XL97: No Combination List-Edit Control for UserForms

ID: Q165758

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

When you use a UserForm in Microsoft Excel 97, there is no control that is equivalent to the Combination List-Edit control for custom dialog boxes in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. You can simulate the behavior of a Combination List-Edit box on a UserForm by using a TextBox control and a ListBox control. This article contains an example that uses these controls to simulate a Combination List-Edit box.

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To simulate a Combination List-Edit control on a UserForm, use the following steps:

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

 2. On Sheet1, enter the following values:

       A1: January
       A2: February
       A3: March
       A4: April
       A5: May

 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 TextBox control on the UserForm.

 7. On the UserForm, draw a ListBox control below the Textbox control.

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

     Property         Value
     ------------------------------

     RowSource         Sheet1!A1:A5

 9. Double-click the ListBox to open the Code window for the ListBox.

10. In the Visual Basic module, type the following code for the ListBox

    Click event:

       Private Sub ListBox1_Click()

         TextBox1.Text = ListBox1.Value

       End Sub

11. Run the UserForm

When you click an item in the ListBox control, the TextBox control changes to reflect the current selection.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the ListBox control, click the Office Assistant, type "listbox control" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the "ListBox Control" topic.

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 combo box

Keywords          : kbprg xlvbahowto 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999