XL98: Returning Values from a Multi-Column ListBox

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

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: 1996  B1: February  C1: 23
       A2: 1997  B2: March     C2: 18
       A3: 1998  B4: September C3: 7
       A4: 1999  B4: November  C4: 3

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

  4. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

  5. Draw a ListBox control on the UserForm.

  6. Open the Properties window (press F6).

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

       Property         Value
       ----------------------
       BoundColumn       1
       ColumnCount       3

  8. Draw a Label control on the UserForm.

  9. Double-click the UserForm to open the Code window for the UserForm.

 10. In the module type the following code:

        Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()

           ' Populate the ListBox.
           ListBox1.List = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:C4")
        End Sub

        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 = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:C4")

          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

 11. 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 in the Visual Basic Editor, type "listbox control," (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "ListBox Control."

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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q179216
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program