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Apologies if this is a basic question, but I am a newbie at VBA and have spent the past two weeks learning the language. I am trying to make a learning resource using PowerPoint.
I made a good macro which seems to work perfectly when it is run outside the slide show. (I typically just pressed F5 within my VBA Editor to see what the code was doing.) However, when I try running the macro when the slide show is running (using an action button) it does not work as intended. To be more precise it appears to stop running and not show any errors or provide reasons why the macro has stopped.
I tried doing a Google search on this topic, but could not find anything. I would be very grateful if anyone could provide any reasons or suggest any information sources as to why macros work differently when the slide show is running as opposed to not running? Are there any standard practices to ensure that the macros will work when the slide show is run?
Thank you for any comments!
EDIT 02/07/20 - responding to a comment I attach the code below and have explained what I am trying to do in comments below
Sub DataInputMacro()
'This procedure attempts to group (and do a check) of all 20 answer tiles.
Dim oSh As Shape
Dim i As Integer 'This is for the For statement
Dim iix As Integer 'This is to store the x position of the tiles.
Dim iiy As Integer 'This is to store the y position of the tiles.
For i = 1 To 20
If i = 1 Or i = 3 Or i = 5 Or i = 7 Or i = 9 Then
iix = 9
ElseIf i = 2 Or i = 4 Or i = 6 Or i = 8 Or i = 10 Then
iix = 198
ElseIf i = 11 Or i = 13 Or i = 15 Or i = 17 Or i = 19 Then
iix = 587
Else
iix = 774
End If
If i = 1 Or i = 2 Or i = 11 Or i = 12 Then
iiy = 9
ElseIf i = 3 Or i = 4 Or i = 13 Or i = 14 Then
iiy = 113
ElseIf i = 5 Or i = 6 Or i = 15 Or i = 16 Then
iiy = 218
ElseIf i = 7 Or i = 8 Or i = 17 Or i = 18 Then
iiy = 323
Else
iiy = 428
End If
ActiveWindow.Selection.Unselect 'This ensures that nothing has already been selected on the slide (which could then get grouped with the first rectangle!)
For Each oSh In ActivePresentation.Slides("DataInput").Shapes
If IsWithinRange(oSh, iix - 1, iiy - 1, iix + 179, iiy + 97) Then
'MsgBox oSh.Name & " " & oSh.Left
oSh.Select (msoFalse)
End If
Next
If ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Count > 1 Then
With ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Group
.Name = "GroupAnswer" & i
.Select
End With
ElseIf ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Type = msoGroup Then
ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Name = "GroupAnswer" & i & "a"
ElseIf ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Count = 1 Then
MsgBox "Sorry, but there is a set up issues of your answer boxes. Either (1) one of your answer boxes does not contain a separate textbox or image or (2) there is a missing yellow rectangle! I note for point (1) the text must be placed in a separate text box to the yellow rectangle!"
End
End If
Next i
UpdateTitle 'This is a separate function that updates the title on the front slide.
CheckFor20Groups 'This is a function that checks that there are 20 groups for the rest of the program to use!
End Sub
Shape.Select method does not work in slide view - see remarks here: Shape.Select method (PowerPoint) - so you will have to use another method for working with your shapes - try using a variable to refer to the ShapeRange you are working with rather than ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange - that way you can work with them without needing to select them.
listboxes are created by opening a csv file with data (8 column, 9 row data sample)
..........................
For r = 0 To ListBoxSayisi
Set cTR = New Control
Set cTR = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.ListBox.1", "ListBox" & r + 1, True)
For i = 1 To UBound(arrX)
cTR.AddItem arrX(i, r + 1) 'r + 1
Next i
With cTR
.Width = 100: .Height = 300: .Left = (100 * r) + 50: .Top = 15
End With
.......
then trying to get data from these listboxes
CorelDraw VBA does not recognize that these are "ListBoxes". Even named clearly on them "Listbox" and check if listbox names are goin; ListBox1, ListBox2 .... by integer numbers etc.
