XL98: No Combination List-Edit Control for UserForms (182208)

SUMMARY

When you use a UserForm in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, there is no control that is equivalent to the Combination List-Edit control for custom dialog boxes in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. You can simulate the behavior of a Combination List-Edit box on a UserForm by using a TextBox control and a ListBox control. This article contains an example that uses these controls to simulate a Combination List-Edit box.

MORE INFORMATION

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Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.
On Sheet1, enter the following values:
A1: January
A2: February
A3: March
A4: April
A5: May
Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).
On the Insert menu, click UserForm.
Draw a TextBox control on the UserForm.
On the UserForm, draw a ListBox control below the Textbox control.
Double-click the UserForm to open the Code window for the UserForm.

In the Visual Basic module, type the following code:

      ' This subroutine populates the ListBox control when the UserForm
      ' Loads.
      Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()

         ListBox1.List = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("a1:a5").Value

      End Sub

      ' This subroutine populates the TextBox control with the selected
      ' item in the ListBox control.
      Private Sub ListBox1_Click()

        TextBox1.Text = ListBox1.Value

      End Sub

Run the UserForm

When you click an item in the ListBox control, the TextBox control changes to reflect the current selection.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the ListBox control, click the Office Assistant, type "listbox control" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the "ListBox Control" topic.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

179216 OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program