Input Box - Hit cancel
 

It there not really a direct way to tell if the Cancel button was clicked of
an InputBox. I was told in an earlier posting to do something like this:

EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
Endif

'----But----
What I want is if the cancel is pressed don't do anything. What is
happening is if for example the current cell value is "Florida" ; and the
InputBox opens and the person puts "North Carolina" in the InputBox field and
then changes their mind and clicks Cancel, then the cell value is
erased....when it should still say "Florida"

How do you catch the Cancel key press and tell it don't do anything.

Thank you for your help.

Steven

Input Box - Hit cancel
 

Steven, try this,

EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then ActiveCell.Value = EnterState


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"Steven" wrote in message
...
It there not really a direct way to tell if the Cancel button was clicked
of
an InputBox. I was told in an earlier posting to do something like this:

EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
Endif

'----But----
What I want is if the cancel is pressed don't do anything. What is
happening is if for example the current cell value is "Florida" ; and the
InputBox opens and the person puts "North Carolina" in the InputBox field
and
then changes their mind and clicks Cancel, then the cell value is
erased....when it should still say "Florida"

How do you catch the Cancel key press and tell it don't do anything.

Thank you for your help.

Steven

Input Box - Hit cancel
 

Dim EnterState As Variant
EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
End If

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace xxxx in the email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Steven" wrote in message
...
It there not really a direct way to tell if the Cancel button was clicked
of
an InputBox. I was told in an earlier posting to do something like this:

EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
Endif

'----But----
What I want is if the cancel is pressed don't do anything. What is
happening is if for example the current cell value is "Florida" ; and the
InputBox opens and the person puts "North Carolina" in the InputBox field
and
then changes their mind and clicks Cancel, then the cell value is
erased....when it should still say "Florida"

How do you catch the Cancel key press and tell it don't do anything.

Thank you for your help.

Steven

Input Box - Hit cancel
 

As an observation, both Paul's and Bob's solutions cause the Input Box to
display twice. Also I had to change the "" to Empty to get Bob's to work.
They both leave The active cell intact with the modification I mentioned.

Qustion for Steven: Is there a way to accomplish your goal without
overwriting the active cell. Stated differently, could you control the
conditions so that the user would not have to make the decision to cancel and
thereby eliminate the problem?

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Dim EnterState As Variant
EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
End If

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace xxxx in the email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Steven" wrote in message
...
It there not really a direct way to tell if the Cancel button was clicked
of
an InputBox. I was told in an earlier posting to do something like this:

EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
Endif

'----But----
What I want is if the cancel is pressed don't do anything. What is
happening is if for example the current cell value is "Florida" ; and the
InputBox opens and the person puts "North Carolina" in the InputBox field
and
then changes their mind and clicks Cancel, then the cell value is
erased....when it should still say "Florida"

How do you catch the Cancel key press and tell it don't do anything.

Thank you for your help.

Steven

Input Box - Hit cancel
 

Neither one causes the inputbox to display twice if run as written.

But Bob's clears the cell on cancel if run as written.

Believe he meant

Sub bBB()
Dim EnterState As Variant
EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
End If
End Sub


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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"JLGWhiz" wrote in message
...
As an observation, both Paul's and Bob's solutions cause the Input Box to
display twice. Also I had to change the "" to Empty to get Bob's to work.
They both leave The active cell intact with the modification I mentioned.

Qustion for Steven: Is there a way to accomplish your goal without
overwriting the active cell. Stated differently, could you control the
conditions so that the user would not have to make the decision to cancel
and
thereby eliminate the problem?

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Dim EnterState As Variant
EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
End If

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace xxxx in the email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Steven" wrote in message
...
It there not really a direct way to tell if the Cancel button was
clicked
of
an InputBox. I was told in an earlier posting to do something like
this:

EnterState = InputBox("Enter State: ")
If EnterState < "" Then
ActiveCell.Value = EnterState
Else
ActiveCell.Value = Null
Endif

'----But----
What I want is if the cancel is pressed don't do anything. What is
happening is if for example the current cell value is "Florida" ; and
the
InputBox opens and the person puts "North Carolina" in the InputBox
field
and
then changes their mind and clicks Cancel, then the cell value is
erased....when it should still say "Florida"

How do you catch the Cancel key press and tell it don't do anything.

Thank you for your help.

Steven

Input Box - Hit cancel
 

Thanks Tom. That was the winner.