Jun 10, 2017 How to Display a Default Text on Combobox Normally, a combobox will be blank when a form is loaded. We will see a list of items when we click on the combo box drop-down list. In this How To, I will demonstrate how to display a default text on the combobox when form is loaded step by step below: Step 1. Add Combo Box Add Combo box Name it as Combo9 We need a combobox of all customers.
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At the moment I have a userform with a combobox that looks up a list (via source in the combobox properties). This is on a machine with excel 2003.
Can anyone advise how I hard-code the list in vba?
Many thanks,
Paul
Coincidently, I am currently working with office for mac and I cannot see a source option in the combo box properties… any ideas
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As you can see in the above image, I have two combo boxes. Samsung m283x driver. The first has a list of book Categories and the second is the cascading combo box, which is empty when the excel file opens. After you select a category from the first combo box (for example Science), the second combo populates values (a list of science related books) based on the category.
Related Post:Fill Combo Box in Excel with values from SELECT Dropdown using VBA
Note: If you have worked with Visual Basic 6, you will find this example simple and easy to understand as I am using ActiveX Data Object (or ADO) classes and methods.
Ok, lets do it.
Related:How to Capture Filter Change Event in Excel using VBA – Trigger a Macro Function on Filter Change
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Create a Database in Excel
I have two sheets in my Excel workbook. The first is sheet1 and the second is Books. I am actually using the second sheet as a database. Therefore, it has a list of books in it. I’ll extract data from the second sheet and populate the combos with the data.
Create a Form in Excel using ActiveX Controls
The sheet1 is a form with two combo boxes. See the first image above. I have also added a button to clear (or reset) the combos. These are ActiveX controls. To add these controls on your sheet, choose the Developer menu on the top, find and click Insert option. Finally, drag and drop the controls that you wish to add on the sheet.
I have named the combo boxes as cmbCategories and cmbBooks respectively. I have named the button control as cmbClear. It will simply clear the selected values in the combo boxes.
Note: I have also added a label control and named it lblPrice, just next to the second combo. This will show the price for the selected book of a particular category. This is optional.
The VBA (Macro) Code to Cascade the Combo Box
Once you have designed the form and added the data to the second sheet (Books), its time to write the VBA code to cascade the combo box. Press Alt+F11 keys to open Visual Basic IDE.
Add a Reference of ActiveX Data Object
Before you write any code, you will need to add a Reference of ActiveX Data Object or ADO. This will provide the necessary classes, properties and methods to connect database objects. In this example, the database is the Excel file itself.
To add reference to your project, click the Tools menu on the top and choose References… option. In the references box, find Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 6.1 Library (or any current version). Click OK.
From the Project Explorer, double click the ThisWorkbook object and write the below code.
I wrote this code in ThisWorkbook object, since I want to populate the first combo box (cmbCategories) when you first open the Excel file.
Note: You can populate cmbCategories (the first combo box) using a button click.
Set Database Connection
Next, choose Module1 from the Project Explorer and write a procedure to connect to the database using ADO classes and properties.
Here, I will create and open a database connection using ADODB classes such as Connection and Recordset. If you have worked with Visual Basic 6, this might not be new for you.
Write Cascade Procedure in “Sheet1”
Finally, double click Sheet1 object in the Project Explorer and write these procedures in it.
Well that’s it.
Save this Excel file as Macro-Enabled workbook. Open the file and you will see a list of Distinct categories in the first combo box. Choose a category and it will automatically populate related data (list of books) in the second combo box. It will extract data from the second sheet named Books in the same workbook. Finally, choose a book from the list and it will show the price of the book.
Along with cascading combo box, I have actually showed you how to create a simple database in Excel and extract the data using Microsoft ADO classes and properties.
Hope you like this article and its example. Thanks for reading. ☺
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Jun 10, 2017 How to Display a Default Text on Combobox Normally, a combobox will be blank when a form is loaded. We will see a list of items when we click on the combo box drop-down list. In this How To, I will demonstrate how to display a default text on the combobox when form is loaded step by step below: Step 1. Add Combo Box Add Combo box Name it as Combo9 We need a combobox of all customers.
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- 910
- Posts
- 104
Good evening all,
At the moment I have a userform with a combobox that looks up a list (via source in the combobox properties). This is on a machine with excel 2003.
Can anyone advise how I hard-code the list in vba?
