So I am creating a tool and user guide for my client. I am attempting to integrate the user guide into Excel in the form of a Userform. My first attempt was to insert these as images of the word document, however, if the user guide is ever updated that could mean a lot of work for anyone to update the userform as well. So I was looking to see if I could have a button for the user to click that would clear the userform and recreate it dynamically any time the User Guide is updated. My issue is that when I run my code the textboxes I create which contain the text from the user guide disappear after the userform is closed.
Do I have to have a set number of textboxes or can this be dynamic in the case that the user ever adds a new section to the user guide? Can I create textboxes that stay on the userform once it is closed?
My code is below:
For i = 1 To totPara
If wrdDoc.Paragraphs(i).Style = wrdDoc.Styles("Heading 1") Or wrdDoc.Paragraphs(i).Style = wrdDoc.Styles("Heading 2") Then
headerCtr = headerCtr + 1
If headerCtr = 2 Then
labelCtr = labelCtr + 1
Set tempTxt = Nothing
Set tempTxt = userGuide.Controls.Add("Forms.TextBox.1", "Test" & labelCtr, True)
With tempTxt
.Height = 276
.Width = 288
.Top = 54
.Left = 42
.MultiLine = True
End With
tempTxt.Text = wrdDoc.Paragraphs(i).Range.Text & Chr(13)
ElseIf headerCtr > 2 Then
Exit For
End If
ElseIf labelCtr <> 0 Then
tempTxt.Text = tempTxt.Text & wrdDoc.Paragraphs(i).Range.Text & Chr(13)
End If
Next i
For right now I set it to create a new textbox only when headerCtr is equal to 2 for testing but eventually I would like to create a new textbox for each of the 9 sections.
Thank you in advance for any help.
You have the option Hide the userform instead of Close the userform. When it is hidden the textboxes can still be accessed from the calling form.
Dim frm1 As frmMainInput
Set frm1 = New frmMainInput
frm1.tbProjectNumber.Value = iProject_Number
frm1.txtDocsInUse.Text = sDocsInUse
frm1.Show
If frm1.Proceed = False Then
GoTo Local_Exit
End If
iProject_Number = CInt(frm1.tbProjectNumber.Value)
Eventually call frm.close and set frm = Nothing
In the UserForm:
Private Sub cmdCancel_Click()
Proceed = False
Me.Hide
End Sub
Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
Proceed = True
Me.Hide
End Sub
No clue about the refreshing images etc.c
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I am writing an app that send reports to a word document, this is done by the usage of data that is displayed on a continuous form, one form has the data that display's the selected headers that will be printed onto the report, the user can then change the font style by the usage of the windows font window.
This all works fine, what I want to do now is then update the text box on the continuous form with the font styles that have been stored in the data table, so that the user can see the font and style they have selected.
I have tried various approaches to no success, the last method I have tried I will post below in code.
dim i as integer
Private Sub Form_Load()
i = 0
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Current()
i = i + 1
Me.txtchapterName.Tag = "ctrl" & i
End sub
Function SetFieldProperties()
Dim rst As Recordset
Dim ctrl As TextBox
Set rst = Me.Recordset
Set ctrl = Me.ActiveControl
If rst.RecordCount > 0 Then
If ctrl.Tag = Me.txtchapterName.Tag Then
ctrl.ForeColor = Nz(Me![TextFontColour], 0)
ctrl.FontName = Nz(Me![TextFontName], "Calibri")
ctrl.FontSize = Nz(Me![TextFontSize], 14)
ctrl.FontUnderline = Nz(Me![TextFontAlign], 0)
ctrl.FontBold = Nz(Me![TextFontBold], False)
End If
End If
End Function
Private Sub txtchapterName_AfterUpdate()
SetFieldProperties
End Sub
To some extent this works, but it will update all of the controls on the form with the font style.
For clarity my question is in the title of the post...
Thank you all in advance.
Mark.
I have a form in MS Access with multiple checkboxes which I want to use to fill up one textbox. If one of the checkboxes gets unchecked, I want its value to be deleted from the textbox without deleting other values. I'm new at using Access and coding in VBA (been reading ebooks for the past 3 weeks) and although I've tried to do research online it's been difficult for me to find the right code.
This is what I have so far:
First code found
Private Sub cb_click()
If Me.cb1 = True Then
Me.txtComentarios.Value = "INACTIVO;"
Else
Me.txtComentarios.Value = Null
End If
End Sub
Second code found
Private Sub cb2_Click()
If Me.cb2 = -1 Then
Me.[txtComentarios] = [txtComentarios] & "DISCREPANCIA"
Else
Me.[txtComentarios] = ""
End If
Exit Sub
End Sub
Also I would like for the checkboxes to fill the textbox in the same order the chechboxes are displayed.
Ex.
cb1; cb2; cb3
If, cb2 gets unchecked and its value gets deleted, I should have "cb1; cb3" but if I re-check cb2 I should get "cb1; cb2; cb3" again.
I just hope someone could guide me in. Thank you in advance.