VBA never accepts that they are real "ListBox".
How to address listboxes in CorelDraw?
Ok, i got it...
referenced by name like this and solved this problem:
Me.Controls("Listbox" & i) (inside brackets was the important point) ;)
I want to Change the captions of several Label boxes. The Labels are sequentially named (DAY1, DAY2, DAY3...DAY14). I need help finding a way to do this;
DAY1.Caption = "1"
without implicitly using the label name...more like:
("DAY" & i).Caption = 1
Where i is an integer. I get a variety of error. My guess is that I don't know the proper object variables or syntax. Any ideas?
I assume your question is in the context of VBA (please edit your question to add the "VBA" tag if so). A nice solution would be to retain a reference to your labels as you create them. You can programmatically create a list of labels like this:
Dim label As Label
Dim dayLabels As New List(Of Label)
For i = 1 To 7
Set label = UserForm.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "Day" & i, True)
dayLabels.Add(label)
With label
.Caption = "Day" & i
.Left = 10
.Width = 50
.Top = 10 * i
End With
Next
Note that you need to show your UserForm as vbModeless to use this code. Also note that the positioning of the labels is accomplished with the .Top and .Left fields; I am using the .Top to value to avoid overlapping of the controls (but you could also use .Left, for example, to distribute them horizontally).
Now that you have all label references stored in the list, you can simply refer to them by index like you were originally trying to do:
dayLabels(3).Text = "The text to appear on Day3 label"
I like where your heads at. I run into two problems. Access VBA registers a compile error for
Dim daylabels As New List(Of Label)
If I remove that line, VBA doesn't recognize any object(s) in line 4;
set label = Userform.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1, "Day" & I, True
I realize I didn't specify that I was using VBA for Access. I tried playing with the wording. Excel has Userforms but Access treats forms differently...no luck. Here is the full Sub I am using;
Private Sub Command6_Click()
Dim DURATION As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Label
DURATION = ((END_DATE.Value) - (START_DATE.Value)) + 1
i = 1
For i = 1 To DURATION
Set x = UserForm.Comtrols.Add("Forms.Label.1", "DAYx" & i, True)
With x
.Caption = "Day" & i
.Left = 10
.Width = 50
.Top = 30 + (10 * i)
End With
Next
Is it possible to set up the headers in a multicolumn listbox without using a worksheet range as the source?
The following uses an array of variants which is assigned to the list property of the listbox, the headers appear blank.
Sub testMultiColumnLb()
ReDim arr(1 To 3, 1 To 2)
arr(1, 1) = "1"
arr(1, 2) = "One"
arr(2, 1) = "2"
arr(2, 2) = "Two"
arr(3, 1) = "3"
arr(3, 2) = "Three"
With ufTestUserForm.lbTest
.Clear
.ColumnCount = 2
.List = arr
End With
ufTestUserForm.Show 1
End Sub
Here is my approach to solve the problem:
This solution requires you to add a second ListBox element and place it above the first one.
Like this:
Then you call the function CreateListBoxHeader to make the alignment correct and add header items.
Result:
Code:
Public Sub CreateListBoxHeader(body As MSForms.ListBox, header As MSForms.ListBox, arrHeaders)
' make column count match
header.ColumnCount = body.ColumnCount
header.ColumnWidths = body.ColumnWidths
' add header elements
header.Clear
header.AddItem
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To UBound(arrHeaders)
header.List(0, i) = arrHeaders(i)
Next i
' make it pretty
body.ZOrder (1)
header.ZOrder (0)
header.SpecialEffect = fmSpecialEffectFlat
header.BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
header.Height = 10
' align header to body (should be done last!)
header.Width = body.Width
header.Left = body.Left
header.Top = body.Top - (header.Height - 1)
End Sub
Usage:
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
Call CreateListBoxHeader(Me.listBox_Body, Me.listBox_Header, Array("Header 1", "Header 2"))
End Sub
No. I create labels above the listbox to serve as headers. You might think that it's a royal pain to change labels every time your lisbox changes. You'd be right - it is a pain. It's a pain to set up the first time, much less changes. But I haven't found a better way.
