XL97: How to Use the TextColumn Property

ID: Q165570

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SUMMARY

You can use the TextColumn property of the ListBox or ComboBox control to display one set of values to your user in a list, but to return another value based on the selection that the user makes.

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The following is an example of using the TextColumn and BoundColumn properties to display one set of values in a ListBox while returning another value. 

 1. Close and save any open workbooks, and then open a new workbook.

 2. On Sheet1, enter the following values:

    A1: FTP   B1: File Transfer Protocol
    A2: GIF   B2: Graphics Interchange Format
    A3: HTTP  B3: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
    A4: URL   B4: Uniform Resource Locator
    A5: WWW   B5: World Wide Web

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

 4. If the Properties window is not visible, click Properties on the
    View menu (or press F4).

 5. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

 6. Draw a ListBox control on the UserForm.

 7. Activate the Properties window (press F4).

 8. Change the following properties of the ListBox control to the
    following values:

    Property         Value
    ------------------------------
    BoundColumn       2
    RowSource         Sheet1!A1:B5
    TextColumn        1

    Setting the BoundColumn property to a value of 2 indicates that you
    want to return a value from column 2 in your list. Setting the
    TextColumn property to a value of 1 means that you are presenting the
    user with values from the first column of the data that the ListBox is
    binding to.

 9. Draw a Label control on the UserForm.
10. Double-click the ListBox to open the code window for the ListBox.

11. In the module, type the following code for the ListBox Change event: 

    Private Sub ListBox1_Click()

      Label1.Caption = ListBox1.Value

    End Sub
12. Run the UserForm. To do this, activate the UserForm, and then click Run 
    Sub/UserForm on the Run menu.
When you click an item in the list box, the label will change to the current value from column 2 in the list.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the TextColumn property, click the Office Assistant, type "textcolumn property" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the TextColumn Property.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Excel Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component
Additional query words: XL97 
Keywords          : kbprg kbdta KbVBA kbhowto 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999