I haven't used control arrays before and am having trouble with setting
up and using them on a userform.

I have

Private Sub UserForm_Click()

End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
TextBox1(0).Visible = True
For i = 1 To 5
Load TextBox1(i)
TextBox1(i).Text = "A"
TextBox1(i).Visible = True
TextBox1(i).Left = TextBox1(i - 1).Left + 30
Next i

TextBox1(0).SetFocus

End Sub

as the code for userform1 and a module

Sub test()

UserForm1.Show

End Sub


On the userform, I have set the Tabindex for textbox1 to 0.

When I run this, I get a Runtime error 13: Type Mismatch error.

Could someone tell me what is causing this please?

Also, is TextBox1(0).SetFocus ok to set the focus on the first textbox?

Thanks
Chris

Control arrays don't exist in VBA, they are only in VB.

You can reference the controls using a loop something like this (which is
written on the fly but should give you the idea).

Sub LoopControls
Dim lCounter as long

For lCounter = 1 to 10
debug.print frmName.Controls("TextBox" & cstr(lcounter)).Text
next lcounter
End Sub
--
Robin Hammond
www.enhanceddatasystems.com

"inquirer" wrote in message
...
I haven't used control arrays before and am having trouble with setting up
and using them on a userform.

I have

Private Sub UserForm_Click()

End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
TextBox1(0).Visible = True
For i = 1 To 5
Load TextBox1(i)
TextBox1(i).Text = "A"
TextBox1(i).Visible = True
TextBox1(i).Left = TextBox1(i - 1).Left + 30
Next i

TextBox1(0).SetFocus

End Sub

as the code for userform1 and a module

Sub test()

UserForm1.Show

End Sub


On the userform, I have set the Tabindex for textbox1 to 0.

When I run this, I get a Runtime error 13: Type Mismatch error.

Could someone tell me what is causing this please?

Also, is TextBox1(0).SetFocus ok to set the focus on the first textbox?

Thanks
Chris

Another way is to use the TypeOf operator while looping through
the Controls collection. E.g.,

Dim Ctrl As MSForms.Control
For Each Ctrl In UserForm1.Controls
If TypeOf Ctrl Is MSForms.TextBox Then
Debug.Print Ctrl.Text
End If
Next Ctrl


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"Robin Hammond" wrote in
message ...
Control arrays don't exist in VBA, they are only in VB.

You can reference the controls using a loop something like this
(which is written on the fly but should give you the idea).

Sub LoopControls
Dim lCounter as long

For lCounter = 1 to 10
debug.print frmName.Controls("TextBox" &
cstr(lcounter)).Text
next lcounter
End Sub
--
Robin Hammond
www.enhanceddatasystems.com

"inquirer" wrote in message
...
I haven't used control arrays before and am having trouble with
setting up and using them on a userform.

I have

Private Sub UserForm_Click()

End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
TextBox1(0).Visible = True
For i = 1 To 5
Load TextBox1(i)
TextBox1(i).Text = "A"
TextBox1(i).Visible = True
TextBox1(i).Left = TextBox1(i - 1).Left + 30
Next i

TextBox1(0).SetFocus

End Sub

as the code for userform1 and a module

Sub test()

UserForm1.Show

End Sub


On the userform, I have set the Tabindex for textbox1 to 0.

When I run this, I get a Runtime error 13: Type Mismatch
error.

Could someone tell me what is causing this please?

Also, is TextBox1(0).SetFocus ok to set the focus on the first
textbox?

Thanks
Chris

Chip Pearson wrote:
Another way is to use the TypeOf operator while looping through
the Controls collection. E.g.,

Dim Ctrl As MSForms.Control
For Each Ctrl In UserForm1.Controls
If TypeOf Ctrl Is MSForms.TextBox Then
Debug.Print Ctrl.Text
End If
Next Ctrl


Thank you, that helps a lot