COMBOBOX VALUES

[robertmwaring2]

I have a userform that contains a mutlipage with 15 pages. All total, there are 475 comboboxes between the pages on this one form (yes i realize this is alot).
I am attempting to compile a list of all the combox values that are not left blank into a single column on a sheet within the workbook the form is apart of (Sheet3.Range("BC2:BC??"). I have used the following code previoulsy, but for whatever reason it now just loops endlessly IF any comboboxes on page 1 of the multipage are left blank.

Dim Ctrl As Object
   For Each Ctrl In UFProductionSheet.Controls
      If TypeName(Ctrl) = "ComboBox" Then
         If Ctrl.Value <> "" Then
            Sheet3.Range("BC" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1).Value = Ctrl.Value
         End If
      End If
   Next

I really don't relish the idea of having to allocate a specific cell in the worksheet for each combobox to hold the value of the box on a change event, as I mentioned - there are 475 of them. The code above has worked flawlessly in the past, but I am in the process of creating a revised workbook that would allow for users to update more information and be less restrictive. Somewhere along the line, one of the changes I've made has caused this to stop functioning as it once did. I use the above code as a module that is called on a button click. Can anyone help me?

 

[robertmwaring2]

in the userform, breakfast meats are already listed in their own block
View attachment 33276

correct, but think of that as an additional side of just meat. when a buffet menu is selected, it may come with a choice of meat - I need to know which .

 

[robertmwaring2]

the more i think about it though, i dont think i should be altering the breakfast meat in that cell. If it is being copied somewhere, i feel like it would be smarter to replace it there so it can be erased in order to restart the form as if it were freshly opened if more than one production sheet needed to be created. Or are you so genius that doesnt even matter? lol

 

[diddi]

ok then. i get that. so i am thinking there is a better way to store this block of data so that when the pogram starts, it reads it in once and then uses it from memory rather than cell referencing

 

[diddi]

where is there a list of every option, and a list of every meal type

 

[robertmwaring2]

ok then. i get that. so i am thinking there is a better way to store this block of data so that when the pogram starts, it reads it in once and then uses it from memory rather than cell referencing

Not sure what you meant by store the block of data, but the way it is set up is what the chefs are used to, anything drastic would be painful to adjust them to, lol
the goal was make all your "lists" of possible questions or additional selections on the -Info- Sheet. then on each menu page, you could have a maximum of 6 questions/possible selections per menu sheet. the header is the same as the header on the info sheet, but the list on the menu sheets are the menu items that require the additional choice. If that wasnt too confusing. it makes it easy and by using drop downs it insure they dont spell something wrong.

 

[robertmwaring2]

where is there a list of every option, and a list of every meal type

well, column w on each menu sheet is the sum total of all the menu items on that sheet - same column hold the same info on each other menu sheet as well. as far as a list of all column w's from each menu sheet, it gets a bit more complicated from there, but i started in column Q on the -Maser Info- Sheet

as far as the every option - there isnt a single list but the range is -Info-C2:W36

 

[diddi]

i have found that list -Info-C2:W36.
so which page do the chefs use to design / update the menus. is that a sheet such as 'lunch buffet' do they mess with the other sheets (ie the ones that do all the control functions etc)

 

[robertmwaring2]

i have found that list -Info-C2:W36.
so which page do the chefs use to design / update the menus. is that a sheet such as 'lunch buffet' do they mess with the other sheets (ie the ones that do all the control functions etc)

no they do not. with the exception of the -Info- Sheet. the master info and production sheet have previously been "very hidden" the info sheet is key to the menu sheets because of the options that may be available for any given menu item. there may be 11 columns of info on the info sheet, but there will never be a single menu item that will require 11 choices. aside from that, on each menu sheet, i have just limited the number of allowed different choices (columns) to 6.

 

[robertmwaring2]

no they do not. with the exception of the -Info- Sheet. the master info and production sheet have previously been "very hidden" the info sheet is key to the menu sheets because of the options that may be available for any given menu item. there may be 11 columns of info on the info sheet, but there will never be a single menu item that will require 11 choices. aside from that, on each menu sheet, i have just limited the number of allowed different choices (columns) to 6.

chefs can access all sheets except master info and production sheet. In case my response was unclear as usual (lol - sorry)

 

[diddi]

does this summarise the data correctly? i have not included the next level down that has what is in the menu choice, but i want to get the top levels right first