Cell Link in a Drop Down - Where does it get its data?
 

I inherited an Excel workbook that has an issue I cannot crack. I have a drop
down box that allows the user to select a date week from a reference sheet.
Next to that column that feeds the drop down, is a week number (1-52). The
cell link on the drop down lists a cell to which to write the cell week
number. My question is, if the drop down cell range is 'Data Page'!$B$3:$B$54
and the Cell Link is 'Data Page'!$H$2, how does the Cell Link know to put the
week number which is located in 'Data Page'!$A$3:$A$54? The Cell Link seems
to only specify the place where to put the data, not which data to put there.

Thanks for your help!
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Dr. M

Cell Link in a Drop Down - Where does it get its data?
 

Sounds like a dropdown from the forms toolbar. The dropdown returns the
ListIndex property. So it puts out a number between 1 and the number of
entries in the list specifying which item is selected. In this case, that
corresponds to the week number. so it isn't looking in A3 at all. It you
sort your A3:B54 in random order, you will see that the week number won't be
correct (except for a few coincidences perhaps)

That is my guess anyway.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Dr. M" wrote in message
...
I inherited an Excel workbook that has an issue I cannot crack. I have a
drop
down box that allows the user to select a date week from a reference
sheet.
Next to that column that feeds the drop down, is a week number (1-52). The
cell link on the drop down lists a cell to which to write the cell week
number. My question is, if the drop down cell range is 'Data
Page'!$B$3:$B$54
and the Cell Link is 'Data Page'!$H$2, how does the Cell Link know to put
the
week number which is located in 'Data Page'!$A$3:$A$54? The Cell Link
seems
to only specify the place where to put the data, not which data to put
there.

Thanks for your help!
--
Dr. M

Cell Link in a Drop Down - Where does it get its data?
 

Thanks Tom!
--
Dr. M


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Sounds like a dropdown from the forms toolbar. The dropdown returns the
ListIndex property. So it puts out a number between 1 and the number of
entries in the list specifying which item is selected. In this case, that
corresponds to the week number. so it isn't looking in A3 at all. It you
sort your A3:B54 in random order, you will see that the week number won't be
correct (except for a few coincidences perhaps)

That is my guess anyway.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Dr. M" wrote in message
...
I inherited an Excel workbook that has an issue I cannot crack. I have a
drop
down box that allows the user to select a date week from a reference
sheet.
Next to that column that feeds the drop down, is a week number (1-52). The
cell link on the drop down lists a cell to which to write the cell week
number. My question is, if the drop down cell range is 'Data
Page'!$B$3:$B$54
and the Cell Link is 'Data Page'!$H$2, how does the Cell Link know to put
the
week number which is located in 'Data Page'!$A$3:$A$54? The Cell Link
seems
to only specify the place where to put the data, not which data to put
there.

Thanks for your help!
--
Dr. M