Hiding/Revealing/Adding/Removing parts of a document with VBA - vba

I want to make a form where you can select which parts of a document you need for example:
You have 4 Boxes - Textbox1, Textbox2, Textbox3, Textbox4
Via a Checkboxlisti in the Userform you can select you only want Textbox1 + 4 and the document adds/removes/hides/shows only the parts you want to so in this example it would only show Textbox1 and Textbox 4 - I am not sure if this works with showing/hiding/adding/removing/ maybe from an external file?
Here is a picture how I would imagine it to look. (In the Picture example It would remove Textbox3 because it is not selected.
Does anyone have an solution? Or maybe how to approach this problem... Thanks in advance.

This works fine using numerically added textboxes
Private Sub CheckBox1_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).Visible = CheckBox1
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox2_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes(2).Visible = CheckBox2
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox3_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes(3).Visible = CheckBox3
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox4_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes(4).Visible = CheckBox4
End Sub
EDIT - using named textboxes for easier readability
If you copy/paste your textboxes Word will create them all with the same names. If you want to create readible code and insure your textboxes are named according to the order you created them you can preload the names.
For Each shp In ActiveDocument.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
i = i + 1
shp.Name = "TextBox" & i
End If
Next shp
Private Sub CheckBox1_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox1").Visible = CheckBox1
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox2_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox2").Visible = CheckBox2
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox3_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox3").Visible = CheckBox3
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox4_Click()
ActiveDocument.Shapes("TextBox4").Visible = CheckBox4
End Sub
Example of output

Related

ActiveX Combobox doesn't close automatically

I have an ActiveX Combobox in one of my main sheet which control/update a series of charts.
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_GotFocus()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With Me.cmBoxSelect
.List = Array("Grand Total", "Prod1", "Prod2", "Prod3", "Prod4", "Prod5")
.ListRows = 6
.DropDown
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_Change()
'series of codes which manipulates the charts, based on selection...
End Sub
I noticed that when I click the ComboBox and select one of its content, it leaves a blue highlight on the selection. So to prevent that, I added:
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_DropButtonClick()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveCell.Activate
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
It successfully removed the highlight.
However, it has a weird drawback. cmbSelect doesn't close automatically once user didn't select anything (once the combobox is active and the user click any cell in the sheet, it doesn't close out). It was working before I added the DropButtonClick event.
Did I missed anything or any wrong steps above? Thanks for your inputs!
EDIT#1
Seems I already found a solution by trial and error. I only added a blank Label and select it to remove the focus out of the ComboBox whenever there is a change. I also changed the DropButtonClick to LostFocus.
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_GotFocus()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With Me.cmBoxSelect
.List = Array("Grand Total", "Prod1", "Prod2", "Prod3", "Prod4", "Prod5")
.ListRows = 6
.DropDown
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_LostFocus()
ActiveCell.Select
End Sub
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_Change()
'series of codes which manipulates the charts, based on selection...
Me.Label1.Select
End Sub
You need to put the SelLength to 0 in multiple events to avoid highlighting:
so:
Me.cmBoxSelect.SelLength = 0
in:
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_KeyDown(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, ByVal Shift As Integer)
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_KeyUp(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, ByVal Shift As Integer)
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_LostFocus()
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_DropButtonClick()
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_Change()
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_GotFocus()
(you could add also Me.cmBoxSelect.SelStart = 0 )
Lets try this:
Not Event-triggered by a change, but by the dropbuttonclick
Private Sub changingComboBox(String s)
'series of codes which manipulates the charts, based on selection...
End Sub
Private Sub cmBoxSelect_DropButtonClick()
Dim s As String
s = cmBoxSelect.SelText
If (cmBoxSelect.SelText = cmBoxSelect.Value) Then
cmBoxSelect.Value = ""
cmBoxSelect.Value = s
Else
call changingComboBox(cmBoxSelect.Value)
End If
End Sub
How about that ?

