XL98: How to Create a Group of Mutually Exclusive ToggleButtons

ID: Q182699

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article provides an example of how to create a group of mutually exclusive ToggleButton controls on a UserForm.

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In this example, you attach a procedure to the MouseUp event of each ToggleButton that sets a Public variable and then calls another procedure. That procedure selects the ToggleButton you have clicked and deselects all others.

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

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11), and then on the Insert

   menu, click Module.

3. In the module, type the following code:

    ' Variable to hold name of ToggleButton that was clicked.
    Public Clicked As String

    Sub ExclusiveToggleButtons()

       Dim Toggle As Control

       ' Loop through all of the ToggleButtons on Frame1.
       For Each Toggle In UserForm1.Frame1.Controls

           ' If Name of ToggleButton matches name of ToggleButton
           ' that was clicked...
           If Toggle.Name = clicked Then
              '...select the button.
              Toggle.Value = True
           Else
              '...deselect the button.
              Toggle.Value = False
           End If
        Next
    End Sub

4. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

5. Draw a Frame control on the UserForm.

6. Draw three ToggleButton controls on the Frame control.

7. Double-click one of the ToggleButton controls to display the Code

   window for the UserForm.

8. In the module, type the following code:

    Private Sub ToggleButton1_MouseUp(ByVal Button As Integer, _
            ByVal Shift As Integer, ByVal X As Single, ByVal Y As Single)
        Clicked = ToggleButton1.Name
        Application.OnTime Now, "ExclusiveToggleButtons"
    End Sub

    Private Sub ToggleButton2_MouseUp(ByVal Button As Integer, _
            ByVal Shift As Integer, ByVal X As Single, ByVal Y As Single)
        Clicked = ToggleButton2.Name
        Application.OnTime Now, "ExclusiveToggleButtons"
    End Sub

    Private Sub ToggleButton3_MouseUp(ByVal Button As Integer, _
            ByVal Shift As Integer, ByVal X As Single, ByVal Y As Single)
        Clicked = ToggleButton3.Name
        Application.OnTime Now, "ExclusiveToggleButtons"
    End Sub

9. Run the UserForm.

When you click one of the ToggleButton controls, the ExclusiveToggleButtons procedure sets the value of the other buttons to False. Only one of the ToggleButtons can be selected at a time.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the ToggleButton control, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "togglebutton control" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the "ToggleButton Control" topic.

For more information about using the Frame control, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "frame control" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click the "Frame Control" topic.

For more information about using the MouseUp event, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "mouseup event" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click the "MouseDown, MouseUp Events" topic.

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

Additional query words: XL98 toggle

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

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999