Microsoft KB Archive/182695

= XL98: How to Use the TextColumn Property =

Article ID: 182695

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q182695



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.



MORE INFORMATION
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 Close and save any open workbooks, and then open a new workbook.  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  Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11). On the Insert menu, click UserForm. Draw a ListBox control on the UserForm. Open the Properties window (press F6).</li>  Change the following properties of the ListBox control to the following values: <pre class="fixed_text">      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. </li> Draw a Label control on the UserForm.</li> Double-click the UserForm to open the Code window for the UserForm.</li>  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 </li> Run the UserForm. To do this, activate the UserForm, and then click Run Sub/UserForm on the Run menu.</li></ol>

When you click an item in the list box, the label will change to the current value from column 2 in the list.

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