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ButtonNotebook

ButtonNotebook[]
gives the notebook, if any, that contains the button which initiated the current evaluation.

If a button in a palette initiates evaluation in another notebook, then ButtonNotebook[] will be the palette, but EvaluationNotebook[] will be the other notebook.

If the current evaluation was not initiated by a button, then ButtonNotebook[] will return $Failed.

Make a button that sets nb to the NotebookObject for the button's notebook:

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