Luz
You don't need events for each checkbox. Just create one procedure, which creates full text depending on checkboxes state and puts this text to the textbox. To call this function after each click on checkbox set After Update property of all checkboxes to =MyFunctionToUpdateTextbox instead of [Event Procedure]
Private Function MyFunctionToUpdateTextbox()
Dim strText As String
If Me.cb1 = True Then
strText = strText & "INACTIVO;"
End If
If Me.cb2 = True Then
strText = strText & "DISCREPANCIA;"
End If
If Me.cb3 = True Then
strText = strText & "Text for cb3"
End If
Me.txtComentarios = strText
End Function
I need to create ComboBox's and then AddItems to each ComboBox. This will all be done to a userform. I need to do this entirely within the VBA code, this is because each time the userform is opened new information will be shown.
this is what I have so far:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
for i = 1 to size
Set CmbBX = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.ComboBox.1")
CmbBX.Top = ((90 * i) - 18) + 12 + 20
CmbBX.Left = 30
CmbBX.Text = "Please select an item from the drop down"
CmbBX.TextAlign = fmTextAlignCenter
CmbBX.Width = 324
CmbBX.Visible = False
CmbBX.Name = "ComBox2" & i
Next
end sub
the problem is, once each ComboBox is created its like its name isnt there. I cannot referance the combobox. this is what I have tried:
ComBox21.AddItems "Test1"
ComBox22.AddItems "Test2"
And it errors out. When I look at the UserForms function bar at the top of the screen (where I would usually select ComBox22_Change() for example), It shows that no ComboBoxes even exist!
Any Ideas on how to dynamically create and additems to comboboxes?
Thank you in advance
Here an sample of the code.
You need still to change it for you needs but this will be easy.
I have created a simple userform and one button to do test and it works fast.
To imput the comboboxes replace ".additem" with a loop to load each of them.
How to do that -- search in google
how to Populate a combobox with vba
You cannot refferance any controls on userform if they dont exist.
You need to search for them after creation and then modify them.
Example below with button code.
I think this should bring you to an idea how to manage this.
Option Explicit
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim refControl As Control, frm As UserForm
Dim x
Set frm = Me
With Me
For Each x In Me.Controls
If TypeName(x) = "ComboBox" Then
Select Case x.Name
Case "cmbDemo3"
MsgBox "works!"
'here you can put your code
End Select
MsgBox x.Name
End If
Next x
End With
End Sub
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim combobox_Control As Control
Dim i
For i = 0 To 5
Set combobox_Control = Controls.Add("forms.combobox.1")
With combobox_Control
.Name = "cmbDemo" & i
.Height = 20
.Width = 50
.Left = 10
.Top = 10 * i * 2
.AddItem "hihi" 'here you can add your input code
End With
Next i
End Sub
I am really sorry if this is a silly question. I would like to display a message box similar to the Immediate window that will sit "always on top" and scroll a countdown while not interrupting the VBA program.
I am essentially crunching numbers for 40,000 rows and each run takes about 15 minutes. I don't know if it's still running or when the current VBA code will complete.
Does anyone have suggestions?
Use the status bar:
Application.StatusBar = "Row " & rowNum & " of " & rowCount
At the end, to clear the status bar:
Application.StatusBar = False
You can do it by displaying modeless user form. Below is an example how to do this.
In order to make this example working properly you need to add new, empty UserForm to your project and change it name to frmProgress.
Sub test()
Dim form As frmProgress
Dim lblProgress As Object
Dim i As Long
'-------------------------------------------------
'Create an instance of user form and show it modeless on the screen.
Set form = New frmProgress
With form
.Width = 200
.Height = 60
.Caption = "Progress"
'Add label for displaying text...
Set lblProgress = .Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "lblProgress")
'... and format it to meet your requirements.
With lblProgress
.Width = 200
.Height = 60
.TextAlign = fmTextAlignCenter
.Font.Size = 12
.Top = 6
End With
Call .Show(vbModeless)
End With
For i = 1 To 100000
'(Some code ...)
DoEvents
'Here the new text is inserted on the message box.
lblProgress.Caption = i
Next i
Call form.Hide
End Sub
I created a Userform (manually in the VBA Projectbrowser). I have written VBA code, which fills this Userform with different Objects in runtime (Labels, Optionbuttons etc.). So far everything worked fine
The Userform is filled with data read from my Excel sheets and correctly displayed. However I'm not able to read the inputs from the objects on it (for example Optionbutton - TRUE or FALSE). These objects do not appear anywhere (except on the userform) so that I can link them and use them in another Module.
I guess they are only displayed and not really read into the memory or whatever (initialized !?).
There are two ways to go about it.
WAY 1
Declare your option button object as Public.
Module Code
Public theOpBut As Object
Sub Fill()
If theOpBut.Value = True Then
ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 5) = 1
Else
ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 5) = "NO"
End If
End Sub
Userform Code
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Set theOpBut = UserForm1.Controls.Add("Forms.optionbutton.1", "OptionButton", True)
With theOpBut
.Caption = "Test Button"
'.GroupName = OpButGroupCounter
.Top = 10
.Left = 20
.Height = 16
.Width = 50
.Font.Size = 12
.Font.Name = "Ariel"
End With
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Call Fill
End Sub
WAY 2
Declare a Boolean Variable and create a click event of the Option button and then set the value of the Boolean Variable in that click event. To create the click event of the Option button at Run Time, see THIS EXAMPLE
You can then check the value of Boolean Variable in Sub Fill() and act accordingly.