Code to search a list with a VBA Userform - vba

Question

I'm trying to create a userform in VBA that will search a list in another sheet and display all matching results, is it also possible to have that data displayed by default to then be narrowed down by the search box value?
There are three columns in the list it will search, but if it finds a match, ideally it would display the data from the first and third, the middle column is irrelevant, but needs to stay for other code.
Then you might need to select one of the results to display it in a specific folder in the workbook (column one result in one cell, column two in the cell next to it).
I'm completely new to userforms so a task like this is quite daunting, I'm not even certain how to activate the form from the sheet.
Any feedback is appreciated, I'll comment any useful code I find online.

Answer 1

Accomplished most of what I was after with the following:
Private Sub SearchButton_Click()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Employees").Visible = True
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Employees").Activate
Employee = EmployeeName.Value
lastrow = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
ActiveSheet.Range("$A$2:$C$" & lastrow).AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:= _
"=*" & Employee & "*", Operator:=xlAnd
Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Temp").Visible = xlSheetVisible
Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Temp").Range("A1:AFD1000000").ClearContents
'validation to stop the form breaking if a nane is searched that doesnt exist
Range("A1000000").Select
Selection.End(xlUp).Select
If ActiveCell.Value = "KeyID" Then GoTo validationend
'Take the data that has been filtered by employee name and store it in a temp worksheet
Range("A2").Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Selection.Copy
Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Temp").Activate
Range("A1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
'Delete any data that is irrelevant at this stage
Range("D:D").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
Range("E:E").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
Range("G:AZ").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
lastrow = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Dim rngName As Range
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim i As Integer
Set ws = Worksheets("Temp")
For i = 1 To ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row Step 1
If ws.Cells(i, 1).Value <> vbNullString Then Me.ListBox.AddItem ws.Cells(i, 1).Value
Next i
validationend:
Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Form").Activate
'Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Temp").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
'Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Employees").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
MsgBox ("Error: Name not found. Please check your spelling and try again.")
Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Form").Activate
'Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Temp").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
'Workbooks("Form1.xlsm").Worksheets("Employees").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
End Sub
Doesn't work perfectly, so if you want more answers, I'll be asking relevant questions soon.