I am using VBA to Show a userform.
On this form, I have buttons to open another userform (AddAmountForm).
When I click on the button to open AddAmountForm I also want to update the caption for a label that is on AddAmountForm.
Here is what I've tried this on the first userform:
Private Sub AssocDuesAddbtn_Click()
AddAmountForm.Show
With AddAmountForm
.AddName.Caption = "Assoc. Dues"
.Repaint
End With
End Sub
However, this doesn't update the caption, it remains the same.
There will be several buttons that will open this second userform and each one will need to update the label to something different based on what each button is supposed to be updating.
What am I doing wrong?
AddAmountForm.Show
This displays the default instance of the AddAmountForm form, modally. This means the next instruction will only execute after the form is closed.
You probably mean to change its label before you show it:
With AddAmountForm
.AddName.Caption = "Assoc. Dues"
.Show
End With
That said, using a form's default instance is going to bite you in the rear end, one day or another. Forms are objects, treat them as such:
With New AddAmountForm
.AddName.Caption = "Assoc. Dues"
.Show
End With
If the caption is a compile-time constant (a string literal is a compile-time constant expression), there's no reason to assign it at runtime - just set the label's caption in the form designer's Properties toolwindow (F4).
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I have some very (very) basic MS Access knowledge. I'm trying to expand a bit into either VBA or macros as I'd like to put in some conditional visibility for my form. Basically, I have a checkbox. If it's checked, I want three or four more fields to pop up. Someone was able to point me to a basic VBA formula of if (this checkbox) = true then, (fieldx).visible = true, else, (fieldx).visibility = false, end if.
But I'm so new to this that I need more help and explanation. I tried putting it in but couldn't get it to work (no error message, just nothing changed at all).
Specific questions:
-Does this formula seem right?
-If I want multiple fields to be visible, can I combine them into one formula or should I create a new "if" statement for all?
-Where do I enter this code? I'm running the Office 365 version. For all I know, I'm not even putting it in the right place.
-How do I determine the field names to replace the (this checkbox) and (fieldx) in the formula? I tried entering the name I title the fields as, but with the spaces in the name I got an error message, and without the spaces nothing happened. Is there a specific naming convention to turn the field names into formula-appropriate titles? Is the name listed somewhere?
-Once I get the formula entered, is there something I have to do to get it to run/take effect? I tried saving, closing and reopening with no changes.
-Is this the best way to go about this?
If there's anything else you think I should know, I would love to hear it - but please keep in mind I'm very new to this so if you could keep it at "dummy" or ELI5 levels of explanation, I'd appreciate it!
after creating a form with 4 textboxes and a checkbox put the form in design mode (lower right corner has design mode selected, select a textbox and hit property sheet on the ribbon (or f4).
On the property sheet note the visible property. set the visible property to false. Now the textbox will be invisible when the form starts.
Tip you can select all the textboxes at the same time and set their properties all at once.
Every control on the form and even the various parts of the form have properties you can set and play with. For instance you can give any name you want to any control. On the property sheet go to the other tab and set the name property.
Tip: choose a name you you will remember without having to look it up and describes the controls function.
Next select the checkbox (not the checkbox's label). On the property sheet go to the event tab and select the on click event. hit the ellipsis and choose code builder. Access is Event Driven. We want the textboxes to appear when the checkbox is selected so we put that code in the checkbox click event.
after choosing code builder we get the code window where we can browse among all the events for all our forms. for now all you should see is something like:
Private Sub mycheckbox_Click()
End Sub
So insert some code to handle the checkboxes like:
Private Sub mycheckbox_Click()
If mycheckbox = True Then
txtbox1.Visible = True
txtbox2.Visible = True
txtbox3.Visible = True
txtbox4.Visible = True
Else
txtbox1.Visible = False
txtbox2.Visible = False
txtbox3.Visible = False
txtbox4.Visible = False
End If
End Sub
now when the checkbox is not checked no textboxes are visible.
but when the checkbox is checked they appear
I have created A userform with few command buttons.
I can't seem to figure out how do I get the information from them.
I want to open this userform from another one and then I want the user to choose an option from one of the buttons which will change a specific cell in the table itself
the userform I created
I did not write anything on this userform therefor there is no code from it to show only the design.
how do get the information from the buttons to be written in A specific cell on a specific worksheet?
double click on one of the buttons, in the code menu a new sub should appear. this looks something like:
Sub CommandButton1_onClick()
End sub
Alongside this event method, it also has a few properties. The one that is usefull here is the CommandButton1.Value, this represents the state of the button (either true or false iirc).
So build for each button (I strongly advice giving them custom names to prevent getting lost in the trouble) as sub like this:
Sub CommandButton1_onClick()
if CommandButton1.Value then
ThisWorkBook.WorkSheets("WorksheetName").Range("YourRange").Value = "Some value"
else
ThisWorkBook.WorkSheets("WorksheetName").Range("YourRange").Value = ""
end if
End sub
I have a form with 3 textboxs and i want to change their properties values according to some events.
