i have a form that creates a pop-up (another form) and i want that pop-up to remain on top of the original form until the pop-up's "submit" or "cancel" button is clicked - the original form should be inaccessible while the pop-up is there.
is it possible to do this in VBA?
I'm writing an application for myself, running on Windows Vista & Office 2003, I have no intention, as things stand, of this being used on any other PCs or by anybody using an older version of Windows or Office. I am a Mainframe programmer so my logical way of thinking is not always in line with the best way of using VBA, but I try my best & seem to be getting by, but I have a problem & question as follows:
I "SHOW" a UserForm with an option to Add or Delete. I choose Delete & a new UserForm is opened, populated with data from an Access database, I choose my option from a DropDown box, click OK & I then want the data to be deleted and to return to the first UserForm. I "UNLOAD" the latter UserForm and then try to "SHOW" the original one, but get an error message saying "Form already displayed; can't show modally" ... the first port of call:
You can't use the Show method to display a visible form as modal. This error has the following cause and solution: You tried to use Show, with the style argument set to 1 – vbModal, on an already visible form.........
I have a commandbutton that when clicked, it would make monthview1 visible. I can do this via the following
Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()
MonthView1.Visible = True
MonthView1.Value = Date
End Sub
However, I do not know what code to add so that when the same commandbutton is clicked, the monthview object would hide.
I have created several userforms within my excel spreadsheet and i want to be able to click a command button on one form which will then hide the current form and show the next form. In previous spreadsheets i have used the following:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Form1.Hide
Form2.Show
End Sub
However, i am having trouble with this spreadsheet as when i am typing my code after the Form1. the hide command (and show) does not appear in the little pop scroll bar that predicts what command you plan to use. (If i type it regardless then it doesnt execute)
What is even stranger is that if i write a sub routine in a module such as:
Sub Test_Form()
Form1.Hide
Form2.Show
End Sub
And then call it:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Call Test_Form
End Sub
I am close to finishing making up an Excel tool that takes data input from the user, does some analysis, accepts further input then prepares a report. My coding skills are not what you would call high level, so my code could probably be more efficient, but it works (well, except for this issue).
The tool opens a main multipage userform for data entry, then allows the user to view the data in the spreadsheet tables with the ability to call separate userforms to modify, delete or add records. The user then calls another userform to do some calculations and enter the appropriate results from a separate piece of software, then presses a button to prepare a report. All userforms are called from buttons in a separate userform (I'm not proficient enough and haven't had enough time to create a new ribbon in excel). At various times, messageboxes are used to convey information or prompt the user to do something - these are all simple ones with either only OK button, or OK and cancel buttons.
My problem is that when userforms are called, they sometimes appear but are totally blank (white) - see image.
blank_form.jpg
Clicking anywhere on the screen or pressing any key will bring them up properly and they seem to function normally thereafter.
In addition, the messageboxes sometimes do not appear - pressing any key will make them do so. Other than this they function normally.
The frustrating thing is that these problems occur inconsistently. I can add or change some code and it stops happening, then after testing (entering data and using the tool) starts happening again. Sometimes it just stops happening with no apparent reason, but starts again later after fixing some code or just entering some data. Not all userforms are affected at any one time and not all messageboxes have the problem at any one time.
The problem seems to occur in those subroutines where I access or manipulate data from other sheets before showing the userform or message box (but in most instances, I need to do this manipulation in order to present the correct information in the userform).
Some thought processes I have had, and unsuccessfully tried to fix the problem with (some coming from various web forums):
I thought I may have done "Application.ScreenUpdating = False" without resetting it to true, so I commented out all the "Application.ScreenUpdating = False" statements - problem stopped for a bit then started again.
Some of the userforms were modal, and even though they were not showing were still loaded so thought that this may be impacting on other userforms/message boxes, so changed all userforms to non modal - still had the problem when I opened the tool again.
Tried using "RePaint" and "DoEvents" at various points in the code after opening a userform or message box - no change.
I have tried exporting a form and its code, removing from the tool, then re-importing it. No success.
Tried the tool on another computer and the same problem occurred.
I'm just beginning to work with userforms and have created a couple of forms for workbook navigation. The Menu form is set to appear only on the menu worksheet and the Navbar form is set to show on several database sheets. Both forms are set th hide when the workbook is deactivated.
Private Sub Workbook_Deactivate()
Menufrm.Hide
Navbar.Hide
End Sub
The problem is that when I return to the workbook the forms do not unhide. Using the workbook_activate event causes both forms to show simultaneously. I also have the worksheet_activate event set to show the applicable form.
Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
Application. ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayGridlines = False
Navbar.Show
Navbar.Left = Range("B3").Left
Navbar.Top = Range("B3").Top
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Upon returning to this workbook, I only want the appropriate form to show relative to the worksheet that is active. That is, if I was on sheet2 when I switched to another workbook, sheet2 would be active when I return to the workbook and should show the Navbar form. The menu form should show on sheet1, and the navbar form on sheets 2-5. How do I get the correct form to show when I re-activate the workbook?
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Application.ScreenUpdating=true
Waitingform.Hide
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Run-time error '402'
Must close or hide topmost modal form first.
Apparently the form isn't the 1st in the z-order. How can I see the z-order of my forms?
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frmTest.Show False
End Sub
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I have attached the work book....
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Originally Posted by dominicb
Good evening scott92
Sounds like you want to dump the contents of textbox1 into a public variable and force textbox 2 to pick them up from there. You might have a problem deciding exactly when textbox2 is to update - ie what event you're going to hang it from. Are both userforms visible on the screen at the same time? is the updating to take place in real time?
HTH
DominicB
I have a spreadsheet with some data on it along with a button that activates a pop-up/form, which reads from a row of data and inputs it into specified textboxes on the form. All the data comes up nicely in the form, however it doesn't retain the formatting of the dates.
I have have a column title as "Issue Date", and the data in that column is dates. For example, the date would be written as follows in the actual cell "17Sep2009" (as per my custom formatting). However, when VBA reads it, and inputs it into the form, it displays it as numbers. In this case, it reads "17Sep2009" as "40073".
I also have a column that displays money info, so a cell would read "$10.00", however VBA reads it, and inputs it into the form as "10".
I can't change the formatting of the cell to text or anything, as the date formatting is beneficial to some other coding I have going on in the sheet.
I have the following code written to have VBA pull from the cells and display the info in the form:
I made a front page where the user can input several parameters and then open 3 different userforms which perform calculations. The first 2 userforms just perform calculations but on the third i have two populated comboboxes where the user can choose a device and then it will display the corresponding calculations.
What i would like to do is print all the inputs from the front page, and all 3 userforms (with only the device selected shown). I would like to print the userforms and not copy them to an excel sheet and then print them from there. Is there a way to print all these things together?
I want is a form that has three different partsof it. Each part containing checkboxes, a spreadsheet, textboxes and labels. But I only want to display one of these parts at a time, depending on what the user clicks.
I know I could write code to move everything into the visible part of the form but that would be messy. I hoped I could find some way to instead move the visible part. Like if I had scrolled.
An example. Say the visible form is 100 high and 100 wide. When opening you see from the width 0-100 and height 0-100 (pixels or whatever those things sould be called). Upon pressing a button I instead want to see width 101-201 and height 101-201.