XL97: How to Dynamically Resize a UserForm

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

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

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Creating the UserForm

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



2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).



3. Click UserForm on the Insert menu to create a blank UserForm.



4. If the Properties window is not displayed, 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 UserForm to 185.25.

Creating the Code

1. Double-click the Expand command button on the UserForm and type the following code in the Code module for the UserForm:

   
         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 appears, type ShowForm in the Macro Name box, and then click New.



5. Type the following code in the General module:

   
         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 the Expand button.

REFERENCES

For more information about UserForms, click the Index tab in Visual Basic for Applications Help, type the following text

userform window

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