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How can I 'date format' numerous Excel VBA userform text boxes in a single loop ?

Hi Experts,

I'm creating a user form in Excel VBA and part of the form consists of 12 text boxes which I want to format as date fields dd/mm/yyyy. See attached screenshot.

My code for the first text box is...

' Format the Enquiry date field
With Me.teEnquiry
If Not IsDate(.Value) Then
MsgBox "Invalid date"
Else
.Value = Format(.Value, "dd/mm/yyyy")
End If
End With

Is there a quicker method of doing this rather than formatting each of the 12 text boxes individually, given that they all have different names ?

Thanks
Toco

FamousMortimer

Hi,

This code will loop through each control on userform1

Sub LoopThruControls()
    Dim ctrl As Control
    For Each ctrl In UserForm1.Controls
        MsgBox ctrl.Name
    Next ctrl
End Sub

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If, for example, all of your textboxes names start with 'te' you can use this

Sub ValidateDates()
    Dim ctrl As Control
    For Each ctrl In UserForm1.Controls
        If UCase(Left(ctrl.Name, 2)) = "TE" Then
            With ctrl
                If Not IsDate(.Value) Then
                    MsgBox "Invalid date"
                Else
                    .Value = Format(.Value, "dd/mm/yyyy")
                End If
            End With
        End If
    Next ctrl
End Sub

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Tocogroup

ASKER

I was nearly there with your catch-all code.

Unfortunately I have text boxes which aren't date fields. However, the ones in my example are all enclosed in a frame object called frDelivery. Is there any way I can change your code slightly to just check the text boxes in the frame rather than the whole user form ?

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Tocogroup

ASKER

Excellent. I learned a lot from that and it works perfectly.
Many thanks
Toco