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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

to the NotebookObject for the button's notebook:

After the button is clicked, the variable is assigned:

Use the object for further processing:

Make a button that sets

to the NotebookObject for the button's notebook:

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After the button is clicked, the variable is assigned:

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Use the object for further processing:

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Create a palette button that writes to the input notebook and then closes the palette:

The button notebook is sometimes not the same as the current input notebook:

After clicking the button, these two notebooks are different: