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Repost: How to Limit No of Records in a Validation List
Can this be done thru a user form? -----Original Message----- Hi All, How can I limit the number of items listed in a Data Validation list by selecting First few letters enterd? for eg. I have a vlaidation list with more than 500 unique items from which i have to select. what i am looking for is that if I type a few letters the validation list should display only items starting with those letters.. Is it possible thru code or any other way? Thanks for assistance Abdul . |
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Repost: How to Limit No of Records in a Validation List
In a userform, the listbox or combox can be set to jump to the closest match
as you type - it doesn't reduce the possible selections, but this should achieve the desired result. You would need to sort the list. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Abdul" wrote in message ... Can this be done thru a user form? -----Original Message----- Hi All, How can I limit the number of items listed in a Data Validation list by selecting First few letters enterd? for eg. I have a vlaidation list with more than 500 unique items from which i have to select. what i am looking for is that if I type a few letters the validation list should display only items starting with those letters.. Is it possible thru code or any other way? Thanks for assistance Abdul . |
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Repost: How to Limit No of Records in a Validation List
It really doesn't require code. You just use the MatchEntry property:
Here are the choices (from help) fmMatchEntryFirstLetter Value: 0 Basic matching. The control searches for the next entry that starts with the character entered. Repeatedly typing the same letter cycles through all entries beginning with that letter. FmMatchEntryComplete Value: 1 Extended matching. As each character is typed, the control searches for an entry matching all characters entered (default). FmMatchEntryNone Value: 2 No matching. You need to read the vba help on this to get further information. Look at some of the other properties of the listbox or combobox as well. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Abdul" wrote in message ... Hi Tom, Could you plsgive a code eg. to use in a user form? TIA Abdul -----Original Message----- In a userform, the listbox or combox can be set to jump to the closest match as you type - it doesn't reduce the possible selections, but this should achieve the desired result. You would need to sort the list. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Abdul" wrote in message ... Can this be done thru a user form? -----Original Message----- Hi All, How can I limit the number of items listed in a Data Validation list by selecting First few letters enterd? for eg. I have a vlaidation list with more than 500 unique items from which i have to select. what i am looking for is that if I type a few letters the validation list should display only items starting with those letters.. Is it possible thru code or any other way? Thanks for assistance Abdul . . |
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