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Thanks Jon.

I had thought of a multi-select form. The only difficulty I see is how to
display and make changes to each of the amounts designated to go to each
sheet. The transaction amount to each individual sheet varies. Could I use
a two column listbox to display each amount? Could the two-column listbox be
used to change the amount (i.e. can I place an user editable textbox in the
second column of the listbox), or would I have to use a textbox on the side
to update the amount if it needs to be changed?

How does one use the listbox1.additem command to fill the second column of a
listbox?

Thanks
drhalter

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I would use a multi-select listbox for the sheet names. This is populated
dynamically as the form is loaded, always has enough rows for the number of
sheets, and no empty rows. Also it takes a fixed space, and scrolls if the
list is long.

- Jon
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"drhalter" wrote in message
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I have a form with multiple texbox controls. I want the number of these
controls to change based on the number of worksheets in the workbook.
What I
have currently is a form with 36 textbox controls. If I only have 30
worksheets, then the last 6 are hidden. If, however, the user wants to
add
worksheets until there are greater than 36, then I have to manually edit
the
code and form so that there will be enough textboxes for the worksheets.

So, is there a way to modify the form so that when a worksheet is added
(or
removed) a new textbox will be added (or removed) from the form?
I should add there is small amount of code associated with each
textbox_change event that would also need to be added or removed.

...

The other option would be to redesign the form entirely, though I'm not
quite sure how to make that happen. The workbook is a financial planner,
with each sheet functioning as basically an account register. The form in
question allows one to make a transfer of funds from one sheet (chosen by
a
combobox) to one or multiple other sheets (represented in the multiple
textboxes). The essential function of the form is to allow multiple
transactions at the press of one button, rather than making multiple
individual transactions.

Any ideas for either method?

Thanks
drhalter

using XL 2003 SP3