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Default How do I retrieve multiple selections from a forms listbox?

"Wheeler" wrote in message
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I am creating a worksheet in which the users will select choices from a
multi-select listbox. I have been able to do this using VBA code with a
ActiveX listbox from the Controls Toolbar. However, I don't need the
complexity (and associated problems) of an ActiveX control, so I would
prefer
to use a listbox from the Forms Toolbar. Unfortunately, with multi-select,
the cell link is inactive, but I have found no instruction on how to link
the
user's selections to a spreadsheet.


There's no way to automatically link the results of a multiselect
ListBox of either type directly to worksheet cells. You have to loop the
whole list and use the Selected property to determine which items are
selected. Here's an example:

Sub GetSelections()
Dim lIndex As Long
Dim szSelections As String
For lIndex = 1 To Sheet1.ListBoxes(1).ListCount
If Sheet1.ListBoxes(1).Selected(lIndex) Then
szSelections = szSelections & _
Sheet1.ListBoxes(1).List(lIndex) & vbLf
End If
Next lIndex
If Len(szSelections) 0 Then MsgBox szSelections
End Sub

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