Get reference to Forms checkbox in VBA event handler

Question

I have some Forms Checkboxes in Excel 2010. I need to perform some common code when they are clicked. To do this, I'd like to pass a reference to the Checkbox, but so far I'm only able to get it typed as a shape.

To preempt the question, yes, they need to be Form Checkboxes and not ActiveX Checkboxes.

I'm a novice with VBA, so any help is appreciated.

Sub CheckBox1_Click()
    'I really want this reference to be a Checkbox, not a Shape
    Dim shape As Shape
    Set shape = ActiveSheet.Shapes("Check Box 1")            

    DoSomething(shape)
End Sub

Sub DoSomething(MSForms.CheckBox)
    'I need the reference to be a checkbox as I need to check 
    'whether it's checked or not here
End Sub

Answer 1

This is similar to Siddharth's but adds the ControlFormat property of the Shape. ControlFormat gets you the Intellisense for the CheckBox, in this case Value:

Sub CheckBox1_Click()
Dim chk As Shape

Set chk = ActiveSheet.Shapes(Application.Caller)
With chk.ControlFormat
    If .Value = True Then
        MsgBox "true"
    Else
        MsgBox "false"
    End If
End With
End Sub

Answer 2

In such a scenario, don't have different click event for all checkboxes. Have just one. And use Application.Caller to get the name of the ckeckbox which called it. Pass that as a String to the relevant sub and then work with it.

UNTESTED

Sub CheckBoxMain_Click()
    Dim sName As String

    sName = Application.Caller

    DoSomething (sName)
End Sub

Sub DoSomething(sCheck As String)
    Dim shp As shape

    Set shp = ActiveSheet.Shapes(sCheck)

    With shp
        '~~> Do something
    End With
End Sub

You could also combine the two into one as well and link it with all checkboxes.

Sub DoSomething()
    Dim shp As shape

    Set shp = ActiveSheet.Shapes(Application.Caller)

    With shp
        '~~> Do something
    End With
End Sub