Insert checkbox using button

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harveya915

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I'm new to this so bare with me.

I have an excel sheet with data on it in columns B-G. The amount of Rows with data will vary, beginning from row 6-?, but always continuous, no rows will be empty.

I would like to click a button and have checkboxes inserted in columns H,I,J only on the rows with data on them.

P.S. When people on here provide codes for me, I ask them to provide a small explanation as to what the code does, I then save all these codes for future reference. If you could please do the same, I would really appreciate it.

This is an example, the green is the description...
'Make Sheet1 active
Sheet1.Activate

'Transfer information
ActiveCell.Value = UserForm2.TextBox4.Value
ActiveCell.Offset(rowOffset:=0, columnOffset:=1).Value = UserForm2.ComboBox2.Value
ActiveCell.Offset(rowOffset:=0, columnOffset:=2).Value = Now

Much Thanks!
 

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You will no doubt need to make changes to the following code based on your actual requirements, but this should get you started...

Code: 
[COLOR=darkblue]Sub[/COLOR] AddCheckBoxes()
    
    [COLOR=darkblue]Dim[/COLOR] oChkBx [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] CheckBox
    [COLOR=darkblue]Dim[/COLOR] i [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Long[/COLOR], j [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Long[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]Dim[/COLOR] LastRow [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] Long
    
    [COLOR=green]'Find the last used row in the active sheet[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        LastRow = .Rows.Count + .Rows(1).Row - 1
    [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
    
    [COLOR=green]'Loop from Row 6 to the last row[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]For[/COLOR] i = 6 [COLOR=darkblue]To[/COLOR] LastRow
        [COLOR=green]'Add a checkbox in Column H of the current row[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]Set[/COLOR] oChkBx = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(Left:=Cells(i, "H").Left, Top:=Cells(i, "H").Top, Width:=24, Height:=16)
        [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] oChkBx
            .Caption = "" [COLOR=green]'remove caption from checkbox[/COLOR]
            .Value = xlOff [COLOR=green]'make sure checkbox is unchecked[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]Set[/COLOR] oChkBx = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(Left:=Cells(i, "I").Left, Top:=Cells(i, "I").Top, Width:=24, Height:=16)
        [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] oChkBx
            .Caption = ""
            .Value = xlOff
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]Set[/COLOR] oChkBx = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(Left:=Cells(i, "J").Left, Top:=Cells(i, "J").Top, Width:=24, Height:=16)
        [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] oChkBx
            .Caption = ""
            .Value = xlOff
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]Next[/COLOR] i
    
[COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Sub[/COLOR]

Hope this helps!
 
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Quick questions, I'm assuming this will go in the Sheet1 Code window and not in the UserForm1 Code window?
Secondly, In The Sheet1 code window I have:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Do I leave that there and just paste the code underneath? Or just remove the Private word?
 
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Do you want the code to run when when you click on the commandbutton?
 
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And do you already have code for that commandbutton?
 
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yes, I want it to run when i click on the button.
I have already created the button. The only code that shows up is in the Sheet1 Window with:
Code: 
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

However, I did play around with it a bit, I copy/pasted your code right underneath the code mentioned above, and removed the part from your code that reads
Code: 
Sub AddCheckBoxes()

This Seems to be working so far, unless there is another "Correct" way to do it.

Another quick question: what part do I alter in order to center the checkbox inside the cell? If I can take a quick guess, would it be replace the parts that say Left?
 
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I tried changing "LEFT" to "CENTER" and it doesn't seem to help.
Also, when I change the Width and Height, it only seems to move the boxes down.
Any Idea?
 
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Try...

Code: 
[COLOR=darkblue]Private[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Sub[/COLOR] CommandButton1_Click()
    
    [COLOR=darkblue]Dim[/COLOR] oChkBx [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] CheckBox
    [COLOR=darkblue]Dim[/COLOR] i [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Long[/COLOR], j [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Long[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]Dim[/COLOR] LastRow [COLOR=darkblue]As[/COLOR] Long
    
    [COLOR=green]'Find the last used row in the active sheet[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        LastRow = .Rows.Count + .Rows(1).Row - 1
    [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
    
    [COLOR=green]'Loop from Row 6 to the last row[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]For[/COLOR] i = 6 [COLOR=darkblue]To[/COLOR] LastRow
        [COLOR=green]'Add a checkbox in Column H of the current row[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]Set[/COLOR] oChkBx = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(Left:=0, Top:=0, Width:=24, Height:=16)
        [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] oChkBx
            .Left = Cells(i, "H").Left + (Cells(i, "H").Width - .Width) / 2 [COLOR=green]'center horizontally[/COLOR]
            .Top = Cells(i, "H").Top + (Cells(i, "H").Height - .Height) / 2 [COLOR=green]'center vertically[/COLOR]
            .Caption = "" [COLOR=green]'remove caption from checkbox[/COLOR]
            .Value = xlOff [COLOR=green]'make sure checkbox is unchecked[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]Set[/COLOR] oChkBx = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(Left:=0, Top:=0, Width:=24, Height:=16)
        [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] oChkBx
            .Left = Cells(i, "I").Left + (Cells(i, "I").Width - .Width) / 2
            .Top = Cells(i, "I").Top + (Cells(i, "I").Height - .Height) / 2
            .Caption = ""
            .Value = xlOff
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]Set[/COLOR] oChkBx = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(Left:=0, Top:=0, Width:=24, Height:=16)
        [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR] oChkBx
            .Left = Cells(i, "J").Left + (Cells(i, "J").Width - .Width) / 2
            .Top = Cells(i, "J").Top + (Cells(i, "J").Height - .Height) / 2
            .Caption = ""
            .Value = xlOff
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]With[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]Next[/COLOR] i
    
[COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Sub[/COLOR]
 
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Would you care to tell us what you want to happen when you click on these check boxes?

There are a lot of ways to perform certain task without needing a button to perform a task

Writing code for each of these check boxes could be a task.

Why not use a code where if you double click on a cell or enter some data into a cell something will happen.

This could be done with just a short amount of code and would not have to written for each cell.

For example if B1.value=Me then C1.value=You
 
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