I was looking at this problem just now and found this solution. If your RowSource points to a range of cells, the column headings in a multi-column listbox are taken from the cells immediately above the RowSource.
Using the example pictured here, inside the listbox, the words Symbol and Name appear as title headings. When I changed the word Name in cell AB1, then opened the form in the VBE again, the column headings changed.
The example came from a workbook in VBA For Modelers by S. Christian Albright, and I was trying to figure out how he got the column headings in his listbox :)
Simple answer: no.
What I've done in the past is load the headings into row 0 then set the ListIndex to 0 when displaying the form. This then highlights the "headings" in blue, giving the appearance of a header. The form action buttons are ignored if the ListIndex remains at zero, so these values can never be selected.
Of course, as soon as another list item is selected, the heading loses focus, but by this time their job is done.
Doing things this way also allows you to have headings that scroll horizontally, which is difficult/impossible to do with separate labels that float above the listbox. The flipside is that the headings do not remain visible if the listbox needs to scroll vertically.
Basically, it's a compromise that works in the situations I've been in.
There is very easy solution to show headers at the top of multi columns list box.
Just change the property value to "true" for "columnheads" which is false by default.
After that Just mention the data range in property "rowsource" excluding header from the data range and header should be at first top row of data range then it will pick the header automatically and you header will be freezed.
if suppose you have data in range "A1:H100" and header at "A1:H1" which is the first row then your data range should be "A2:H100" which needs to mention in property "rowsource" and "columnheads" perperty value should be true
Regards,
Asif Hameed
Just use two Listboxes, one for header and other for data
for headers - set RowSource property to top row e.g. Incidents!Q4:S4
for data - set Row Source Property to Incidents!Q5:S10
SpecialEffects to "3-frmSpecialEffectsEtched"
I like to use the following approach for headers on a ComboBox where the CboBx is not loaded from a worksheet (data from sql for example). The reason I specify not from a worksheet is that I think the only way to get RowSource to work is if you load from a worksheet.
This works for me:
Create your ComboBox and create a ListBox with an identical layout but just one row.
Place the ListBox directly on top of the ComboBox.
In your VBA, load ListBox row1 with the desired headers.
In your VBA for the action yourListBoxName_Click, enter the following code:
yourComboBoxName.Activate`
yourComboBoxName.DropDown`
When you click on the listbox, the combobox will drop down and function normally while the headings (in the listbox) remain above the list.
I was searching for quite a while for a solution to add a header without using a separate sheet and copy everything into the userform.
My solution is to use the first row as header and run it through an if condition and add additional items underneath.
Like that:
If lborowcount = 0 Then
With lboorder
.ColumnCount = 5
.AddItem
.Column(0, lborowcount) = "Item"
.Column(1, lborowcount) = "Description"
.Column(2, lborowcount) = "Ordered"
.Column(3, lborowcount) = "Rate"
.Column(4, lborowcount) = "Amount"
End With
lborowcount = lborowcount + 1
End If
With lboorder
.ColumnCount = 5
.AddItem
.Column(0, lborowcount) = itemselected
.Column(1, lborowcount) = descriptionselected
.Column(2, lborowcount) = orderedselected
.Column(3, lborowcount) = rateselected
.Column(4, lborowcount) = amountselected
End With
lborowcount = lborowcount + 1
in that example lboorder is the listbox, lborowcount counts at which row to add the next listbox item. It's a 5 column listbox. Not ideal but it works and when you have to scroll horizontally the "header" stays above the row.
Here's my solution.
I noticed that when I specify the listbox's rowsource via the properties window in the VBE, the headers pop up no problem. Its only when we try define the rowsource through VBA code that the headers get lost.
So I first went a defined the listboxes rowsource as a named range in the VBE for via the properties window, then I can reset the rowsource in VBA code after that. The headers still show up every time.
