Thank you, Bernie.

Mark


"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Mark,

If you want General, simply don't use the Format function - just pass the
variable as is.

I don't have any knowledge of the exact limitations of the Format function
format string.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

"Mark Driscol" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bernie and Tom, your help is greatly appreciated.

* In your response to 1. below, I would like a general format, not
having
to specify the number of decimal places in the string? Do you know how
to
do this?

* Do you have anything that describes the differences in Format's
strings
compared to how cells may be formatted? That would give guidance on my
questions 1. and 2.


Mark


"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Mark,

The Format function uses different format strings than cell
formatting.

1) If you want two decimals:
Me.ClosestLabel.Caption = "Closest: " & Format(MySum, "0.00")
If you want however many decimals the variable mySum has, don't use
format
at all:
Me.ClosestLabel.Caption = "Closest: " & MySum

2) Not sure what you want to accomplish with this one....

3) Don't use the []'s and use the corrent form of the Now function:
Me.ElapsedTimeLabel.Caption = _
"Elapsed time: " & Format(Now() - StartTime, "h:mm:ss")

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

"Mark Driscol" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to format some labels on a UserForm but am not getting
results
I
expect. The formats don't seem to act the same as if one were
formatting
a
cell in a worksheet. In fact, I had used these formats when
formatting
a
worksheet cell using a macro in a standard module and got the
desired
results. Now that I am building a UserForm do to the same things, I
get
different results. Any input into what I may be doing wrong would
be
sincerely appreciated.


1. Me.ClosestLabel.Caption = "Closest: " & Format(MySum,
"General")

will produce a label like "Closest: Ge43eral" if MySum, a declared
Double
variable, has a value of 1843.78. If I try

Me.ClosestLabel.Caption = "Closest: " & Format(MySum, "0")

the label reads "Closest: 1843" for MySum with a value of 1843.78.


2. Me.IterationsLabel.Caption = "Iterations: " & Format(Counter,
"#,##0_);(#,##0);""-""_)")

produces labels like "Iterations: 145_)" for Counter, a declared
Long
variable, being a positive number. This is different from how cells
can
be
formatted in that the "_)" is displayed instead of just leaving a
space
for
the right parenthesis.


3. Me.ElapsedTimeLabel.Caption = "Elapsed time: " & Format(Now -
StartTime, "[h]:mm:ss")

will show a value of ":12:02" after an elapsed time of two seconds.
StartTime is declared as a Double variable, and had previously been
sent
to
Now. I had expected it to show "0:00:02".


Mark