Restrict Combobox Selection To List Only But Allow Deletion
Feb 14, 2008
I have the following code which works but after the user gets an initial error says that they have to enter what is a ComboBox choice they get a second error when they press backspace to delete their entry. Is there a way to just give them the first error but not an error when they press backspace to erase their mistake in the form?
This checks the user input...
Private Sub Combobox5_Change()
If ComboBox5.ListIndex < 0 Then
MsgBox "Please Only Pick From The List. Use Admin Page to Add More to the List", vbCritical, "Error"
End If
End Sub ...........
I have a listbox that is populated via a macro. I can not use ColumnHeads so I populate line 1 in listbox as a header. The user can click on any line to open another box with more in depth data, I want to restrict the user from clicking on line 1, the header.
I have tried using listbox.listindex=1 whenever listbox.listindex=0 in mousedown and keydown but it fails to work although placing listbox.listindex=1 in the form initialisation sets line 2 as default when it opens.
I want to restrict the adding the rows and columns and also deletion of rows and columns in excel template, the same template is circulated to all the program owners to capture there project metrics. With that template through macro values are extracting to consolidated report. Some times program owners are adding extra columns/rows with that we are getting errors/incorrect reports.
I want to have a drop down list in a cell so that the value in the cell can be only selected from two columns of data. Additionally once the data from the first column has been selected I want to be able to limit the inputs the user can select from in the second column.
e.g. In cell C115 I want to have the value BDS05.
I want to be able to select the value BDS from a drop down list of values and once that value has been selected I want to be able select 05 from a list of values from 01 to 14 If I select BCS as the first value then I want the second set of values to be limited to 01 to 02 etc.
I have read about combo boxes and list boxes and I'm a bit confused about the best way to achieve this (or even if I can).
I have a userform, on the user form I have a combo box. when i select an item from the combobox list. I want it to show only that item in the pivot table.
Code: Dim i As Integer With ActiveSheet.PivotTables("PivotTable2").PivotFields("Description") For i = 1 To .PivotItems.Count If i = ComboBox2 Then .PivotItems(i).Visible = True Else .PivotItems(i).Visible = False End If Next End With
I have a listbox on a userform and dependent on which of the 9 values they select, I want to delete the rows in a range that do not contain the string.
I can get the solution using a match on the listbox items but not the reverse, i.e. delete non matches, dependent upon the variety of values that can be selected.
I could potentially use a filter to drop them out, is this the best way? Always struggled trying to build multi filters.
I have a delete button on a protected sheet to allow a user to delete selected rows (unprotects, deletes, protects again...).
I need to add a check to make sure they do not delete any row greater than 152. How can I check if a row greater than 152 is in their range of selected rows?
I have two fields that do the same thing [preset selection vs custom entry], and I need to restrict one from holding any data if the other already does. One field is a drop-down menu, and the other is a decimal entry. It was easy to restrict the decimal from being entered if a drop-down selection has already been made - Data Validation prevents any entry unless the drop-down cell is blank. It's not so easy to restrict the drop-down, however, as it already uses List-type Data Validation to allow only values from a specified range.
Does anyone have any ideas for allowing the drop-down to function as normal if a specific other field or range is blank, but not allowing a selection to be made if that specific field or range already has data in it? I've attached a simplified example worksheet.
I am trying to find out whether you can restrict the rest of the userform from being available, unless a certain field is entered.
I have a tax invoice userform, I want to restrict the user from entering any other data unless they have selected a customer.
There are other fields such as Customer Address, Customer Number, Disc% and Terms that populate through vlookup code once the customer is selected, so still need that to work once the customer is selected. I just don't want them to be able to enter any other data on the userform without the customer being selected.
I wasn't sure whether I needed to enter code into every other textbox or combo box that if cboCustomer = "" then pop up an error message, but that would require a lot of code to be entered. I have 30 comboboxes and 53 Textboxes that I want to restrict to not being available unless a customer is selected from combobox.
I am trying to use excel to score a test. I want to tick a cell to do so. There is an excellente information about Tick Cell Upon Selection, posted here http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/excel-checkbox-tick-cell.htm. Its range is limited to (A1:A100)
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A1:A100")) Is Nothing Then Target.Font.Name = "Marlett" If Target = vbNullString Then Target = "a" Else Target = vbNullString End If End If End Sub
How can I increase the range so it would target C1:C30, E1:E30 ( total of 17 columns)?.