I am using this in combination with an advanced filter macro from a listobject, which then creates another (filtered) listobject on which the rowsource is based.
This worked for me
Another variant on Lunatik's response is to use a local boolean and the change event so that the row can be highlighted upon initializing, but deselected and blocked after a selection change is made by the user:
Private Sub lbx_Change()
If Not bHighlight Then
If Me.lbx.Selected(0) Then Me.lbx.Selected(0) = False
End If
bHighlight = False
End Sub
When the listbox is initialized you then set bHighlight and lbx.Selected(0) = True, which will allow the header-row to initialize selected; afterwards, the first change will deselect and prevent the row from being selected again...
Here's one approach which automates creating labels above each column of a listbox (on a worksheet).
It will work (though not super-pretty!) as long as there's no horizontal scrollbar on your listbox.
Sub Tester()
Dim i As Long
With Me.lbTest
.Clear
.ColumnCount = 5
'must do this next step!
.ColumnWidths = "70;60;100;60;60"
.ListStyle = fmListStylePlain
Debug.Print .ColumnWidths
For i = 0 To 10
.AddItem
.List(i, 0) = "blah" & i
.List(i, 1) = "blah"
.List(i, 2) = "blah"
.List(i, 3) = "blah"
.List(i, 4) = "blah"
Next i
End With
LabelHeaders Me.lbTest, Array("Header1", "Header2", _
"Header3", "Header4", "Header5")
End Sub
Sub LabelHeaders(lb, arrHeaders)
Const LBL_HT As Long = 15
Dim T, L, shp As Shape, cw As String, arr
Dim i As Long, w
'delete any previous headers for this listbox
For i = lb.Parent.Shapes.Count To 1 Step -1
If lb.Parent.Shapes(i).Name Like lb.Name & "_*" Then
lb.Parent.Shapes(i).Delete
End If
Next i
'get an array of column widths
cw = lb.ColumnWidths
If Len(cw) = 0 Then Exit Sub
cw = Replace(cw, " pt", "")
arr = Split(cw, ";")
'start points for labels
T = lb.Top - LBL_HT
L = lb.Left
For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
w = CLng(arr(i))
If i = UBound(arr) And (L + w) < lb.Width Then w = lb.Width - L
Set shp = ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
L, T, w, LBL_HT)
With shp
.Name = lb.Name & "_" & i
'do some formatting
.Line.ForeColor.RGB = vbBlack
.Line.Weight = 1
.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(220, 220, 220)
.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters.Text = arrHeaders(i)
.TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Size = 9
.TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = vbBlack
End With
L = L + w
Next i
End Sub
You can give this a try. I am quite new to the forum but wanted to offer something that worked for me since I've gotten so much help from this site in the past. This is essentially a variation of the above, but I found it simpler.
Just paste this into the Userform_Initialize section of your userform code. Note you must already have a listbox on the userform or have it created dynamically above this code. Also please note the Array is a list of headings (below as "Header1", "Header2" etc. Replace these with your own headings. This code will then set up a heading bar at the top based on the column widths of the list box. Sorry it doesn't scroll - it's fixed labels.
More senior coders - please feel free to comment or improve this.
Dim Mywidths As String
Dim Arrwidths, Arrheaders As Variant
Dim ColCounter, Labelleft As Long
Dim theLabel As Object
[Other code here that you would already have in the Userform_Initialize section]
Set theLabel = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "Test" & ColCounter, True)
With theLabel
.Left = ListBox1.Left
.Top = ListBox1.Top - 10
.Width = ListBox1.Width - 1
.Height = 10
.BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
End With
Arrheaders = Array("Header1", "Header2", "Header3", "Header4")
Mywidths = Me.ListBox1.ColumnWidths
Mywidths = Replace(Mywidths, " pt", "")
Arrwidths = Split(Mywidths, ";")
Labelleft = ListBox1.Left + 18
For ColCounter = LBound(Arrwidths) To UBound(Arrwidths)
If Arrwidths(ColCounter) > 0 Then
Header = Header + 1
Set theLabel = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "Test" & ColCounter, True)
With theLabel
.Caption = Arrheaders(Header - 1)
.Left = Labelleft
.Width = Arrwidths(ColCounter)
.Height = 10
.Top = ListBox1.Top - 10
.BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
.Font.Bold = True
End With
Labelleft = Labelleft + Arrwidths(ColCounter)
End If
Next
This is a bummer. Have to use an intermediate sheet to put the data in so Excel knows to grab the headers. But I wanted that workbook to be hidden so here's how I had to do the rowsource.
