Assigning macro to each button to zip files dependent on button name

I'm very new to VBA and programming and so I have no real idea how I can get around this problem that I have. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Sorry if it's difficult to understand exactly what I'm trying to do. If you need clarification on anything I will be online to answer any questions straight away.


Context: I have a spreadsheet that contains a list of employee names and their certifications. I want to be able to assign a button to each employee in column B with a macro that is able to zip files from a folder that contains that employees name.


The following code assigns buttons to each employee in column B. At the moment the code I have is able to assign the macro "Zip" to each button.

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The following code is my Zip macro:

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Now, this Zip macro is able to zip the file for the employee "Anthony Tran". However I need it to be able to recognise which employee's button I've clicked and search the same files as above except with that employees name instead of "Anthony Tran".


If it makes things easier, the code for creating buttons for each employee is able to name that button as the employees name that it represents.

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