I have a dropdown list on an Excel sheet and would like to assign macros to
each of the 14 entries that are in the drowdown menu. I am able to assign a
single macro that runs when clicking on any name in the list but I want to
assign a different macro to each name in the list. Can that be done?
Thanks

Not by assinging. In you single macro, you would use/examine the listindex
property and make a decision about which of the 14 macros to call.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
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I have a dropdown list on an Excel sheet and would like to assign macros
to
each of the 14 entries that are in the drowdown menu. I am able to assign
a
single macro that runs when clicking on any name in the list but I want to
assign a different macro to each name in the list. Can that be done?
Thanks

Thanks for responding Tom. I have no idea what you are suggesting. I
attempted to find the "examine the listindex property" that you suggested but
did not see it. I am new to this type of programming in Excel/Visual Basic so
I forgive my being slow.
Thanks

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Not by assinging. In you single macro, you would use/examine the listindex
property and make a decision about which of the 14 macros to call.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
...
I have a dropdown list on an Excel sheet and would like to assign macros
to
each of the 14 entries that are in the drowdown menu. I am able to assign
a
single macro that runs when clicking on any name in the list but I want to
assign a different macro to each name in the list. Can that be done?
Thanks

Are you using a dropdown/combobox from the forms toolbar

Are you using a combobox from the control toolbox toolbar

Are you using the list option from Data=Validation (if so, what is the
earliest version of Excel that will need to load this workbook?)

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
...
I have a dropdown list on an Excel sheet and would like to assign macros
to
each of the 14 entries that are in the drowdown menu. I am able to assign
a
single macro that runs when clicking on any name in the list but I want to
assign a different macro to each name in the list. Can that be done?
Thanks

I am using Excel 2003 and that version will be used by everyone viewing the
file. I inserted the dropdown box into the sheet using the forms toolbar.
That is as far as I got except for using the assign macro menu to get a
single macro to function when clicking on any of the names in the dropdown
box.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Are you using a dropdown/combobox from the forms toolbar

Are you using a combobox from the control toolbox toolbar

Are you using the list option from Data=Validation (if so, what is the
earliest version of Excel that will need to load this workbook?)

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
...
I have a dropdown list on an Excel sheet and would like to assign macros
to
each of the 14 entries that are in the drowdown menu. I am able to assign
a
single macro that runs when clicking on any name in the list but I want to
assign a different macro to each name in the list. Can that be done?
Thanks

Sub DropDown_Click()
dim drpdwn as DropDown
set drpdwn = ActiveSheet.Dropdowns(Application.Caller)
Select Case drpdwn.ListIndex
Case 0
' no selection, do nothing
Case 1
' Item1 selected
Macro1
Case 2
' item2 selected
Macro20
Case 3
' item3 selected
Macro5
Case 4 to 14
' one of item 4 to 14 selected
Macro2B
End Select
End Sub

as an example.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
...
I am using Excel 2003 and that version will be used by everyone viewing
the
file. I inserted the dropdown box into the sheet using the forms toolbar.
That is as far as I got except for using the assign macro menu to get a
single macro to function when clicking on any of the names in the dropdown
box.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Are you using a dropdown/combobox from the forms toolbar

Are you using a combobox from the control toolbox toolbar

Are you using the list option from Data=Validation (if so, what is the
earliest version of Excel that will need to load this workbook?)

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
...
I have a dropdown list on an Excel sheet and would like to assign
macros
to
each of the 14 entries that are in the drowdown menu. I am able to
assign
a
single macro that runs when clicking on any name in the list but I
want to
assign a different macro to each name in the list. Can that be done?
Thanks

Thanks Tom for your help with this project. I was able to get your code
example to work in my Excel sheet with some editing. In working at this
project I have gained some knowlege at using Visual Basic as well.

Thanks Again for your help
Jeff

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Sub DropDown_Click()
dim drpdwn as DropDown
set drpdwn = ActiveSheet.Dropdowns(Application.Caller)
Select Case drpdwn.ListIndex
Case 0
' no selection, do nothing
Case 1
' Item1 selected
Macro1
Case 2
' item2 selected
Macro20
Case 3
' item3 selected
Macro5
Case 4 to 14
' one of item 4 to 14 selected
Macro2B
End Select
End Sub

as an example.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
...
I am using Excel 2003 and that version will be used by everyone viewing
the
file. I inserted the dropdown box into the sheet using the forms toolbar.
That is as far as I got except for using the assign macro menu to get a
single macro to function when clicking on any of the names in the dropdown
box.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Are you using a dropdown/combobox from the forms toolbar

Are you using a combobox from the control toolbox toolbar

Are you using the list option from Data=Validation (if so, what is the
earliest version of Excel that will need to load this workbook?)

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"JT" wrote in message
...
I have a dropdown list on an Excel sheet and would like to assign
macros
to
each of the 14 entries that are in the drowdown menu. I am able to
assign
a
single macro that runs when clicking on any name in the list but I
want to
assign a different macro to each name in the list. Can that be done?
Thanks