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Help - Using VBA with a validation dropdown list and a table to expand the entries
I am trying to use VBA to expand an entry from a dropdown validation list
into its individual components when certain items are selected. I enter Tool Descriptions in Column 3 in my spreadsheet by selection from a DropDown Validation list. I also have various combinations of the tools which I select from the list as Kit1, Kit2 ..........etc. When a Kit is selected from a drop down validation list the VBA program I created below I hoped would populate the cells in the column from a table with all the individual tool descriptions which make up the Kit. However it only partially works as required. When I select a kit from the validation list the description (Eg. Kit1) appears in the cell and not the various descriptions that make up the Kit1. If I then click on the empty cell below and then again on the cell above (Kit1) it populates the cells with the tools correctly. How do I get the cells populated immediately I select a kit without having to click twice as described above? I use a case statement for the different kits which calls the relevant sub programs as follows: Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(By Val Target as Range) Dim CodeRow As Interger Dim CodeCol As Interger Dim Count As Interger Select Case Target.Value Case "Kit 1" Call Kit1 Case"Kit 2" Call Kit2 Case Else End Select End Sub I then have Private Sub Programs for each Case. (Kit) The Tool Descriptions are located in a Table in Column 10 Example for Kit1. Private Sub Kit1() Dim ToolDescription Dim ContentsRow As Integer Dim ContentsCol as Integer ContentsCol = 10 CodeCol = 3 CodeRow = ActiveCell.Row (Where the Tool Description is to be entered) Contents Row = 19 (First Tool Description for Kit1 is located in the table in Col10 Row 19) ToolDescription = Cells(ContentsRow,ContentsCol).Value Cells(CodeRow,CodeCol).Value = ToolDescription CodeRow = CodeRow + 1 (Increments to next Row) Contents Row = 20 ToolDescription = Cells(ContentsRow,ContentsCol).Value Cells(CodeRow,CodeCol).Value = ItemDescription CodeRow = CodeRow + 1 Contents Row = 21 ItemDescription = Cells(ContentsRow,ContentsCol).Value Cells(CodeRow,CodeCol).Value = ToolDescription CodeRow = CodeRow + 1 End Sub Thanks for the anticipated help. Syd |
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