Most of this code is just setting things up...
Sub listHeaderTest()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim testarr() As String
Dim numberOfRows As Long
Dim x As Long, n As Long
'example sheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
'example headers
For x = 1 To UserForm1.ListBox1.ColumnCount
ws.Cells(1, x) = "header" & x
Next x
'example array dimensions
numberOfRows = 15
ReDim testarr(numberOfRows, UserForm1.ListBox1.ColumnCount - 1)
'example values for the array/listbox
For n = 0 To UBound(testarr)
For x = 0 To UBound(testarr, 2)
testarr(n, x) = "test" & n & x
Next x
Next n
'put array data into the worksheet
ws.Range("A2").Resize(UBound(testarr), UBound(testarr, 2) + 1) = testarr
'provide rowsource
UserForm1.ListBox1.RowSource = "'[" & ws.Parent.Name & "]" & ws.Name & "'!" _
& ws.Range("A2").Resize(ws.UsedRange.Rows.Count - 1, ws.UsedRange.Columns.Count).Address
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
For scrolling, one idea is to create a simulated scroll bar which would shift the entire listbox left and right.
ensure the list box is set to full width so the horizontal scroll
bar doesn't appear (wider than the space available, or we wouldn't
need to scroll)
add a scroll bar control at the bottom but with .left and .width to
match the available horizontal space (so not as wide as the too-wide listbox)
calculate the distance you need to scroll as the difference between
the width of the extended list box and the width of the available
horizontal space
set .Min to 0 and .Max to the amount you need to scroll
set .LargeChange to make the slider-bar wider (I could only get it
to be half of the total span)
For this to work, you'd need to be able to cover left and right of the intended viewing space with a frame so that the listbox can pass underneath it and preserve any horizontal framing in the form. This turn out to be challenging, as getting a frame to cover a listbox seems not to work easily. I gave up at that point but am sharing these steps for posterity.
I found a way that seems to work but it can get messy the more complicated your code gets if you're dynamically clearing the range after every search or changing range.
Spreadsheet:
A B C
1 LName Fname
2 Smith Bob
set rng_Name = ws_Name.range("A1", ws_Name.range("C2").value
lstbx.Main.rowsource = rng_Name.Address
This will loads the Headers into the listbox and allow you to scroll.
Most importantly, if you're looping through your data and your range comes up empty, then your listbox won't load the headers correctly, so you will have to account for no "matches".
Why not just add Labels to the top of the Listbox and if changes are needed, the only thing you need to programmatically change are the labels.
Is it possible to set up the headers in a multicolumn listbox without using a worksheet range as the source?
The following uses an array of variants which is assigned to the list property of the listbox, the headers appear blank.
Sub testMultiColumnLb()
ReDim arr(1 To 3, 1 To 2)
arr(1, 1) = "1"
arr(1, 2) = "One"
arr(2, 1) = "2"
arr(2, 2) = "Two"
arr(3, 1) = "3"
arr(3, 2) = "Three"
With ufTestUserForm.lbTest
.Clear
.ColumnCount = 2
.List = arr
End With
ufTestUserForm.Show 1
End Sub
Here is my approach to solve the problem:
This solution requires you to add a second ListBox element and place it above the first one.
Like this:
Then you call the function CreateListBoxHeader to make the alignment correct and add header items.
