XL97: Visual Basic Example for Using SpinButton with a Date

ID: Q161517

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel 97, you can use a SpinButton on a UserForm to change values on a worksheet or in a Visual Basic procedure. Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications in Excel 97 provides the ability to attach procedures to object events such as clicking on the down arrow of the SpinButton (SpinDown event) and clicking on the up arrow (SpinUp event).

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The following Visual Basic procedure demonstrates how to use a SpinButton control to both increment and decrement a date value in an edit box.

 1. From a new workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, press ALT + F11 to activate
    the Visual Basic Editor.

 2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, click Insert and choose UserForm.

 3. Choose the TextBox tool from the Controls Toolbox. Place a TextBox
    (TextBox1) on the UserForm.

 4. Choose the SpinButton tool from the Controls Toolbox. Place a
    SpinButton (SpinButton1) on the UserForm.

 5. Choose the CommandButton tool from the Controls Toolbox. Place a
    CommandButton (CommandButton1) on the UserForm.

 6. On the View menu, click Properties Window.

 7. With CommandButton1 selected, click the Caption and type "Close Now"
    (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER. This places the text
    on the CommandButton.

 8. Select the UserForm by clicking anywhere on the form. In the
    Properties Window, click Caption, type "Change Date" (without the
    quotation marks), and press ENTER.

 9. Right-click the CommandButton and choose View Code. Two lines of code
    are automatically entered for you. Between those two lines, type the
    following:

       UserForm1.Hide

10. Click "UserForm1 (UserForm)" on the Window menu to return to the

    UserForm.

11. On the UserForm, right-click the SpinButton and choose View Code.

12. Ensure that the Object dropdown (the dropdown in the upper left of the

    window) shows "SpinButton1" (without the quotation marks). Click the
    Procedures dropdown box (the dropdown in the upper right of the window)
    and choose SpinDown. Type the following code between the two lines
    placed automatically on the sheet.

       UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = DateValue(UserForm1.TextBox1.Text) - 1

13. Click the Procedures dropdown box and choose SpinUp. Type the

    following code between the two lines of code placed automatically
    on the sheet.

       UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = DateValue(UserForm1.TextBox1.Text) + 1

14. In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, click Insert and choose

    Module. On the module sheet, type the following code:

       Sub ShowForm()
           UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = Date
           UserForm1.Show
       End Sub

15. In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, click Tools and choose Macros.

    In the Macros dialog, click ShowForm and then click Run.

The UserForm appears. Click the up arrow to increment the date. Click the down arrow to decrement the date. Click the Close Now button to close the UserForm and return to the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.

REFERENCES

For additional information about how this can be accomplished in Microsoft Excel versions 5.x and 7.x, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q116118
   TITLE     : Visual Basic Example of Spinner Use on a Date

For more information about the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications SpinButton control, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   spinner controls

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "About adding buttons, check boxes, and other controls" topic.

Additional query words: 97 8.00 XL97

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999