I created a UserForm then linked ComboBox1 to range A2:A, TextBox2 to range E2:E, and ComboBox3 to range M2:M of the same worksheet, named Sheet3. The row contents in Column A, Column E, and Column M are associated. Therefore, when the UserForm is active I want to be able to select a row from Column A in ComboBox1 and have the UserForm pull the contents from the same row of Column E into TextBox2, and Column M into ComboBox3. Here is what I have so far, but its not quite doing it.
Code: Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() Sheets("Sheet3").Activate Dim ColARange As Range
I have a table, headers "FirstName" and "SurName".
Further a Userform with 2 Comboboxes "FirstName" and "SurName"
I'd like to choose the FirstName (say Jack) in the "FirstName" combobox, and based on that get the choice of the Surnames of all my Jacks in the "SurName" combobox.
Actually my sheet has much more fields and comboboxes, but i think my problem is just that I do not find a way to populate them dynamically.
I'm trying to use data validation to restrict the user to only selecting values in a list which I create. Right now, the list is a named range. I'd like to get rid of the range and just use a named list. I create a name using the following as my list.
Insert > Name > Create Name: Fruit
Refers to: banana,apple,orange
When I try to use the name Fruit in my data validation, I get the message "The List Source must be a delimited list, or a reference to single row or column." I thought my name "fruit" was a delimited list.
We are in the process of switching from running Excel 2007 under Windows XP to running Excel 2010 under Windows 7. Most of my Excel reports are not having any issues. However, I have several macros that cause Excel to crash when they go to save the file. Through trial & error, I have found that the problem seems to occur after deleting custom lists that were created earlier in the macro. Here's the pertinent code:
' Declare Variables Dim VarListNum1 Dim VarListNum2 Dim VarListNum3
[Code]....
When I execute the macro line-by-line, it is creating & deleting the custom lists as expected. However, if I try to save the file after any of the custom lists have been created, Excel crashes. Has something changed in Excel 2010?
I was reading your Tick Cell Upon Selection article and it works great. I'm just wondering if there is a way to modify it so that they can only select one of the cells in a row.
For example, in this spreadsheet, the cells I have marked for "tick upon selection" are N8-Q8. In this worksheet, though, I only want the user to be able to select one of the four options. Is there a way to format the code so that they either cannot select another cell until they have deselected the first one, or the first one unchecks itself and the new click ticks that cell?
Example: Person selects N8. Person then selects P8. Can it not allow P8 to be selected (and give a warning message) or can it uncheck N8 when P8 is checked?
I have a list of departments on "Employee Data" sheet on column A and list of staff names on column B. It looks like this:
DEPT FULL NAME
pdi Bob Tan pdi John Christian aftersales_bikes Jim Yeo
I have 24 departments in total and 300 over employees in mt employee data sheet.
On "Jan - June 2014 Training Hours" sheet, when employees attend training courses, I will have to update what courses they went for, no of hours etc.
My problem is:
I would like to select the department (using combo box for the auto complete function) and when department is selected, the staffs in that particular department will show. I have attached the file for your understanding. Currently, I am using data validation with indirect function in that file but would like to switch to combo box.
I have a userform used to input data. I contains textboxes and comboboxes and a command button that is clicked on to record the data onto a worksheet.
What I am looking for is a combobox that is linked to a list of clients (column A of worksheet "Clients").
I would like the user to click on the combobox and select a client name. If the client is new then I would like the user to be able to type in the new name and, then have that name available in the "Clients" names that appear the next time the user clients on the combobox.
I have it almost working, but not quite.
I have a defined name on the "Clients" worksheet as follows:
On another worksheet, I have multiple comboboxes from the Controls toolbar in a column, each having possible selections are based on the data in a column 1 above (ie. A,B,C). When a selection is made in any of these comboboxes, cells to the right of the combobox get populated with the corresponding remaining data from the above cell range - ie. when A is selected, 1,2,3 appears to the right of the combobox, when B is selected, 4,5,6, etc. I want to be able to make selections from within combo boxes, not only by using the combo box dropdown and select mechanism, but also, if possible, by pasting a cell range whose data matches one of the existing selections available in the combobox definition. In other words, if I have a single column cell range from somewhere with the following data in 1 row:...............
