xlOn is used for checkboxes from the forms toolbar. For your checkboxes,
use True and False.

The best way to control movement through a userform is using the tabindex
property.

If for some reason you want to violate that order, then setfocus would be
the principal command to use. If it isn't working, it could be possible
that other settings/code are interfering. (possibly you use setfocus in an
event before the normal tabbing has been applied).

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Peter Rooney" wrote in message
...
Good afternoon!

I wonder could some clever person confirm that I'm using the correct
syntax?

I have a user form called FolderForm - it contains a number of checkboxes,
one of which is named "DirectEnttyCheckBox".
When I show the form, I check the status of the box with
If DirectEntryCheckBox.Value = xlOn Then
MsgBox ("Direct Entry")
'other code...
End If

but when I display the form, check the box, and click the OK button
(called
"OKButton", which runs a procedure containing the above code, plus
validation
checking for other checkboxes too) the message "Direct Entry" isn't
displayed.

While I'm on the subject, can anyone also suggest how I set the focus to
"OKButton"? I tried "OKButton.setfocus" but it didn't make any difference.

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Regards & thanks in advance

Pete