XL97: How to Populate One ListBox Based On Another ListBox

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article contains an example of using the selected item in one ListBox control on a UserForm to determine the list that will populate a second ListBox control.

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1. Close and save any open workbooks and then open a new workbook.

2. On Sheet1, enter the following values:

       A1: North Carolina  B1: Charlotte   C1: Charleston  D1: Charlottesville
       A2: South Carolina  B2: Greensboro  C2: Columbia    D2: Norfolk
       A3: Virginia        B3: Raleigh     C3: Greenville  D3: Richmond
   
   

3. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).

4. If the Properties Window is not visible, click Properties on the View menu (or press F4).

5. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

6. Draw a ListBox control on the UserForm.

7. Activate the Properties window (press F4).

8. Select the RowSource property and type "Sheet1!A1:A3" (without the quotation marks).

9. Draw another ListBox control on the UserForm

10. Double-click the ListBox1 control (from Step 6) to open up the Code Window for the UserForm.

11. In the module type the following code for the ListBox1 Click event:

    Private Sub ListBox1_Click()

               'Get the currently selected item
               Select Case ListBox1.Value
    
                   'If North Carolina, set RowSource property of ListBox2
                   'to Column B.
                   Case "North Carolina"
                       ListBox2.RowSource = "Sheet1!B1:B3"
    
                   'If South Carolina, set RowSource property of ListBox2
                   'to Column C.
                   Case "South Carolina"
                       ListBox2.RowSource = "Sheet1!C1:C3"
    
                   'If Virginia, set RowSource property of ListBox2 to 
                   'Column D.
                   Case "Virginia"
                       ListBox2.RowSource = "Sheet1!D1:D3"
    
               End Select
    
           End Sub
    
    

12. Run the UserForm.

1. Close the UserForm.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141568
   TITLE     : XL: Visual Basic Macro to Dynamically Populate a List Box

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