XL97: How to Use the TextColumn Property

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

You can use the TextColumn property of the ListBox or ComboBox control to display one set of values to your user in a list, but to return another value based on the selection that the user makes.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is an example of using the TextColumn and BoundColumn properties to display one set of values in a ListBox while returning another value.

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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: FTP   B1: File Transfer Protocol
       A2: GIF   B2: Graphics Interchange Format
       A3: HTTP  B3: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
       A4: URL   B4: Uniform Resource Locator
       A5: WWW   B5: World Wide Web
   
   

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       2
       RowSource         Sheet1!A1:B5
       TextColumn        1
   
       Setting the BoundColumn property to a value of 2 indicates that you
       want to return a value from column 2 in your list. Setting the
       TextColumn property to a value of 1 means that you are presenting the
       user with values from the first column of the data that the ListBox is
       binding to.
   
   

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_Click()

    Label1.Caption = ListBox1.Value

    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 TextColumn property, click the Office Assistant, type "textcolumn property" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the TextColumn Property.

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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