XL97: Visual Basic Example for Using SpinButton with a Date
ID: Q161517
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel 97, you can use a SpinButton on a UserForm to change
values on a worksheet or in a Visual Basic procedure. Microsoft Visual
Basic for Applications in Excel 97 provides the ability to attach
procedures to object events such as clicking on the down arrow of the
SpinButton (SpinDown event) and clicking on the up arrow (SpinUp event).
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The following Visual Basic procedure demonstrates how to use a SpinButton
control to both increment and decrement a date value in an edit box.
- From a new workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, press ALT + F11 to activate
the Visual Basic Editor.
- In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, click Insert and choose UserForm.
- Choose the TextBox tool from the Controls Toolbox. Place a TextBox
(TextBox1) on the UserForm.
- Choose the SpinButton tool from the Controls Toolbox. Place a
SpinButton (SpinButton1) on the UserForm.
- Choose the CommandButton tool from the Controls Toolbox. Place a
CommandButton (CommandButton1) on the UserForm.
- On the View menu, click Properties Window.
- With CommandButton1 selected, click the Caption and type Close Now and press ENTER. This places the text
on the CommandButton.
- Select the UserForm by clicking anywhere on the form. In the
Properties Window, click Caption, type Change Date, and press ENTER.
- Right-click the CommandButton and choose View Code. Two lines of code
are automatically entered for you. Between those two lines, type the
following:
UserForm1.Hide
- Click "UserForm1 (UserForm)" on the Window menu to return to the
UserForm.
- On the UserForm, right-click the SpinButton and choose View Code.
- Ensure that the Object dropdown (the dropdown in the upper left of the
window) shows SpinButton1. Click the
Procedures dropdown box (the dropdown in the upper right of the window)
and choose SpinDown. Type the following code between the two lines
placed automatically on the sheet.
UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = DateValue(UserForm1.TextBox1.Text) - 1
- Click the Procedures dropdown box and choose SpinUp. Type the
following code between the two lines of code placed automatically
on the sheet.
UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = DateValue(UserForm1.TextBox1.Text) + 1
- In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, click Insert and choose
Module. On the module sheet, type the following code:
Sub ShowForm()
UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = Date
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
- In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, click Tools and choose Macros.
In the Macros dialog, click ShowForm and then click Run.
The UserForm appears. Click the up arrow to increment the date. Click the
down arrow to decrement the date. Click the Close Now button to close the
UserForm and return to the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.
REFERENCES
For additional information about how this can be accomplished in Microsoft
Excel versions 5.x and 7.x, see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q116118 Visual Basic Example of Spinner Use on a Date
For more information about the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
SpinButton control, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the
following text
spinner controls
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "About adding buttons,
check boxes, and other controls" topic.
Additional query words:
97 8.00 XL97
Keywords : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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