XL98: How to Use the TextColumn Property

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

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.

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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 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       2
       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.

  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:B5").Value

       End Sub

       Private Sub ListBox1_Click()

         Label1.Caption = ListBox1.Value

       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 TextColumn property, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "textcolumn," click Search, and then click to view "TextColumn Property."

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