XL98: How to Dynamically Resize a User Form

ID: Q188028

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a custom user form that dynamically changes size to show more options when you click a button.

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Creating the User Form

To create a user form, follow these steps:

1. Close all open workbooks, and open a new workbook.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor by pressing OPTION+F11.

3. To create a blank User form, click UserForm on the Insert menu.

4. If the Properties window is not visible, click Properties Window on

   the View menu.

5. Type the following values for the Height and Width properties for

   UserForm1:

      Height: 149
      Width: 352

6. On the Toolbox, click CommandButton, and draw two command buttons

   that are aligned on the right side of the form.

7. For the following properties, type the following values.

   CommandButton1:

      Property            Value
      -----------------------------
      (Name)              btnExpand
      Caption             Expand
      Height              24
      Width               54
      Left                6
      Top                 6

   CommandButton2:

      Property            Value
      -------------------------------
      (Name)              btnContract
      Caption             Contract
      Height              24
      Width               54
      Left                6
      Top                 36

8. On the Toolbox, click OptionButton, and draw two option buttons on the

   form.

9. For the following properties, type the following values.

   OptionButton1:

      Property            Value
      --------------------------------
      Caption             ExtraOption1
      Left                264
      Top                 30

   OptionButton2:

       Property            Value
       --------------------------------
       Caption             ExtraOption2
       Left                264
       Top                 54

10. Set the Width property of the User form to 185.25.

Creating the Code

On the user form, double-click Expand, and type the following code in the Code module for the user form:

      Sub btnExpand_Click()
         UserForm1.Width = 352.5
      End Sub

      Sub btnContract_Click()
         Userform1.Width = 185.25
      End Sub

Running the Macro

To run the macro, follow these steps:

1. On the File Menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."

2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Forms.

3. On the Forms toolbar, click Button, and then draw a button on the

   worksheet.

4. When the Assign Macro dialog box is displayed, type "ShowForm" (without

   the quotation marks) in the Macro Name box, and then click New.

5. In the General module, type the following code:

      Sub ShowForm()
         UserForm1.Show
      End Sub

6. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."

7. Click the worksheet that contains the button.

8. Click the button to run the ShowForm macro.

9. Click Expand.

The dialog box expands, and you can see the option buttons. If you click Contract, the dialog box is reduced in size, and you no longer see the option buttons.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta xlvbahowto xlvbainfo 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999