i have no experience with vb or programming, but i need to creat
user-friendly front-ends for some models.

example:
i need to create a multiple selection box (e.g. can choose severa
elements out of the box) and have excel run calculations on thos
elements only.

how should i get started? what are some good resources?

thanks

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http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel....htm#tutorials


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i have no experience with vb or programming, but i need to create
user-friendly front-ends for some models.

example:
i need to create a multiple selection box (e.g. can choose several
elements out of the box) and have excel run calculations on those
elements only.

how should i get started? what are some good resources?

thanks.


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thanks!

do you know what the input element in the userform is called?


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I have learned quite a bit from the Visual Basic for Dummies book, maybe
worth the investment. The textbox is what allows the user to type in
their selection. You may want to use a combo box or list box. Best of
luck to you.


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yes, it is a listbox. the multi-select property is exactly what
needed, but where do i go from here?

i'm trying to create a userform so that a user can select multipl
entries in the listbox and click a button, which then calculates th
results for the entries that were selected.

the entries are names, and the results are some calculations of thei
respective data elements.

e.g.

name value 1 value 2
a 1 3
b 2 1
c 4 5

so if a user chooses a and c, i want it to calculate the product o
value 1 and value 2 and show that in another sheet

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maybe that's not possible.

but i have another idea.

i want to select names in the listbox, which will then copy the entir
row of data beginning with that name. this procedure will copy all o
those rows and paste them into another sheet.

i can then execute another procedure that will calculate using this ne
data set.

is that possible

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