Userform closes after "End Sub" without ever calling "Unload Me"

I have a userform (baseUF) that has multiple pages and buttons that all do different things. I have this baseUF being modeless because I want the user to be able to play with the sheet without closing the userform and losing all of the data they input. However, I started having a problem that might be due to the modeless nature of the baseUF.
There are other userforms that can be called from the baseUF. One executes with no issue by double clicking a textbox. However, the other userform is loaded after a button click. Once that button click sub is finished, the baseUF closes after the Exit Sub OR End Sub line. I don't remember this happening in the past and it doesn't happen with any other button click subs.
Does anybody have an idea what the issue could be? I'm pretty lost because I don't have a command to close the baseUF anywhere in that sub. Below is some code to show what is happening:
This sub is connected to a button on the spreadsheet to open the baseUF (the code is in a module).
Sub Button1_Click()
' show the userform
baseUF.Show vbModeless
End Sub
And this is the sub in the baseUF that calls an additional userform (LoadBox) which seems to be the issue.
Private Sub LoadQuery_Click()
' I Dim a bunch of stuff here
' if there are no saved queries, alert the user
If saveSht.Range("B3").Value = "" Then
MsgBox "No saved queries!"
Exit Sub
' if there is only one saved query, add it to the array and pop up the userform that allows for the user to select which save to load
ElseIf saveSht.Range("B4").Value = "" Then
save_names = saveSht.Range("B3").Value
LoadBox.Show
' otherwise, add all of the save names to the array and pop up that userform
Else
save_names = saveSht.Range(saveSht.Range("B3"),saveSht.Range("B3").End(xlDown)).Value
LoadBox.Show
End If
' if the user didn't select a save to load, stop trying to make stuff happen
If load_name = "" Then
' the userform will also close here if this turns out to be true
Exit Sub
End If
' do a bunch of stuff with the selected name here
' and after this line, the userform that contains this code closes
End Sub
EDIT: here is some code showing the two other userforms
This one is the userform with no issue that is called after a textbox is double clicked
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
' On start up of this form, populate the listbox with the relevant column names
' Set position
Me.StartUpPosition = 0
Me.Top = baseUF.Top + 0.5 * baseUF.Height - 0.5 * Me.Height
Me.Left = baseUF.Left + 0.5 * baseUF.Width - 0.5 * Me.Width
With FilterSelectionBox
' First grab all of the column names from the main selected table
For i = 0 To baseUF.SelectionBox.ListCount - 1
.AddItem baseUF.SelectionBox.List(i)
Next i
' Then grab all of the column names from the additional tables to be joined
If Not IsVariantEmpty(join_table_cols) Then
For n = 0 To UBound(join_table_cols)
If Not IsEmpty(join_table_cols(n)) Then
For Each col_name In join_table_cols(n)
.AddItem col_name
Next
End If
Next n
End If
End With
End Sub
Private Sub OkButton_Click()
' Initialize the variables
Dim tb As MSForms.TextBox
Dim arr() As String
Dim str As String
' tb is the textbox object that the column names will be pasted in to
Set tb = baseUF.MultiPage1.Pages(baseUF.MultiPage1.Value).Controls(Me.Tag)
' sets the str according to some logic
' This is actually where it gets sent
tb.Value = str
' And close the form
Unload Me
End Sub
And this is the code in the userform with an issue
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
' On initialization, populate the combobox with all of the save names present in the spreadsheet
' Set position
Me.StartUpPosition = 0
Me.Top = baseUF.Top + 0.5 * baseUF.Height - 0.5 * Me.Height
Me.Left = baseUF.Left + 0.5 * baseUF.Width - 0.5 * Me.Width
With LoadComb
' If there is more than one save present, go through the array and add each one
If IsArray(save_names) Then
For Each saved_name In save_names
.AddItem saved_name
Next
' Otherwise just add the one
Else
.AddItem save_names
End If
End With
End Sub
Private Sub LoadButton_Click()
' When the user hits the load button, first check if they actually selected anything
If LoadComb.Value = "" Then
' If they didn't, yell at them
MsgBox "No saved query selected!"
Else
' Otherwise, save the name to a global variable
load_name = LoadComb.Value
End If
' Close the form
Unload Me
End Sub
Whenever something unexpected happens with forms, consider writing End in the immediate window and pressing enter. It will kill all the unkilled instances of a form and generally any variable, thus it would be like a cold restart to the VBA program.
After doing this, it is a good idea to consider a cleaner solution, concerning VBA & UserForms, using some OOP. (Disclaimer - the first article is mine):
http://www.vitoshacademy.com/vba-the-perfect-userform-in-vba/
https://rubberduckvba.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/userform1-show/
https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/154401/handling-dialog-closure-in-a-vba-user-form
Although it may seem that you are achieving the same results with more code, the benefits of using this approach are quite a lot in the long term.
This is a small example of the OOP model. Imagine you have a user form like this:
It has only the following controls:
btnRun
btnExit
lblInfo
frmMain (the class)
The code withing the form is the following:
Option Explicit
Public Event OnRunReport()
Public Event OnExit()
Public Property Get InformationText() As String
InformationText = lblInfo.Caption
End Property
Public Property Let InformationText(ByVal value As String)
lblInfo.Caption = value
End Property
Public Property Get InformationCaption() As String
InformationCaption = Caption
End Property
Public Property Let InformationCaption(ByVal value As String)
Caption = value
End Property
Private Sub btnRun_Click()
RaiseEvent OnRunReport
End Sub
Private Sub btnExit_Click()
RaiseEvent OnExit
End Sub
Private Sub UserForm_QueryClose(Cancel As Integer, CloseMode As Integer)
If CloseMode = vbFormControlMenu Then
Cancel = True
Hide
End If
End Sub
The form is with two events, getting caught by the clsSummaryPresenter. The clsSummaryPresenter looks like this:
Option Explicit
Private WithEvents objSummaryForm As frmMain
Private Sub Class_Initialize()
Set objSummaryForm = New frmMain
End Sub
Private Sub Class_Terminate()
Set objSummaryForm = Nothing
End Sub
Public Sub Show()
If Not objSummaryForm.Visible Then
objSummaryForm.Show vbModeless
Call ChangeLabelAndCaption("Press Run to Start", "Starting")
End If
With objSummaryForm
.Top = CLng((Application.Height / 2 + Application.Top) - .Height / 2)
.Left = CLng((Application.Width / 2 + Application.Left) - .Width / 2)
End With
End Sub
Private Sub Hide()
If objSummaryForm.Visible Then objSummaryForm.Hide
End Sub
Public Sub ChangeLabelAndCaption(strLabelInfo As String, strCaption As String)
objSummaryForm.InformationText = strLabelInfo
objSummaryForm.InformationCaption = strCaption
objSummaryForm.Repaint
End Sub
Private Sub objSummaryForm_OnRunReport()
MainGenerateReport
Refresh
End Sub
Private Sub objSummaryForm_OnExit()
Hide
End Sub
Public Sub Refresh()
With objSummaryForm
.lblInfo = "Ready"
.Caption = "Task performed"
End With
End Sub
Finally, we have the modMain, which is the so-called business logic of the form:
Option Explicit
Private objPresenter As clsSummaryPresenter
Public Sub MainGenerateReport()
objPresenter.ChangeLabelAndCaption "Starting and running...", "Running..."
GenerateNumbers
End Sub
Public Sub GenerateNumbers()
Dim lngLong As Long
Dim lngLong2 As Long
tblMain.Cells.Clear
For lngLong = 1 To 10
For lngLong2 = 1 To 10
tblMain.Cells(lngLong, lngLong2) = lngLong * lngLong2
Next lngLong2
Next lngLong
End Sub
Public Sub ShowMainForm()
If (objPresenter Is Nothing) Then
Set objPresenter = New clsSummaryPresenter
End If
objPresenter.Show
End Sub