Many thanks,
Paul
Coincidently, I am currently working with office for mac and I cannot see a source option in the combo box properties… any ideas
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As you can see in the above image, I have two combo boxes. Samsung m283x driver. The first has a list of book Categories and the second is the cascading combo box, which is empty when the excel file opens. After you select a category from the first combo box (for example Science), the second combo populates values (a list of science related books) based on the category.
Related Post:Fill Combo Box in Excel with values from SELECT Dropdown using VBA
Note: If you have worked with Visual Basic 6, you will find this example simple and easy to understand as I am using ActiveX Data Object (or ADO) classes and methods.
Ok, lets do it.
Related:How to Capture Filter Change Event in Excel using VBA – Trigger a Macro Function on Filter Change
Upc software for mac. UPC Mobile Our Mobile App is designed to give you fast, secure account access so you can easily manage your account details, view your bill and your account. Unified Parallel C (UPC) is an extension of the C programming language designed for high performance computing on large-scale parallel machines.The language provides a uniform programming model for both shared and distributed memory hardware. Softmatic's BarcodePlus for Mac creates UPC-E, UPC-A, EAN 8, EAN 13, and EAN 13 barcodes with two and five digit addon. Import the barcodes to Illustrator®, QuarkXPress, Indesign®, Xara or similar applications. Put the codes on blisters, packages, labels, boxes, coupons and other design issues intended for the retail and the POS. Tipard iPod Converter Suite for Mac is a powerful and perfect software for Mac users to rip DVD and video to iPod. This Mac iPod software is the combination of Tipard iPod video converter for Mac and Tipard DVD to iPod Converter for Mac. IWinSoft Barcode Maker for Mac is a professional Sequential barcode generator software that enables users to generate barcode in a simple and fast way. It supports many types of barcode symbologies like DataMatrix, Code 39, Code 128, EAN 128, UPC code, UPC A, UPC E, EAN 13, EAN 8, ISBN, ISSN, Postnet, FIM Codes, Horizontal bars, Codabar, and Interleaved 2 of 5 and many other barcodes.
Create a Database in Excel
I have two sheets in my Excel workbook. The first is sheet1 and the second is Books. I am actually using the second sheet as a database. Therefore, it has a list of books in it. I’ll extract data from the second sheet and populate the combos with the data.
Create a Form in Excel using ActiveX Controls
The sheet1 is a form with two combo boxes. See the first image above. I have also added a button to clear (or reset) the combos. These are ActiveX controls. To add these controls on your sheet, choose the Developer menu on the top, find and click Insert option. Finally, drag and drop the controls that you wish to add on the sheet.
I have named the combo boxes as cmbCategories and cmbBooks respectively. I have named the button control as cmbClear. It will simply clear the selected values in the combo boxes.
Note: I have also added a label control and named it lblPrice, just next to the second combo. This will show the price for the selected book of a particular category. This is optional.
The VBA (Macro) Code to Cascade the Combo Box
Once you have designed the form and added the data to the second sheet (Books), its time to write the VBA code to cascade the combo box. Press Alt+F11 keys to open Visual Basic IDE.
Add a Reference of ActiveX Data Object
Before you write any code, you will need to add a Reference of ActiveX Data Object or ADO. This will provide the necessary classes, properties and methods to connect database objects. In this example, the database is the Excel file itself.
To add reference to your project, click the Tools menu on the top and choose References… option. In the references box, find Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 6.1 Library (or any current version). Click OK.
From the Project Explorer, double click the ThisWorkbook object and write the below code.
I wrote this code in ThisWorkbook object, since I want to populate the first combo box (cmbCategories) when you first open the Excel file.
Note: You can populate cmbCategories (the first combo box) using a button click.
Set Database Connection
Next, choose Module1 from the Project Explorer and write a procedure to connect to the database using ADO classes and properties.
Here, I will create and open a database connection using ADODB classes such as Connection and Recordset. If you have worked with Visual Basic 6, this might not be new for you.
Write Cascade Procedure in “Sheet1”
Finally, double click Sheet1 object in the Project Explorer and write these procedures in it.
Well that’s it.
Save this Excel file as Macro-Enabled workbook. Open the file and you will see a list of Distinct categories in the first combo box. Choose a category and it will automatically populate related data (list of books) in the second combo box. It will extract data from the second sheet named Books in the same workbook. Finally, choose a book from the list and it will show the price of the book.
Along with cascading combo box, I have actually showed you how to create a simple database in Excel and extract the data using Microsoft ADO classes and properties.
Hope you like this article and its example. Thanks for reading. ☺
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