XL97: Returning Values from ListBox Displaying Multiple Columns

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

You can display more than one column of data in a ListBox control on a UserForm. However, when you select an item from the list, only the value from the column that you are binding to is returned. This article provides an example of how to return multiple values from a ListBox that displays three columns of data.

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1. Save and close any open workbooks, and then open a new workbook.

2. On Sheet1, enter the following values:

       A1: Year  B1: Month     C1: Day
       A2: 1996  B2: February  C2: 23
       A3: 1997  B3: March     C3: 18
       A4: 1998  B4: September C4: 7
       A5: 1999  B5: November  C5: 3
   
   

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. Change the following properties of the ListBox control to the following values:

       Property         Value
       ------------------------------
       BoundColumn       1
       ColumnCount       3
       ColumnHeads       True
       RowSource         Sheet1!A2:A5
   
   

9. Draw a Label control on the UserForm.

10. Double-click the ListBox to open the code window for the ListBox.

11. In the module type the following code for the ListBox Change event:

    Private Sub ListBox1_Change() Dim SourceData As Range Dim Val1 As String, Val2 As String, Val3 As String

    'Get Range that the ListBox is bound to Set SourceRange = Range(ListBox1.RowSource)

    Val1 = ListBox1.Value 'Get the value of the second column Val2 = SourceRange.Offset(ListBox1.ListIndex, 1).Resize(1, 1).Value 'Get the value of the third column Val3 = SourceRange.Offset(ListBox1.ListIndex, 2).Resize(1, 1).Value

    'Concatenate the three values together and display them in Label1 Label1.Caption = Val1 & " " & Val2 & " " & Val3 End Sub

12. Run the UserForm. To do this, activate the userform, and then click Run Sub/UserForm on the Run menu.

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 Excel Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
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