XL98: How to Dynamically Resize a User Form

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a custom user form that dynamically changes size to show more options when you click a button.

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Creating the User Form

1. Close all open workbooks, and open a new workbook.



2. Start the Visual Basic Editor by pressing OPTION+F11.



3. To create a blank User form, click UserForm on the Insert menu.



4. If the Properties window is not visible, click Properties Window on the View menu.



5. Type the following values for the Height and Width properties for UserForm1:

   Height: 149
   Width: 352




6. On the Toolbox, click CommandButton, and draw two command buttons that are aligned on the right side of the form.



7. For the following properties, type the following values.
   
   CommandButton1:

   
         Property            Value
         -----------------------------
         (Name)              btnExpand
         Caption             Expand
         Height              24
         Width               54
         Left                6
         Top                 6 

   CommandButton2:

   
         Property            Value
         -------------------------------
         (Name)              btnContract
         Caption             Contract
         Height              24
         Width               54
         Left                6
         Top                 36 




8. On the Toolbox, click OptionButton, and draw two option buttons on the form.



9. For the following properties, type the following values.
   
   OptionButton1:

   
         Property            Value
         --------------------------------
         Caption             ExtraOption1
         Left                264
         Top                 30 

   OptionButton2:

   
          Property            Value
          --------------------------------
          Caption             ExtraOption2
          Left                264
          Top                 54 




10. Set the Width property of the User form to 185.25.

Creating the Code

       Sub btnExpand_Click()
         UserForm1.Width = 352.5
      End Sub

      Sub btnContract_Click()
         Userform1.Width = 185.25
      End Sub 

Running the Macro

1. On the File Menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."



2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Forms.



3. On the Forms toolbar, click Button, and then draw a button on the worksheet.



4. When the Assign Macro dialog box is displayed, type ShowForm in the Macro Name box, and then click New.



5. In the General module, type the following code:

   
         Sub ShowForm()
            UserForm1.Show
         End Sub 




6. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."



7. Click the worksheet that contains the button.



8. Click the button to run the ShowForm macro.



9. Click Expand.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords : kbprg kbdta xlvbahowto xlvbainfo
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbhowto