Procedures I am required to follow in my job are often
presented on Excel Worksheets. To make it easier to follow
from a distance of a few feet, I wish to display the tasks
one-by-one on a UserForm in XL2000.

I had previously succeeded in Access, but it became too
tedious massaging and importing the source data, which could
be superceded unpredictably, so it seemed easier for the
future to operate on the primary data source.

My code and UserForm is in a separate Workbook, which I
intend to convert to an Add-In to share with my colleagues. I
have set the Controlsource of a number of TextBoxes on the
UserForm to cells on a worksheet in my own Workbook, and on
pressing a "Prev" or "Next" CommandButton, I read the
next/previous row in the source WorkBook, then copy these
values to the Controlsource cells in my own Workbook. I have
verified this happens as designed.

The problem is that the UserForm's controls do not update with
the changed values in their Controlsources. The Repaint action
has no effect, apart from a blinking effect. Am I missing
something obvious, or misunderstood the intended behaviour of
contrls linked to Controlsources? The most common application
for UserForms does seem to be data input, but the Help topics
seem to suggest the Controlsource link operates in both
directions.


Cheers,
Francis K.

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control source should work in both directions. I tested it in xl2000 and it
worked great for me. I tried both modal and non modal mode and with
screenupdating set to both false and true. The userform textboxes updated
without fault. Are you sure the control source is set to the right cells.
Did you use a sheet name such as

ControlSource: Sheet1!A1



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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Francis Knight" wrote in message
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Procedures I am required to follow in my job are often
presented on Excel Worksheets. To make it easier to follow
from a distance of a few feet, I wish to display the tasks
one-by-one on a UserForm in XL2000.

I had previously succeeded in Access, but it became too
tedious massaging and importing the source data, which could
be superceded unpredictably, so it seemed easier for the
future to operate on the primary data source.

My code and UserForm is in a separate Workbook, which I
intend to convert to an Add-In to share with my colleagues. I
have set the Controlsource of a number of TextBoxes on the
UserForm to cells on a worksheet in my own Workbook, and on
pressing a "Prev" or "Next" CommandButton, I read the
next/previous row in the source WorkBook, then copy these
values to the Controlsource cells in my own Workbook. I have
verified this happens as designed.

The problem is that the UserForm's controls do not update with
the changed values in their Controlsources. The Repaint action
has no effect, apart from a blinking effect. Am I missing
something obvious, or misunderstood the intended behaviour of
contrls linked to Controlsources? The most common application
for UserForms does seem to be data input, but the Help topics
seem to suggest the Controlsource link operates in both
directions.


Cheers,
Francis K.

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Tom Ogilvy wrote:

control source should work in both directions. I tested it in xl2000 and it
worked great for me. I tried both modal and non modal mode and with
screenupdating set to both false and true. The userform textboxes updated
without fault. Are you sure the control source is set to the right cells.
Did you use a sheet name such as

ControlSource: Sheet1!A1

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Francis Knight" wrote in message
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[...]

The problem is that the UserForm's controls do not update with
the changed values in their Controlsources. The Repaint action
has no effect, apart from a blinking effect. Am I missing
something obvious, or misunderstood the intended behaviour of
contrls linked to Controlsources? The most common application
for UserForms does seem to be data input, but the Help topics
seem to suggest the Controlsource link operates in both
directions.


Thanks for chipping in so quickly.

Yes, I used the sheet qualifier in the ControlSource property,
as displayed in the Properties pane with the UserForm selected
in the VBA editor.

The controls actually show the current source values when I do
this, which gave me confidence that I had them pointed to the
intended cells. At runtime, after the source cells are changed,
and the UserForm hasn't, if I go back and open it for editing,
then the controls update. It's almost as though the values seen
at design time get embedded in the UserForm.

Cheers,
Francis K.


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Here is a possibility. Do you have calculation set to manual under
tools=Options=Calculation tab. When I tested this it did cause the
userform not to be updated.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"Francis Knight" wrote in message
.ukZ...
Tom Ogilvy wrote:

control source should work in both directions. I tested it in xl2000
and it
worked great for me. I tried both modal and non modal mode and with
screenupdating set to both false and true. The userform textboxes
updated
without fault. Are you sure the control source is set to the right
cells.
Did you use a sheet name such as

ControlSource: Sheet1!A1

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Francis Knight" wrote in message
.ukZ...
[...]

The problem is that the UserForm's controls do not update with
the changed values in their Controlsources. The Repaint action
has no effect, apart from a blinking effect. Am I missing
something obvious, or misunderstood the intended behaviour of
contrls linked to Controlsources? The most common application
for UserForms does seem to be data input, but the Help topics
seem to suggest the Controlsource link operates in both
directions.


Thanks for chipping in so quickly.

Yes, I used the sheet qualifier in the ControlSource property,
as displayed in the Properties pane with the UserForm selected
in the VBA editor.

The controls actually show the current source values when I do
this, which gave me confidence that I had them pointed to the
intended cells. At runtime, after the source cells are changed,
and the UserForm hasn't, if I go back and open it for editing,
then the controls update. It's almost as though the values seen
at design time get embedded in the UserForm.

Cheers,
Francis K.


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