XL97: How to Move Between Custom UserForms with CommandButtons

ID: Q161521

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SUMMARY

When you create a project with multiple UserForms, you can use CommandButtons to move between the UserForms. This article explains how to create two UserForms and includes a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that moves between the UserForms.

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Creating the UserForms

To create the UserForms, follow these steps:

1. Save and close any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).

3. On the Insert menu, click UserForm. 

   This step inserts UserForm1 into the project.
4. Add a TextBox and a CommandButton control to the UserForm.

5. Change the Caption property of the CommandButton to "show UserForm2" 

   (without the quotation marks).
6. On the Insert menu, click UserForm. 

   This step inserts UserForm2 into the project.
7. Add a TextBox and a CommandButton control to the UserForm.

8. Change the Caption property of the CommandButton to "show UserForm1" 

   (without the quotation marks).

Sample Macro for Moving Between UserForms

To create the macro, follow these steps: 

  1. Double-click the CommandButton on UserForm1.

  2. Type the following code for the CommandButton1 Click event:

        Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

            'Set the text for TextBox1 in UserForm2 with the text in
            'TextBox1 in UserForm1.
            UserForm2.TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text

            UserForm1.Hide
            UserForm2.Show

        End Sub

  3. Double-click the CommandButton on UserForm2.

  4. Type the following code for the CommandButton1_Click event:

        Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

            'Set the text for the TextBox in UserForm1.
            UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text

            UserForm2.Hide
            UserForm1.Show

        End Sub

     NOTE: Because the CommandButton and TextBox controls are on different
     UserForms, you can use the same name for the controls.

  5. On the Insert menu, click Module.

  6. Type the following code in this module:

        Sub Show_UserForms()

            UserForm1.Show

        End Sub

  7. Run the Show_UserForms macro.

  8. Type any text in the TextBox on UserForm1, and then click the
     CommandButton.

     UserForm1 is hidden. UserForm2 is displayed with the text you typed in
     the TextBox on UserForm1.

  9. Type new text in the TextBox on UserForm2, and then click the
     CommandButton.

     UserForm2 is hidden. UserForm1 is displayed with the text you typed in
     the TextBox on UserForm2.

 10. Close the UserForm.

REFERENCES

For more information about Custom UserForms, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "custom dialog boxes," click Search, and then click to view "Creating a custom dialog box."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
Additional query words: XL97 
Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999