How do i get the selected value of the combobox?
i have a combobox which has the values: "Corporate" and "Consumer".
I want to get the value that i selected, not the index, and store in a string.
something like this:
string a = combobox.value;
(a -> Consumer)
thank you
If your ComboBox is embedded in a spreadsheet you can use this:
Dim ws as Worksheet
Dim cboCorpConsumer as ComboBox
Dim a as String
Set ws = Worksheets("YourWorksheetName")
Set cboCorpConsumer = ws.OLEObjects("cboNameFromActiveXProperties").Object
a = cboCorpConsumer.Value
Or in one line:
a = Worksheets("YourWorksheetName").OLEObjects("cboNameFromActiveXProperties").Object.Value
Value has a capital "V" in VBA, but assuming combobox is the name of the ComboBox you created on the screen, the code you have will work (except that your assignment statement is wrong; see below). If you don't know what the name of the ComboBox is, it is likely ComboBox1. To check, look at the Name property in the VBA properties window.
Try this:
Dim a as String
a = combobox.Value
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I am currently trying to get a combobox to add items based on another combobox value, but am coming unstuck.
The following is the code I have so far - through trial and error I have got to this stage, although this is still giving me a "1004" error relating to the last line of the code. Is there a better way of writing this to get the same result?
Private Sub ProductInfo1_Change()
Dim strName As String
Dim strNameProductAllData As String
Dim strNameProductName As String
Dim strNameProductDescription As String
strName = Replace(OrderForm1.OrderFrm3.Value, " ", "")
sheet = "strName"
strNameProductName = Replace(strName, " ", "") & "productname"
strNameProductDescription = Replace(strName, " ", "") & "productdescription"
Me.ProductInfo2 = Application.WorksheetFunction.Index(Sheets(strName).Range(strNameProductDescription), Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(ProductInfo1.Value, Sheets(strName).Range(strNameProductName), 0))
End Sub
You are assigning to the wrong object.
You are trying to set a combobox, ProductInfo equal to a range.
What you want to do is use the "RowSource" property of the combobox
For example:
Me.ProductInfo2.RowSource = "mySheet!$A$1:$A$10"
This would make the choices for the ProductInfo2 combobox the items in cells A1-A10.
It is unclear what you are trying to get with the Match/Index Worksheet functions. If the contents of the cell have a range, then just use the contents to be equal to this rowsource. So for instance, if the column that represents "strNameProductDescription" has the range "myRange" in it, then your code can simply be modified to put this into the RowSource property. If it contains some other piece of information, then you need to construct the range you are looking for so that it would be similar to the line shown above. If myRange is a range on your worksheet, then the code,
Me.ProductInfo2.RowSource = "myRange"
will work.
I have a userform that opens on cell change in a column.
That userform contains checkboxes, which all trigger a second userform with a text box which looks up a cell on a hidden sheet for its contents. (The checkbox that's ticked determines which cell the textbox looks for). The user then edits the box, clicks a button, and the new text is written back to the same cell.
This is the VBA for when the checkbox is ticked. It works great. Hooray!
Dim vln As Variant
Dim reta As Worksheet
Set reta = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("RetailerActivity")
Set vln = ActiveCell.Offset(-1, -3)
UserForm2.TextBox1.Text = Application.WorksheetFunction.VLookup(vln, reta.Range("A1:Z100"), 3, False)
UserForm2.TescoSave.Visible = True
UserForm2.Show
End Sub
When the textbox has been edited, I would like to write it back to the same cell it came from. I figure the easiest way to do that is to have a public variable (as range), and to pass the result of the vlookup into that variable so the second userform can have a line which reads
Private Sub ASave_Click()
publicvariable.Value = TextBox1.Value
userform1.hide
End Sub
Nice and easy, rather than doing a VLookup again. Right?
Either way, I can't seem to set the public variable as the lookup.
Outside of any sub I have
Public bums As Range
And in the code above, after the bit where I've set the text box, I've tried to add the line
Set bums = Application.WorksheetFunction.VLookup(vln, reta.Range("A1:Z100"), 3, False)
But the code errors with a "type mismatch".
If I try
Set bums = Range(Application.WorksheetFunction.VLookup(vln, reta.Range("A1:Z100"), 3, False))
I get method "Range" of object "_global" failed.
I code by cobbling bits off the internet, as you can probably tell, so this is I don't doubt a complete kludge.
Any advice would be super appreciated.
VLookup returns a value, not a Range. You could use Match to find the row and then Cells to get the actual reference - for example:
Dim vMatch
vMatch = Application.Match(vln, reta.Range("A1:A100"),0)
If Not IsError(vMatch) then
Set bums = reta.Cells(vMatch, "C")
else
msgbox "No match for " & vln
Exit Sub
End If
Personally I would also not use a public variable, but create a property for Userform2 to which you can assign the range.
so i have a ComboBox(ComboBox1) and from this ComboBox I would put a SO#(SalesOrder#) and click on an update button, when i click on this, the following fields would fill up according to the SO#(SalesOrder#) : TextBox1, ComboBox2, TextBox2, TextBox8, ComboBox5, TextBox4, TextBox5, ComboBox3, ComboBox4, ComboBox6, and TextBox7.
