Syntax

expression.Caller(Index)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Index Optional Variant An index to the array. This argument is used only when the property returns an array (for more information, see the Remarks section).

Remarks

This property returns information about how Visual Basic was called, as shown in the following table.

Caller Return value
A custom function entered in a single cell A Range object specifying that cell
A custom function that is part of an array formula in a range of cells A Range object specifying that range of cells
An Auto_Open, Auto_Close, Auto_Activate, or Auto_Deactivate macro The name of the document as text
A macro set by either the OnDoubleClick or OnEntry property The name of the chart object identifier or cell reference (if applicable) to which the macro applies
The Macro dialog box (Tools menu), or any caller not described above The #REF! error value

Example

This example displays information about how Visual Basic was called.

Visual Basic for Applications 
Select Case TypeName(Application.Caller) Case "Range" v = Application.Caller.Address Case "String" v = Application.Caller Case "Error" v = "Error" Case Else v = "unknown" End Select MsgBox "caller = " & v
caller caller property determine what called vb find out where visual basic was called from how visual basic was called

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