I am using a Word table as a placeholder for images, where table cells contain only pictures and no text.
When inserting a picture into a Word table, I have no problems when inserting an Inline Shape. The picture appears into the expected cell. However, with the "equivalent" code which inserts the picture as a Shape, the shape does not always appear in the expected cell. So far, I have seen this problem in Word 2013, 32 bit version.
Sub test()
Dim s As Shape
Dim x As String
Dim f As String
Dim r As Long
Dim c As Long
Dim h As Single
Dim w As Single
Dim rng As Word.Range
Dim ins As Word.InlineShape
f = "file name of a picture, .bmp .jpg etc."
Word.Application.ScreenUpdating = False
If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
' insert a picture in a table cell
r = Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeRowNumber)
c = Selection.Information(wdStartOfRangeColumnNumber)
With Selection.Tables(1).Cell(r, c)
Set rng = .Range
rng.collapse wdCollapseStart
.Range.Text = ""
h = .height
w = .width
End With
' Works reliably
Set s = Word.Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture(f, False, True, rng).ConvertToShape
s.height = h
s.width = w
' Not at all reliable
' Set s = Word.ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddPicture(f, False, True, 0, 0, w, h, rng)
Else
' insert a picture at the cursor
h = 100
w = 100
Set s = Word.ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddPicture(f, False, True, 0, 0, w, h)
End If
Word.Application.ScreenUpdating = True
s.WrapFormat.Type = wdWrapInline
s.Title = "Title"
s.AlternativeText = "Some metadata"
End Sub
The idea is to select either a cell in a table in a document or somewhere on the page outside of the table. The outside of the table case works as expected where the picture appears at the cursor location.
To see the problem, start with a fresh document, single page, add a 3 x 3 table and deepen the rows a bit. Be sure to supply a file to insert, variable f. Select one of the cells, then run the code. This works correctly when the picture is inserted as an inline shape then immediately converted to a shape. That happens with this line:
Set s = Word.Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture(f, False, True, rng).ConvertToShape
However, the preferred solution would be to insert a Shape from the beginning with code something like this:
Set s = Word.ActiveDocument.Shapes.AddPicture(f, False, True, 0, 0, w, h, rng)
The picture appears, but usually not in the expected location. It could be placed into a different cell or somewhere outside the table.
Is the rng argument to Shapes.AddPicture being ignored or mangled somehow?
Experimenting some more with the 3 x 3 table - adding pictures then setting every possible WrapFormat.Type (there are 8 possible values), I see that:
for every WrapFormat.Type except wdWrapInLine, picture insertion works correctly as long as they are done from left to right on a table row, and;
for every WrapFormat.Type without exception, when the row is initially empty, pictures inserted in columns 2 or 3 appear one column to the left.
Making the picture smaller, such as setting h = .height * 0.5 and w = .width * 0.5, has no effect on placement.
Thanks very much for any insight or elucidation.
The main problem appears to be about the pictures inserting in the wrong column. This would be because the "focus point" (location of the Range) of an empty table cell has its starting point in the previous cell. Doesn't really make a lot of sense, but that's how Word works...
Try collapsing the Range to the End, rather than the Start (wdCollapseEnd) in this extract from your code:
With Selection.Tables(1).Cell(r, c)
Set rng = .Range
rng.collapse wdCollapseEnd 'instead of wdCollapseStart
.Range.Text = ""
h = .height
w = .width
End With
In the end, selective usage of rng.collapse did the trick. I have yet to check whether this behaviour is the same in Word 2010 or 2016.
For the first shape anywhere in a table row, rng.collapse wdCollapseEnd.
For all subsequent shapes on that table row, rng.collapse wdCollapseBegin.
I used the following code to count up the shapes in table rows:
Dim numShapes() As Integer
Dim cel As Word.cell
ReDim numShapes(1 To Selection.Tables(1).Rows.Count)
For Each cel In Selection.Tables(1).Range.Cells
If cel.Range.ShapeRange.Count <> 0 Then
numShapes(cel.RowIndex) = numShapes(cel.RowIndex) + 1
End If
Next cel
and the check is simply
If numShapes(r) <> 0 Then
rng.collapse wdCollapseStart
Else
rng.collapse wdCollapseEnd
End If
where r is the row number from the first code example.
