VBA Worksheet Data extraction to search for multiple values - vba

Question

I am tasked with pulling two specific rows of data from monthly sheets in a workbook.
Current code, using MyVal and a search box, is only compatible with one search. How can I change the code & searchbox function to be compatible with multiple searches?
Current code looks like this:
Sub Set_Hyper()
' Object variables
Dim wks As Excel.Worksheet
Dim rCell As Excel.Range
Dim fFirst As String
' {i} will act as our counter
Dim i As Long
' Use an input box to type in the search criteria
Dim MyVal As String
MyVal = InputBox("What are you searching for", "Search-Box", "")
' if we don't have anything entered, then exit the procedure
If MyVal = "" Then Exit Sub
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
' Add a heading to the sheet with the specified search value
With Cells(1, 1)
.Value = "Found " & MyVal & " in the Link below:"
.EntireColumn.AutoFit
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
End With
i = 2
' Begin looping:
' We are checking all the Worksheets in the Workbook
For Each wks In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If wks.Name <> "Data" Then
' We are checking all cells, we don't need the SpecialCells method
' the Find method is fast enough
With wks.Range("A:A")
' Using the find method is faster:
' Here we are checking column "A" that only have {myVal} explicitly
Set rCell = .Find(MyVal, , , xlWhole, xlByColumns, xlNext, False)
' If something is found, then we keep going
If Not rCell Is Nothing Then
' Store the first address
fFirst = rCell.Address
Do
' Link to each cell with an occurence of {MyVal}
rCell.Hyperlinks.Add Cells(i, 1), "", "'" & wks.Name & "'!" & rCell.Address
wks.Range("B" & rCell.Row & ":R" & rCell.Row).Copy Destination:=Cells(i, 2)
Set rCell = .FindNext(rCell)
i = i + 1 'Increment our counter
Loop While Not rCell Is Nothing And rCell.Address <> fFirst
End If
End With
End If
Next wks
' Explicitly clear memory
Set rCell = Nothing
' If no matches were found, let the user know
If i = 2 Then
MsgBox "The value {" & MyVal & "} was not found on any sheet", 64, "No Matches"
Cells(1, 1).Value = ""
End If
' Reset application settings
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub

Answer 1

I'm thinking what you could do is create a UserForm with the following controls:
A text box
A Listbox
A button to add text to the listbox
Another button to run the VBA
The Textbox can hold the search string(s). You can make an event when you click the button to do the following:
1) Add the text from textbox to the listbox. Lookup the AddItem method to do this.
2) Clear the text box contents, so a new value can be added.
Once that's added you can add another for loop around your code to go through each item added to the listbox. That way you can do multiple searches based on what was added.
Hopefully this helps :)