Result:
Code:
Public Sub CreateListBoxHeader(body As MSForms.ListBox, header As MSForms.ListBox, arrHeaders)
' make column count match
header.ColumnCount = body.ColumnCount
header.ColumnWidths = body.ColumnWidths
' add header elements
header.Clear
header.AddItem
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To UBound(arrHeaders)
header.List(0, i) = arrHeaders(i)
Next i
' make it pretty
body.ZOrder (1)
header.ZOrder (0)
header.SpecialEffect = fmSpecialEffectFlat
header.BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
header.Height = 10
' align header to body (should be done last!)
header.Width = body.Width
header.Left = body.Left
header.Top = body.Top - (header.Height - 1)
End Sub
Usage:
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
Call CreateListBoxHeader(Me.listBox_Body, Me.listBox_Header, Array("Header 1", "Header 2"))
End Sub
No. I create labels above the listbox to serve as headers. You might think that it's a royal pain to change labels every time your lisbox changes. You'd be right - it is a pain. It's a pain to set up the first time, much less changes. But I haven't found a better way.
I was looking at this problem just now and found this solution. If your RowSource points to a range of cells, the column headings in a multi-column listbox are taken from the cells immediately above the RowSource.
Using the example pictured here, inside the listbox, the words Symbol and Name appear as title headings. When I changed the word Name in cell AB1, then opened the form in the VBE again, the column headings changed.
The example came from a workbook in VBA For Modelers by S. Christian Albright, and I was trying to figure out how he got the column headings in his listbox :)
Simple answer: no.
What I've done in the past is load the headings into row 0 then set the ListIndex to 0 when displaying the form. This then highlights the "headings" in blue, giving the appearance of a header. The form action buttons are ignored if the ListIndex remains at zero, so these values can never be selected.
Of course, as soon as another list item is selected, the heading loses focus, but by this time their job is done.
Doing things this way also allows you to have headings that scroll horizontally, which is difficult/impossible to do with separate labels that float above the listbox. The flipside is that the headings do not remain visible if the listbox needs to scroll vertically.
Basically, it's a compromise that works in the situations I've been in.
There is very easy solution to show headers at the top of multi columns list box.
Just change the property value to "true" for "columnheads" which is false by default.
After that Just mention the data range in property "rowsource" excluding header from the data range and header should be at first top row of data range then it will pick the header automatically and you header will be freezed.
if suppose you have data in range "A1:H100" and header at "A1:H1" which is the first row then your data range should be "A2:H100" which needs to mention in property "rowsource" and "columnheads" perperty value should be true
Regards,
Asif Hameed
Just use two Listboxes, one for header and other for data
for headers - set RowSource property to top row e.g. Incidents!Q4:S4
for data - set Row Source Property to Incidents!Q5:S10
SpecialEffects to "3-frmSpecialEffectsEtched"
I like to use the following approach for headers on a ComboBox where the CboBx is not loaded from a worksheet (data from sql for example). The reason I specify not from a worksheet is that I think the only way to get RowSource to work is if you load from a worksheet.
This works for me:
Create your ComboBox and create a ListBox with an identical layout but just one row.
Place the ListBox directly on top of the ComboBox.
In your VBA, load ListBox row1 with the desired headers.
In your VBA for the action yourListBoxName_Click, enter the following code:
yourComboBoxName.Activate`
yourComboBoxName.DropDown`
When you click on the listbox, the combobox will drop down and function normally while the headings (in the listbox) remain above the list.
I was searching for quite a while for a solution to add a header without using a separate sheet and copy everything into the userform.
My solution is to use the first row as header and run it through an if condition and add additional items underneath.
