you may get unpredictable results if you attempt to modify a code module's code from that same module. That is, having code in Module1 modify the contents of Module1. I recommend that you do not do this."
My personal preference is to create all the controls up front with the appropriate events and then make them visible or not depending on the situation. This can also be done by controlling the height of the userform. I am sure you have seen dialogs that have a button to show detail and the dialog get much longer with additional controls when the button is pushed. This is simply done by having a complete userform with the height set to show only the top portion of the form, then changing it to include the remainder when the button is pushed.
John Walkenbach shows how to create a userform completely with code, but he does this before he attempts to show the form and uses the designer object which is equivalent to doing it manually as I understand it. Once everything is in place, he shows the form.
So if you still think you need to modify the code, you might drop the form, return to the calling routine where you call code to make the changes, then show the form again. I didn't try that, but if I had to, I think that is the next thing I would try.
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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy
i had to change the line to be 2-part
msgtext = "You done it"
.InsertLines StartLineNum, (MsgBox(msgText, vbOKOnly))
this eliminated a error i was getting with the code
however, the event handler error is still there
i tried this alternate approach which did create the code, but the code does not function when i press the newly created command button
(ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING ON THE SAME FORM WHICH REMAINS LOADED AND OPEN FOR THE DURATION -is this part of the problem?)
Set VBCodeMod = ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents("frmTimeClock").CodeModule
With VBCodeMod
msgtext = "you done it"
StartLineNum = .CountOfLines + 1
.InsertLines StartLineNum, "Private sub " & mycmd.Name & "_click()" & Chr(13) & _
"msgbox (msgtext)" & Chr(13) & _
"end sub"
End With
additionally, after running this procedure, i will get this message upon clicking another (but not all) of the other command buttons on the sheet:
"object invoked disconnected from client"
UGH !
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