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Hi,
I have 2 columns: Code and Description.
I created a drop down list allow users to select Description, How do I
display the code in cell instead of the description when users select
from the description list?

Thanks in advance!

Khanh

CODE ..................DESCRIPTION

C ..................Composite
CC ..................City Composite
CG ..................City Grab
G ..................Grab
IC ..................Industry Composite
IG ..................Industry Grab
LC ..................CSDLA Composite
LG ..................CSDLA Grab
OC ..................OCSD Composite
OG ..................OCSD Grab
UK ..................Unknown


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Hi, Kdoan,

on way is creating a colum before the code column and set a ID like, 1,2,3,etc
the drop down controls set a cell to return a number related the selection,
use a vlookup to find the 2nd column (id and code columns) to return the
correct code

hth
regards from Brazil
Marcelo

"kdoan" escreveu:


Hi,
I have 2 columns: Code and Description.
I created a drop down list allow users to select Description, How do I
display the code in cell instead of the description when users select
from the description list?

Thanks in advance!

Khanh

CODE ..................DESCRIPTION

C ..................Composite
CC ..................City Composite
CG ..................City Grab
G ..................Grab
IC ..................Industry Composite
IG ..................Industry Grab
LC ..................CSDLA Composite
LG ..................CSDLA Grab
OC ..................OCSD Composite
OG ..................OCSD Grab
UK ..................Unknown


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Marcelo,

Thansk for your respond. It works fine with the dropdown display id
column. However, I want the drop down to display the description not
the ID number. How do I get around it?
Thanks,
Khanh


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