Is it possible to enter text into an excel userform from a commandbutton on the same userform?

I am attempting to make an excel userform appear to behave more like an independent app than a userform. I would rather program an app but because of company IT rules that is not an option.
See image. Is it possible to enter data into an active textbox on the form by using a commandbutton on the included key pad?
Image of userform:
The form is not coded yet.
Thanks
Depending on what you want to do. Actually, once you click on the button to enter data on the button, the textbox would not be active any more. Anyhow, if you do not need the activetextbox, but another one, you may use the following code:
Let's say that you have a button btnOpenFile and a Label lblInformation.
You want, once you click on the button, to get "ALE ALE" in the lblInformation.
The most simple code to achieve this is probably this one:
Private Sub btnOpenFile_Click()
me.lblInformation = "ALE ALE"
End Sub
Put it inside the UserForm.
Something like this in support of my comment
Private tb As MSForms.TextBox
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
tb.Value = tb.Value & CommandButton1.Caption
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
tb.Value = tb.Value & CommandButton2.Caption
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()
tb.Value = tb.Value & CommandButton3.Caption
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton4_Click()
tb.Value = tb.Value & CommandButton4.Caption
End Sub
Private Sub TextBox1_Enter()
Set tb = Me.TextBox1
End Sub
Private Sub TextBox2_Enter()
Set tb = Me.TextBox2
End Sub

