WD: How to Create a WordBasic List Box Using Dialog Editor

ID: Q87837

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

You can use the Microsoft Word Dialog Editor to create a list box for use in a WordBasic macro.

The WordBasic ListBox function displays an array list. From that list, you can choose one element to use in the macro.

MORE INFORMATION

To create a list box using the Dialog Editor, use the following steps:

1. Using the instructions on page 787 of the "Microsoft Word for

   Windows User's Guide," start the Dialog Editor.

2. From the Item menu, choose Button. Create an OK button and a Cancel

   button.

3. From the Item menu, choose List Box. Select Standard Box, then

   choose the OK button.

4. From the File menu, choose Exit. Choose the Yes button when

   prompted to save changes to the Clipboard.

5. Launch Word. Open a new macro-editing window. Position the insertion

   point between the Sub Main and End SUB lines. From the Edit menu, choose
   Paste. The text in the macro-editing window should be similar to the
   following:

      Sub Main
         Begin Dialog UserDialog 320, 110, "Microsoft Word"
            OKButton 220, 6, 88, 21
            ListBox 45, 9, 160, 84, ListBox1$(), .ListBox1
            CancelButton 219, 31, 88, 21
         End Dialog
      End SUB

6. Type the following text in the macro-editing window. (Note: The

   text pasted in step 4 above is included in the syntax below.)

      Sub MAIN
         Dim ListBox1$(5)
         ListBox1$(0) = "Entry 1"
         ListBox1$(1) = "Entry 2"
         ListBox1$(2) = "Entry 3"
         ListBox1$(3) = "Entry 4"
         ListBox1$(4) = "Entry 5"
         ListBox1$(5) = "Entry 6"
         Begin Dialog UserDialog 320, 110, "Microsoft Word"
            OKButton 220, 6, 88, 21
            ListBox 45, 9, 160, 84, ListBox1$(), .ListBox1
            CancelButton 219, 31, 88, 21
         End Dialog
         Dim dlg As Dialog UserDialog
         Dialog dlg
         Insert ListBox1$(dlg.Listbox1)
         InsertPara
      End Sub

7. When you run this macro, the list box appears. Select one of the

   list box entries and choose the OK button. Word for Windows inserts
   the selection in the active document.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 787-792

"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, pages 252-253

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Last Reviewed: December 9, 1998