I am programming some kind of database in excel and using comboboxes as drop down lists to enter some of the information in the DB. My problem is that when the file is saved, closed and then opened again, all of the comboboxes have lost their selection. I think that using the ControlSource might help but for some reason I can't find the proper syntaxe to make it works. Actually I am getting a Run time error 438: This object doesn't support this property or method.
I have included the relevant portion of my code below. Is the ControlSource property going to solve my problem? If so, what is the syntax I must use? If not, what can I do to make sure that my ComboBoxes are going to keep their selection?
ActiveSheet. OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="Forms. ComboBox.1", Link:=False, _ DisplayAsIcon:=False, Left:=hori_offset - 220, Top:=vert_offset + 78, _ Width:=180, Height:=24.75).Select With ActiveSheet.OLEObjects("ComboBox1").Object .Font.Size = 14 .Font.Bold = True .Style = fmStyleDropDownList 'Use drop-down list .BoundColumn = 0 'Combo box values are ListIndex values End With With ActiveSheet.Shapes("ComboBox1") .OLEFormat.Object.ControlSource = "Q1" .OLEFormat.Object.ListFillRange = "M1:M8" End With
There are two Combo boxes in the form. ComboBox1 is being populated from a named range - "ParticipantName". (Located in Sheet1!C2:C500) ComboBox2 has been populated with "No" and "Yes" with additem in Form1 Initialize.
There are 3 (Three) Command Buttons - "Save", "Cancel" and "Close".
"Cancel" shall clear data in both Combo Boxes. It is done. "Close" shall unload the Form. It is also done.
My problem is with the "Save" button. The user will select a name in the ComboBox1 and Select "Yes" or "No" in ComboBox2. Then if the user press "Save"; only the selected data of ComboBox2 will be written in the 26th Column (Column "Z") of Sheet1 in respective Row of the name selected in the ComboBox1.
I need to link the textboxes of a form to the appropriate cells associated to the selection made by a combobox. And in the process I need to be able to Edit one of those Textboxes on the fly while the rest will be locked to the user.
Not sure if the editing of the Notes section can be real time of if it must be updated through a button.
In this file, I have a Work Summary worksheet in which I'm extracting some data from the other worksheets to "summarize" all jobs into one nice work summary log On Basis of Average of data from 3 other different sheets A,B,C
The following form works great to if onyl formula calling is applied
I'm using two comboboxes to simplify data query of a database: the first narrows the query by displaying employee names, the second narrowing the selection further by displaying the equipment that employee owns. I am able to populate both comboboxes fine.
The first combo box for employee names:
Code:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() Dim ws As Worksheet Set ws = Worksheets("User&EquipOverview")
[Code]....
Where I am running into trouble is that I want the selection made with the equipment name combobox (ComboDevice) to populate several textboxes with values related to that specific selection in the database. That is, the combobox population needs to have the cell location included as information to pull the correct information.
Each employee has several pieces of similarly named equipment, so it's not so easy as to search the initial list for the value of the combobox selection.
I have got 8 sheets in a workbook having the following names first one is Main,and others are Aw,Nzm,Mhk,Gul,Qta,and Hdr.
I want a ComboBox in every sheet displaying names of all sheets in combobox and when i select a name of sheet from combobox it goes to that sheet after hidding sheet where selection was made and running macro codes which i have developed for sheet. I want only one sheet display on the screen when one selection is made other one is invisible.
I have a problem involving two combo boxes in a user form.
I need to populate different “lists” to combo 2, based on a selection in combo 1.
I browsed through the forum but could not find any solution that made sense to me.
Here are the specifics: Combo 1 (called Cbo_Act) is populated with a list based on a named range in one of the sheets. The range is named “activity” and holds 2 records (“Income” & “Expense”).
This list is loaded as part of the form initialization.
If the user select “Income”, I need combo 2 (called Cbo_Act_Type) to show a list of various income types (derived from a dynamic named range called “Income_type”) and if the user selects “Expense”, I need the same combo box (Cbo_Act_Type) to show a different list, specifically – a list of various expense types (derived from a dynamic named range called “Expense_type”).
I know that this should be with a Cbo_Act_Change () routine, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out how to do it.