Initial experiments with merged cells suggest other problems...
Excel 2010.
Issue : I need to plot a *single* *discontinuous* series in a XY-scatter chart *via VBA* without referencing a range in the sheet.
It is easy to achieve that when the Yvalues are laid-out in a sheet range, by inserting blank values at the discontinuities ; as long as one selects 'Show empty cells as: Gaps' in Select Data > Hidden and Empty Cells. Here is an example (the Series2 in red is the one that matters) :
So I was trying to reproduce the same via VBA :
Sub addDiscountinuousSingleSeries()
Dim vx As Variant, vy As Variant
Dim chrtObj As ChartObject, chrt As Chart, ser As Series
Set chrtObj = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("MyChart"): Set chrt = chrtObj.Chart
Set ser = chrt.SeriesCollection.NewSeries
vx = Array(0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.7, 0.7, 0.7)
vy = Array(-1, 1, vbNullString, -1, 1, vbNullString)
'vy = Array(-1, 1, CVErr(xlErrNA), -1, 1, CVErr(xlErrNA)) 'doesn't work either
'vy = Range(RANGE_YVALUES_WITH_BLANK) 'this would work, but I do not want to reference a range
chrt.DisplayBlanksAs = xlNotPlotted 'VBA equivalent to 'Show empty cells as: Gaps'
With ser
ser.Name = "VBA Series"
.XValues = vx
.Values = vy
End With
End Sub
But the blank values in the vy array seems to be ignored and the two vertical bars are now connected, which I am trying to avoid (green series).
I know that I could delete the middle line programmatically, but in the real-life problem I am trying to solve it would not be the right solution (too complex, too slow).
My question : is there a way to specify the series' .Values array to get the expected behavior and get a gap between the two vertical green segments in vba (with only one series and no reference to a sheet range)?
You could just format the lines you don't want. Maybe not the prettiest way, but it'd achieve what your after.
ser.Points(3).Format.Line.Visible = msoFalse
ser.Points(4).Format.Line.Visible = msoFalse
ser.Points(6).Format.Line.Visible = msoFalse
Or:
For i = 1 To ser.Points.Count
If i <> 1 Then k = i - 1 Else k = i
If ser.Values(i) = 0 Or ser.Values(k) = 0 Then
ser.Points(i).Format.Line.Visible = msoFalse
End If
Next
I am trying to write a bit of VBA that will automatically populate a scatter chart such that each row (x,y) in a table represents a series i.e. one point per series. I attach below my code so far. But when I come to run it it fails with the following run time error
"Run-time error '438':
Object doesn't support this property or method.
Sub CreateChart()
Dim NPOINTS As Integer
Dim NVAL(1000) As Range, XVAL(1000) As Range, YVAL(1000) As Range
Sheets("Scenario").Select
Range("B4").Select
NPOINTS = Worksheets("Scenario").Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Rows.Count
Set Scenario = Worksheets("Scenario")
ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddChart2(240, xlXYScatter).Select
NVAL0 = "B3"
XVAL0 = "C3"
YVAL0 = "D3"
For i = 1 To NPOINTS
Set NVAL(i) = Cells(Range(NVAL0).Offset(i, 0).Row, Range(NVAL0).Column)
Set XVAL(i) = Cells(Range(XVAL0).Offset(i, 0).Row, Range(XVAL0).Column)
Set YVAL(i) = Cells(Range(YVAL0).Offset(i, 0).Row, Range(YVAL0).Column)
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection.NewSeries
ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(i).Name = NVAL(i)
ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(i).XValues = XVAL(i)
ActiveChart.FullSeriesCollection(i).YValues = YVAL(i)
Next
End Sub
Where am I going wrong?
The y-values in a scatter plot are stored in Values, not YValues, so you need to change the last line accordingly.
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.