ID: Q184097
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When you add a TextBox control to a custom UserForm, you cannot use a property to automatically validate the data that is typed in the text box when you run a macro that displays the UserForm.
In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you cannot use a property that allows you to validate the data. This behavior is different from earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. In earlier versions, you can set the InputType property for an Edit Box control that you place in a custom dialog box.
To validate the data that is typed in a text box on a custom UserForm, create an event-driven macro that verifies the data. For an example that shows you how to implement such a macro, please see the "More Information" section in this article.
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1. Create a new workbook, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and click
Visual Basic Editor to start the Visual Basic Editor.
2. In the Visual Basic Editor, insert a new UserForm into your project.
3. If the Toolbox is not visible, click Toolbox on the View menu.
4. Click TextBox in the Toolbox, and then draw a text box on the UserForm.
5. Double-click the text box.
6. Type the following code in this Visual Basic module:
Private Sub TextBox1_Change()
Dim okstop As Boolean
Dim yesno_continue As Boolean
Dim mytext As String
okstop = False
Do
mytext = TextBox1.Value
If Not IsNumeric(mytext) And mytext <> "" Then
TextBox1.Value = "" 'Clears the TextBox
' Displays a message box that informs you that you typed
' something other than a number.
yesno_continue = MsgBox("Please type only numbers." & _
Chr(13) & "Continue?", vbYesNo)
Else
okstop = True 'You typed a number in the TextBox.
End If
' Continue with the loop if you click Yes.
' Stop the loop if they typed a number in the TextBox.
Loop Until (yesno_continue = vbNo) Or (okstop = True)
End Sub
7. On the Insert menu, click Module.
This step inserts a module sheet into the project.
8. On this module sheet, type the following code:
Sub Data_Validate()
UserForm1.Show 'Displays the custom UserForm.
End Sub
9. Run the Data_Validate macro.
Your custom UserForm appears. If you type a number in the text box,
nothing happens. If you type a text string in the text box, the message
box in the macro in step 6 appears and informs you that you did not
type a number.
to dismiss the UserForm.
For more information about TextBox controls, click the Office Assistant inside the Visual Basic Editor, type "TextBox," click Search, and then click to view "TextBox Control."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q179216
TITLE : OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program
Keywords : kbprg kbdta xlui xlvbahowto xlvbainfo OffVBA xlmac
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbhowtoLast Reviewed: May 18, 1999