XL: Macro to Insert Data from a List Box into the Active Cell

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SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that enters a selected item from a list box into the active cell on a worksheet.

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Before you create the sample macro, follow these steps:

1. In a worksheet, click List Box on the Forms toolbar, and draw a list box 

   on the worksheet.
2. Click the list box to select it. In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft 
   Excel 98, click Control on the Format menu. In Microsoft Excel 5.0 or
   7.0, click Object on the Format menu.
3. Click the Control tab, click the Input Range box, and then type or 
   select the cells that contain the information you want to display in the
   list box.
4. Type the following macro in a Visual Basic module.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub Test()

       Dim Lbox As Object

       ' Create the Lbox object, which will be the list box on the Active
       ' sheet.
       ' Activesheet can be changed to sheets("test") where test is the
       ' name of the sheet on which you want the information.
       Set Lbox = ActiveSheet.ListBoxes(1)

       ' Check to see the value (or what is selected) of the list box. If
       ' zero, exit the Sub.
       If Lbox.Value = 0 Then Exit Sub

       ' Change the value of the Active cell to be what is selected in the
       ' list box
       ActiveCell.Value = Lbox.List(Lbox.Value)

       ' Set the list box back to zero or nothing selected.
       Lbox.Value = 0

   End Sub
To assign the macro to the list box control, follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the CTRL key, and then click the list box control. 

   This step selects the list box.
2. On the Tools menu, click Assign Macro. Assign the "Test" macro to the 
   list box.

   In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98, right-click or CONTROL-
   click the list box, and click Assign Macro on the shortcut menu. Then,
   select the Test macro, and click OK.
To test the macro, select a cell in the worksheet. When you click an item in the list box, the item you clicked should appear in the active cell.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Press: "Microsoft Excel 5 Visual Basic for Applications Reference," 599-600

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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999