Hide / Unhide Buttons with the help of a code

    Try this approach with no additional macros needed.

    Place this code at the end of your GenerateXML macro:

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    With ActiveSheet
    .Shapes.Range(Array("Button 1")).Visible = False
    .Shapes.Range(Array("Button 2")).Visible = True
End With

    Place this code at the end of your ClearData macro:

    Code
    With ActiveSheet
    .Shapes.Range(Array("Button 1")).Visible = True
    .Shapes.Range(Array("Button 2")).Visible = False
End With

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    Mumps thanks for responding. I tried your code, But still the buttons are not interchanging. It is displaying an error in both the codes like in the image. I have just placed the buttons on one on top of the other. Do You think I should group them.?

    Please attach a copy of your actual file including all your macros.

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    Practice makes perfect. I am very far from perfect so I'm still practising.

    I will share it sometime. Please don't laugh at my codes and presentation. I am a beginner and try all sorts of different things. Please note the code is running perfectly. Only thing is to display one button only at a time. Each code takes more than 2 minutes to run in my system. If done in the server it may take at least 1/2 hour to run.

    If I place the buttons on top of one another, a menu is activated by the name of Shape format. There is an option in that you can interchange the buttons like Bring forward and Send backward. But to use that function in a code I have no knowledge of it.

    Mumps. Your code was right. Instead of button I changed it to the name of the button. That is why it was not accepting. So I recorded a macro and tried it your way and found it working. Thanks a lot. The problem now is solved.


    {ActiveSheet.Shapes.Range(Array("Button 3")).Select

    ActiveSheet.Shapes("Button 3").ZOrder msoSendBackward

    Range("K6").Select}

    ActiveSheet.Shapes.Range(Array("Button 5")).Select

    ActiveSheet.Shapes("Button 5").ZOrder msoSendBackward

    Range("K7").Select

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    I don't understand why you need two buttons.


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    I'm glad everything worked out. :) Just a comment about your code: Recording a macro is a good start but most often the result is not very efficient. To give you an example, you don't very often need to select a cell or a range to perform an action on it.

    for example, this code:

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    With Sheets("Original").Select
    Columns("A:I").Select
    Selection.Copy
    Range("A2").Select
    Sheets("Bank").Select
    Range("A1").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
End With

    can be written like this:

    Code
    Sheets("Original").Columns("A:I").Copy Sheets("Bank").Range("A1")

    or:

    Code
    Range("B2:BE5000").Select
Selection.ClearContents

    can be written like this:

    Code
    Range("B2:BE5000").ClearContents

    This would speed up the macro and make it much shorter. There are other things you could do to improve the code efficiency. Do a little research in what can be done to make a macro run more quickly. I'm sure you will find many such methods. :)

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    Thank you so much Mumps. That was very kind of you. There is no end to learning in excel especially. So, whatever is related to accounts, I really try and learn the formulas and codes connected to it. Your words are encouraging and I need that inspiration. Thank you once again.

    You are very welcome. :)

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    Practice makes perfect. I am very far from perfect so I'm still practising.

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