The Data needed are on the worksheet: Orders Database
The Data for SO#(SalesOrder#) is on column A and are arranged according to the input above.
I don't have a sample code yet since i still have no idea on how to do this
so basically, i want to fill up the Other Fields according to the SO# field(ComboBox1) and use it as a searchbox for my database.
Asign a value to a text box
Dim OrderNumber as Range
Set OrderNumber = ActiveSheet.[A1]
Me.MyTextbox = OrderNumber 'define a range inside VBA code
' or
Me.MyTextbox = ActiveSheet.[A1] ' use absolute cell addressing
' or
Me.MyTextbox = Range("MyWSRange").Cells(1,1) 'use a range defined in worksheet
With a ComboBox basically you can do the same. If you want to include the displayed value into the ComboBox DownDown list as well, you need to add it as an item
Me.ComboBox1.AddItem ActiveSheet.[A1]
I have added a ListBox to a SHEET (not to a "UserForm")
I did this using the mouse.
I clicked the little Hammer and Wrench icon.
This ListBox seems to be easily referenced using code such as this:
ListBox1.Clear
or
ListBox1.AddItem("An option")
However, I have three of these ListBoxes (named, conveniently, ListBox1, ListBox2, and ListBox3) and I want to write a function to populate them with array data, like this:
Call populate_listbox(ListBox2, designAreaArray)
Where the first argument is the listbox name, the 2nd is the data.
But I do not know how to send "ListBox2" correctly, or refer to it correctly within the function.
For example:
Dim controlName as string
controlName = "ListBox1"
doesn't work, even if I define the function as follows:
Sub populate_listbox(LB As ListBox, dataArray As Variant)
Dim i As Integer: i = 0
For i = LBound(dataArray, 2) + 1 To UBound(dataArray, 2) ' Skip header row
LB.AddItem (dataArray(index, i))
Next i
End Sub
Clearly it results in a mis-matched data type error. I've tried defining "controlName" as a ListBox, but that didn't work either...
Though perhaps it is my reference to the listBox that is incorrect. I've seen SO MANY ways to refer to a control object...
MSForms.ListBox.
ME.ListBox
Forms.Controls.
Worksheet.Shapes.
The list goes on an on, and nothing has worked for me.
Try this:
Dim cMyListbox As MSForms.ListBox
Set cMyListbox = Sheet1.ListBox1 '// OR Worksheets("YourSheetName").Listbox1
cMyListbox.AddItem("An option")
Also you can populate a listbox without having to loop through the array, try this:
Dim cMyListbox As MSForms.ListBox
Dim vArray As Variant
Set cMyListbox = Sheet1.ListBox1
vArray = Range("A1:A6").Value
cMyListbox.List = vArray
Change the sub signature to match this:
Sub populate_listbox(LB As MSForms.ListBox, dataArray As Variant)
Now you can pass it like you were trying to originally.
NOTE: This only works if you used the "ActiveX" version of the listbox. I'm assuming you are because you are able to call ListBox1 straight from a module.
PS: The ActiveX controls are members off of the parent sheet object. So if you have the listbox1 on sheet1, you can also call it like Sheet1.ListBox1 so you don't get confused if you end up with multiple sheets with multiple listboxes. Also, you may want to change the name just to make it easier on yourself.
Dim controlName As OLEObject
Set controlName = Sheet1.OLEObjects("ListBox1")
Call populate_listbox(controlName, designAreaArray)
Sub populate_listbox(LB As OLEObject, dataArray As Variant)
Dim i As Integer: i = 0
For i = LBound(dataArray, 2) + 1 To UBound(dataArray, 2) ' Skip header row
LB.Object.AddItem (dataArray(Index, i))
Next i
End Sub
To access the state of a checkbox Active-X control on Sheet1:
Dim checkBox1 As Object
Set checkBox1 = Sheet1.OLEObjects("CheckBox1").Object
MsgBox checkBox1.Value
I asked a similar question Here and now I need to do the same thing again but this time using VBA in Excel 2010.
Essentially I have numerous text boxes with generic names (i.e. textbox1,textbox2 etc). How can I programically construct the object reference so that I can create a loop?
EDIT:
It is a regular textbox on a worksheet. When I start a sub for this worksheet I can reference the textboxes with the following line:
TextBox1.LinkedCell = "B2"
This is what your after:
Dim oleObj As OLEObject
'Dim oleTxtBox As TextBox
For Each oleObj In Sheet1.OLEObjects
If oleObj.OLEType = xlOLEControl Then
If Mid(oleObj.progID, 1, 14) = "Forms.TextBox." Then
Set oleTxtBox = oleObj.Object
oleTxtBox.PasswordChar = "*"
End If
End If
Next
Just using PasswordChar as an example field from the TextBox object, but it wouldn't actually left me Dim as a TextBox