My idea is to set these properties to a global form's variables in order to use them whenever i want with a function or module (this depends on your suggestion).
Assuming that i want to change all textboxs.enabled property by pressing a button
and i want to change another different property if needed in the future (like bordercolor),
my example is this:
in the form VBA,
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Private Const AllTxtboxes = *** all txtboxes ***
in the VBA button
Private Sub button1_Click()
AllTxtboxes.enabled = True
End sub
Thanks in advance.
You need to loop trough all controls and identify those you want to change. The problem is that each control type got their own properties, so you need to make sure you are in the right one.
And for that, there is a property common to all controls named Tag
There, you can specify a value and check it. It's really helpful to select only what you want.
I made a simple form with 6 textboxes:
Note that in design view, properties panel at right, tab others, last property is Tag (sometimes it comes as aditional info or something like it).
There, I typed 99 but only on textboxes 2, 4 and 6, because those are the textboxes I want to handle (that would be kind of your array of textboxes)
I added a command button to change forecolor of those textboxes to red when clicked. My code is:
Private Sub CMD_CHANGE_FONT_COLOR_Click()
Me.Painting = False
Dim MyControl As Control
Dim MyTxt As TextBox
For Each MyControl In Me.Controls
If MyControl.Tag = 99 Then
'we set MyTxt to MyControl so we can use Intellisense, not really needed, but it makes coding easier
Set MyTxt = MyControl
MyTxt.ForeColor = vbRed
Set MyTxt = Nothing
End If
Next MyControl
Me.Painting = True
End Sub
When the form loads, you will see:
But after click on command button, the forecolor of those 3 textboxes will be red:
There you go. So everytime you want to do something with that array of textboxes, you can use this code to loop and change the properties you want.
Longtime viewer, first time question asker.
I'm currently working with UserForms within MS Word and have a particular form that can have up to 20 different labels and accompanying textboxes with varying texts. I have all but the first hidden while not in use, however I would like the next label and text box to become visible following input in the previous textbox. So if you enter data (anything) in the first textbox, the next label and text box will become visible. Does this make sense? I've seen other responses here suggest using AfterUpdate() rather than Change() or Click() but can't figure out how to use any of them. I would share my code but at this point I don't have any code to share, other than my labels and textboxes are lblField1 txtField1, lblField2 txtField2...
Any suggestions?
I would suggest using Change event, when using AfterUpdate you need to leave you TextBox for a while to fire the event. If you have only one TextBox visible there is nothing to move to. If you have more TextBoxes you would need to move back to fire AfterEvent and I don't think this is what you expect.
So, double click wherever on your userform and add the following code in code area:
Private Sub txtField1_Change()
txtField2.Visible = True
lblField2.Visible = True
End Sub
Next, add next portion for next textbox:
Private Sub txtField2_Change()
txtField3.Visible = True
lblField3.Visible = True
End Sub
And so on, if only you have an order in controls name you just need to change numbers in the end of control names.
What I am trying to achieve is for a combo box (Combo_sf) selection to dictate the form in the subform control (sf_record) I have about 10 forms, their names are in the combo box data. I am new to VBA and am not sure if my approach is right:
Private Sub Combo_sf_AfterUpdate()
Dim strLoadTable As String
strLoadTable = "Form." & Me.Combo_sf.Value
MsgBox strLoadTable
Forms![frm_Mnu_Manage Configuration Settings]!sf_record.Form.SourceObject = strLoadTable
End Sub
I have placed this in the combobox's after update event but when I make my selection nothing happens in the form. Am I approaching this right or would another way work better?
Your approach should work. I put a combo box named cbxSubform on my main form and added one line of code to its AfterUpdate() event handler...
Private Sub cbxSubform_AfterUpdate()
Me.mySubform.SourceObject = Me.cbxSubform.Value
End Sub
...and changing the selection in the combo box switches the subforms immediately. Are you sure that the AfterUpdate() code for your combo box is actually firing? (You could add a MsgBox or a Debug.Print to check.)
It could be this line which is tripping you up:
strLoadTable = "Form." & Me.Combo_sf.Value
What is your form object called? If your form is called Form.myTableName it could be the . that is throwing it out, try setting it to a form without a dot in its name.
In this line, it seems the code attempts to change the SourceObject property of a Form object.
Forms![frm_Mnu_Manage Configuration Settings]!sf_record.Form.SourceObject = strLoadTable
However, SourceObject is a property of a subform control, not the form contained in that control. So if the subform control is named sf_record, do it this way.
Forms![frm_Mnu_Manage Configuration Settings]!sf_record.SourceObject = strLoadTable
Also, if the after update procedure runs from [frm_Mnu_Manage Configuration Settings], you can use Me to refer to the form.
Me!sf_record.SourceObject = strLoadTable
Finally, if Me.Combo_sf.Value is the name of a form, you don't need to prefix its name with "Form.". It worked either way in my test, but I would just leave off "Form.".
strLoadTable = Me.Combo_sf.Value