Like that:
If lborowcount = 0 Then
With lboorder
.ColumnCount = 5
.AddItem
.Column(0, lborowcount) = "Item"
.Column(1, lborowcount) = "Description"
.Column(2, lborowcount) = "Ordered"
.Column(3, lborowcount) = "Rate"
.Column(4, lborowcount) = "Amount"
End With
lborowcount = lborowcount + 1
End If
With lboorder
.ColumnCount = 5
.AddItem
.Column(0, lborowcount) = itemselected
.Column(1, lborowcount) = descriptionselected
.Column(2, lborowcount) = orderedselected
.Column(3, lborowcount) = rateselected
.Column(4, lborowcount) = amountselected
End With
lborowcount = lborowcount + 1
in that example lboorder is the listbox, lborowcount counts at which row to add the next listbox item. It's a 5 column listbox. Not ideal but it works and when you have to scroll horizontally the "header" stays above the row.
Here's my solution.
I noticed that when I specify the listbox's rowsource via the properties window in the VBE, the headers pop up no problem. Its only when we try define the rowsource through VBA code that the headers get lost.
So I first went a defined the listboxes rowsource as a named range in the VBE for via the properties window, then I can reset the rowsource in VBA code after that. The headers still show up every time.
I am using this in combination with an advanced filter macro from a listobject, which then creates another (filtered) listobject on which the rowsource is based.
This worked for me
Another variant on Lunatik's response is to use a local boolean and the change event so that the row can be highlighted upon initializing, but deselected and blocked after a selection change is made by the user:
Private Sub lbx_Change()
If Not bHighlight Then
If Me.lbx.Selected(0) Then Me.lbx.Selected(0) = False
End If
bHighlight = False
End Sub
When the listbox is initialized you then set bHighlight and lbx.Selected(0) = True, which will allow the header-row to initialize selected; afterwards, the first change will deselect and prevent the row from being selected again...
Here's one approach which automates creating labels above each column of a listbox (on a worksheet).
It will work (though not super-pretty!) as long as there's no horizontal scrollbar on your listbox.
Sub Tester()
Dim i As Long
With Me.lbTest
.Clear
.ColumnCount = 5
'must do this next step!
.ColumnWidths = "70;60;100;60;60"
.ListStyle = fmListStylePlain
Debug.Print .ColumnWidths
For i = 0 To 10
.AddItem
.List(i, 0) = "blah" & i
.List(i, 1) = "blah"
.List(i, 2) = "blah"
.List(i, 3) = "blah"
.List(i, 4) = "blah"
Next i
End With
LabelHeaders Me.lbTest, Array("Header1", "Header2", _
"Header3", "Header4", "Header5")
End Sub
Sub LabelHeaders(lb, arrHeaders)
Const LBL_HT As Long = 15
Dim T, L, shp As Shape, cw As String, arr
Dim i As Long, w
'delete any previous headers for this listbox
For i = lb.Parent.Shapes.Count To 1 Step -1
If lb.Parent.Shapes(i).Name Like lb.Name & "_*" Then
lb.Parent.Shapes(i).Delete
End If
Next i
'get an array of column widths
cw = lb.ColumnWidths
If Len(cw) = 0 Then Exit Sub
cw = Replace(cw, " pt", "")
arr = Split(cw, ";")
'start points for labels
T = lb.Top - LBL_HT
L = lb.Left
For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
w = CLng(arr(i))
If i = UBound(arr) And (L + w) < lb.Width Then w = lb.Width - L
Set shp = ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
L, T, w, LBL_HT)
With shp
.Name = lb.Name & "_" & i
'do some formatting
.Line.ForeColor.RGB = vbBlack
.Line.Weight = 1
.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(220, 220, 220)
.TextFrame2.TextRange.Characters.Text = arrHeaders(i)
.TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Size = 9
.TextFrame2.TextRange.Font.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = vbBlack
End With
L = L + w
Next i
End Sub
You can give this a try. I am quite new to the forum but wanted to offer something that worked for me since I've gotten so much help from this site in the past. This is essentially a variation of the above, but I found it simpler.
Just paste this into the Userform_Initialize section of your userform code. Note you must already have a listbox on the userform or have it created dynamically above this code. Also please note the Array is a list of headings (below as "Header1", "Header2" etc. Replace these with your own headings. This code will then set up a heading bar at the top based on the column widths of the list box. Sorry it doesn't scroll - it's fixed labels.
