Microsoft KB Archive/165644

= XL97: TextColumn Property Displays Only the First Column =

Article ID: 165644

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165644





SYMPTOMS
When you set the TextColumn property for a ComboBox or ListBox control on a UserForm in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, Microsoft Excel may display the first column in the range of data instead of the column that you specify.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, set the ColumnWidths property to 0 (zero) so that the column you want to display is the first column in the range of data that has a column width greater than 0. For example, if you want to display the second column in the list but return a value from the first column of the list, use the properties that are listed in the following table.   Property        Value -  BoundColumn         1 ColumnCount        2 ColumnsWidths      0 TextColumn         2



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The TextColumn property identifies the column in a ComboBox or ListBox that is displayed. Values for the TextColumn property range from -1 to the number of columns in the list. For example, the first column is 1, the second column is 2, and so on. Setting the TextColumn property to 0 displays the Listindex values. Setting the TextColumn property to -1 displays the first column that has a ColumnWidth greater than 0.

For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

165570 How to Use the TextColumn Property

