Parent property example

The following example uses the Parent property to refer to the control or form that contains a specific control.

To use this example, copy this sample code to the Declarations portion of a form. Make sure that the form contains:

• Two Label controls named Label1 and Label2.
• A CommandButton named CommandButton1.
• One or more additional controls of your choice.

Dim MyControl As Object 
Dim MyParent As Object 
Dim ControlsIndex As Integer 
 
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() 
 ControlsIndex = 0 
 CommandButton1.Caption = "Get Control and Parent" 
 CommandButton1.AutoSize = True 
 CommandButton1.WordWrap = True 
End Sub 
 
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() 
 'Process Controls collection for UserForm 
 Set MyControl = Controls.Item(ControlsIndex) 
 Set MyParent = MyControl.Parent 
 Label1.Caption = MyControl.Name 
 Label2.Caption = MyParent.Name 
 
 'Prepare index for next control on Userform 
 ControlsIndex = ControlsIndex + 1 
 If ControlsIndex >= Controls.Count Then 
 ControlsIndex = 0 
 End If 
End Sub

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