More senior coders - please feel free to comment or improve this.
Dim Mywidths As String
Dim Arrwidths, Arrheaders As Variant
Dim ColCounter, Labelleft As Long
Dim theLabel As Object
[Other code here that you would already have in the Userform_Initialize section]
Set theLabel = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "Test" & ColCounter, True)
With theLabel
.Left = ListBox1.Left
.Top = ListBox1.Top - 10
.Width = ListBox1.Width - 1
.Height = 10
.BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
End With
Arrheaders = Array("Header1", "Header2", "Header3", "Header4")
Mywidths = Me.ListBox1.ColumnWidths
Mywidths = Replace(Mywidths, " pt", "")
Arrwidths = Split(Mywidths, ";")
Labelleft = ListBox1.Left + 18
For ColCounter = LBound(Arrwidths) To UBound(Arrwidths)
If Arrwidths(ColCounter) > 0 Then
Header = Header + 1
Set theLabel = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "Test" & ColCounter, True)
With theLabel
.Caption = Arrheaders(Header - 1)
.Left = Labelleft
.Width = Arrwidths(ColCounter)
.Height = 10
.Top = ListBox1.Top - 10
.BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
.Font.Bold = True
End With
Labelleft = Labelleft + Arrwidths(ColCounter)
End If
Next
This is a bummer. Have to use an intermediate sheet to put the data in so Excel knows to grab the headers. But I wanted that workbook to be hidden so here's how I had to do the rowsource.
Most of this code is just setting things up...
Sub listHeaderTest()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim testarr() As String
Dim numberOfRows As Long
Dim x As Long, n As Long
'example sheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
'example headers
For x = 1 To UserForm1.ListBox1.ColumnCount
ws.Cells(1, x) = "header" & x
Next x
'example array dimensions
numberOfRows = 15
ReDim testarr(numberOfRows, UserForm1.ListBox1.ColumnCount - 1)
'example values for the array/listbox
For n = 0 To UBound(testarr)
For x = 0 To UBound(testarr, 2)
testarr(n, x) = "test" & n & x
Next x
Next n
'put array data into the worksheet
ws.Range("A2").Resize(UBound(testarr), UBound(testarr, 2) + 1) = testarr
'provide rowsource
UserForm1.ListBox1.RowSource = "'[" & ws.Parent.Name & "]" & ws.Name & "'!" _
& ws.Range("A2").Resize(ws.UsedRange.Rows.Count - 1, ws.UsedRange.Columns.Count).Address
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
For scrolling, one idea is to create a simulated scroll bar which would shift the entire listbox left and right.
ensure the list box is set to full width so the horizontal scroll
bar doesn't appear (wider than the space available, or we wouldn't
need to scroll)
add a scroll bar control at the bottom but with .left and .width to
match the available horizontal space (so not as wide as the too-wide listbox)
calculate the distance you need to scroll as the difference between
the width of the extended list box and the width of the available
horizontal space
set .Min to 0 and .Max to the amount you need to scroll
set .LargeChange to make the slider-bar wider (I could only get it
to be half of the total span)
For this to work, you'd need to be able to cover left and right of the intended viewing space with a frame so that the listbox can pass underneath it and preserve any horizontal framing in the form. This turn out to be challenging, as getting a frame to cover a listbox seems not to work easily. I gave up at that point but am sharing these steps for posterity.
I found a way that seems to work but it can get messy the more complicated your code gets if you're dynamically clearing the range after every search or changing range.
Spreadsheet:
A B C
1 LName Fname
2 Smith Bob
set rng_Name = ws_Name.range("A1", ws_Name.range("C2").value
lstbx.Main.rowsource = rng_Name.Address
This will loads the Headers into the listbox and allow you to scroll.
Most importantly, if you're looping through your data and your range comes up empty, then your listbox won't load the headers correctly, so you will have to account for no "matches".
Why not just add Labels to the top of the Listbox and if changes are needed, the only thing you need to programmatically change are the labels.