Determine which command button was clicked to open userform

I have two command buttons (cmd1 and cmd2) on userform1, when clicked each show the same userform (userform2). Within the initialize or load sub is it possible to determine which command button was clicked on userform1 and therefore show the form differently? I imagine the code in either the initialize or load sub on userform2 to have the following skeleton:
if (cmd1 was clicked)
' do stuff relating to 1
elseif (cmd2 was clicked)
' do stuff relating to 2
else
' error handling
End if
The respective "stuff" could be moved into the event handler for cmd1 and cmd2 however, if the method described above can be used it will be a lot simpler and cleaner.
Use a Public Variable in UserForm1 and then test it in UserForm2_Initialize Event.
Something like this in UserForm1:
Public whatsclicked As String
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
whatsclicked = "CommandButton1"
UserForm2.Show
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
whatsclicked = "CommandButton2"
UserForm2.Show
End Sub
And then in UserForm2:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Select Case UserForm1.whatsclicked
Case "CommandButton1": MsgBox "CommandButton1 loaded form."
Case "CommandButton2": MsgBox "CommandButton2 loaded form."
Case Else 'Do something else
End Select
End Sub
you can do it also without public variable.
i won't show an example where you can simply write something in a cell or hidden sheet, instead i just pass the wanted info directly .
this time whatsclicked is the name of a label in userform2,
in userform1, before calling userform2:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
load UserForm2
with UserForm2
.whatsclicked.caption= "CommandButton1"
.Show
end with
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
load UserForm2
with UserForm2
.whatsclicked.caption= "CommandButton2"
.Show
end with
End Sub
Of course, you will have to hide the text of whatsclicked to the user (same color as font or background...)
You can use ActiveControl for this as when you click a control it becomes active/focussed:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Debug.Print Me.ActiveControl.Name
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Debug.Print Me.ActiveControl.Name
End Sub
So more in line with your example:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Call DoStuff
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Call DoStuff
End Sub
Private Sub DoStuff()
select case Me.ActiveControl.Name
case "CommandButton1"
' do stuff relating to 1
case "CommandButton2"
' do stuff relating to 2
case else
'error etc.
end select
End Sub

Global Variable in Userform

I search about this in the forum and found some answers but did not work for me.
I have two UserForms.
In the first one, I give a value to a variable called Word.
In the second one, I have a Label that I need the caption to become the variable Word.
Example:
Public Word as String
Private Sub Userform1_Activate
Word = "Today Is Saturday"
End Sub
Private Sub Userform2_Activate
Label1.Caption = Word
End Sub
But this does not work. The Label caption gets Zero for value.
Could anybody help me on this?
Thanks.
First Form
Private Sub CommandButton5_Click()
Db = "C:\Users\Desktop\db.txt"
Set File1 = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set File2 = File1.OpenTextFile(Db, 1)
Do Until File2.AtEndOfStream
If (File2.Readline = TextBox1) Then Exit Do
If File2.AtEndOfStream Then WordNotFound.Show
If File2.AtEndOfStream Then TextBox1.Value = ""
If File2.AtEndOfStream Then Exit Sub
Loop
Word = File2.Readline
MsgBox Word
TextBox1.Value = ""
End Sub
Second Form
Private Sub UserForm_Click()
Label1.Caption = Word
End Sub
As I said in my comment, that your method should work. Here is the test code that I tried
1- In Module1
Public Word As String
2- Create 2 user forms - UserForm1 and UserForm2
2a- In UserForm1
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
Word = "This is Saturday"
End Sub
2b- In UserForm2
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
Label1.Caption = Word
End Sub
3- Then in ThisWorkbook
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
UserForm1.Show
UserForm2.Show
End Sub
So when you close UserForm1, the UserForm2 would be displayed as below