Sorry... can you expand on that a bit please....
Also the data may expand... can you select the whole column from say row 6 downwards?
Thanks
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How do I create a drop down list in a userform
I want to create a dropdown list in a user form that looks at all the data in say column A and lists it in the drop down box but only shows it once and in alphabetical order.
So for example, if column A was
Bob
Alan
Colin
Alan
Dave
Dave
The drop down box options would be
Alan
Bob
Colin
Dave
The list of data in the column can get longer so it has to search for all data in the column.
Thanks
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Fantastic Saurabh... im almost there
the only thing i want to change is teh way the additional items are added.
I want the user to have to check that the item is not in the list before he can just type in new information.
Its to stop having things like Store and Stores or Alan and Allan so that when you filter on the columns its very clear.
if the last item in the drop down was '*Add New' then they would have to scroll past all the options before they could enter the new set of data
Thanks
Gordon
Gordon,
This to let you know that i can devlop a check to create store and stores but to check alan and allan they are completely different because of spelling so to check that and then giving a update box for it, I have doubts about that because the with every spelling excel is going to treat them differently.
Saurabh...
sorry Saurabh i think we are at cross purposes here
All i want to do is to make the user scroll through the list of options first.
If he doesnt see the item he is looking for then he can chose the last item on the list
*Add New
Then he would get the option to add a further item.
Its the user that will check to see that the name doesnt come up twice...ie he wont sellect create a new entry for Stores if he sees Store...same idea for the other columns
hopoe thats a bit clearer
sorry for the confusion
Cheers
Gordon
Not really Saurabh sorry... its not anything that clever i want to use
Simply add to the drop down menu the optionsomething like
*Add New or *Not In List
If they select this option perhaps a new sub form (if there is such a thing?) would come up with a text box to Add New..... this is where they would add the new data thats not in the current list
When they accept this it would close the sub form and automaticaly be entered into the original combo box that we started from
that make sense?
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for your help
Gordon
Gordon,
This is in addition to your request what you intial asked as to devlop this, I probably have to re-think everything and start the process from scratch, Will request you to please open a related question for it, Also request you to when you do that,Please upload your sample file with the add-new userform as well as in How do you want that userform to look like and we can take it forward from there.
Saurabh...
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by: jppintoPosted on 2009-03-30 at 03:25:15ID: 24017442
Insert the dropdown control to your user form and on the Row Source, put the range from where you want it to pick up the data.
jppinto