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Excel combo box - value list?
I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to
my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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you can populate from a range, or use the .ADD method
"Joel" wrote in message ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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You can either use add item to assign the values in code or you can link
(bind) to the worksheet cells using rowsource. You can do userform1.Combobox1.List = Array(1,"Bob",3,4,5,6,"Sally") Such code could be placed in the initialize event. To the best of my knowledge, there is no provision to type in values. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Joel" wrote in message ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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Hi Joel
You don't have to data bind it. If you have few values (<20 or so) then code is easier: Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() With Me.ComboBox1 .AddItem "Beer" .AddItem "Wine" .AddItem "Bourbon" End With End Sub With longer lists I find a bound worksheet easier to maintain. HTH. Best wishes Harald "Joel" skrev i melding ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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Harald,
Thanks, this helps. And, unless they add more months to the year, this combo box list will pretty much always contain 12 values. : ) Joel "Harald Staff" wrote: Hi Joel You don't have to data bind it. If you have few values (<20 or so) then code is easier: Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() With Me.ComboBox1 .AddItem "Beer" .AddItem "Wine" .AddItem "Bourbon" End With End Sub With longer lists I find a bound worksheet easier to maintain. HTH. Best wishes Harald "Joel" skrev i melding ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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Thanks, this helps.
What's the difference between putting it in the Initialize event vs. the Activate event? "Tom Ogilvy" wrote: You can either use add item to assign the values in code or you can link (bind) to the worksheet cells using rowsource. You can do userform1.Combobox1.List = Array(1,"Bob",3,4,5,6,"Sally") Such code could be placed in the initialize event. To the best of my knowledge, there is no provision to type in values. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Joel" wrote in message ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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Months ? Why didn't you say so ? This is all it takes:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() Dim L As Long With ComboBox1 For L = 1 To 12 .AddItem Format$(DateSerial(1, L, 1), "mmmm") Next End With End Sub HTH. Best wishes Harald "Joel" skrev i melding ... Harald, Thanks, this helps. And, unless they add more months to the year, this combo box list will pretty much always contain 12 values. : ) Joel "Harald Staff" wrote: Hi Joel You don't have to data bind it. If you have few values (<20 or so) then code is easier: Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() With Me.ComboBox1 .AddItem "Beer" .AddItem "Wine" .AddItem "Bourbon" End With End Sub With longer lists I find a bound worksheet easier to maintain. HTH. Best wishes Harald "Joel" skrev i melding ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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The initialize event is fired once. the activate event could be fired more
than once. Other than that, I would think it is a matter of preference. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Joel" wrote in message ... Thanks, this helps. What's the difference between putting it in the Initialize event vs. the Activate event? "Tom Ogilvy" wrote: You can either use add item to assign the values in code or you can link (bind) to the worksheet cells using rowsource. You can do userform1.Combobox1.List = Array(1,"Bob",3,4,5,6,"Sally") Such code could be placed in the initialize event. To the best of my knowledge, there is no provision to type in values. -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Joel" wrote in message ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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I noticed that in vba 6.3, version 9972 the additem method doesn't compile,
but it does in verison 9969. Any body seen that?? "Joel" wrote: Harald, Thanks, this helps. And, unless they add more months to the year, this combo box list will pretty much always contain 12 values. : ) Joel "Harald Staff" wrote: Hi Joel You don't have to data bind it. If you have few values (<20 or so) then code is easier: Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() With Me.ComboBox1 .AddItem "Beer" .AddItem "Wine" .AddItem "Bourbon" End With End Sub With longer lists I find a bound worksheet easier to maintain. HTH. Best wishes Harald "Joel" skrev i melding ... I created a form through VBA in Excel, and added a combo box to it. Much to my dismay, and unlike MS Access, it seems like the only way to populate the rowsource property is to bind it to a column on a spreadsheet. In MS Access, you can select rowsourcetype = value list, and then hand-type the values you'd like to show up in the combo box drop-down in the rowsource property. I really don't want to have to add another whole worksheet to my workbook to accomodate a handful of options for a combo box. plus, I seem to be running into issues if the worksheet with the applicable values is not the active worksheet when the form is displayed. being able to hand-type the values like you can in MS Access would be so much nicer. Is there a way to do this in Excel? Am I missing something? Thanks, Joel |
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