Need help with data validation on VBA userform

leopardhawk

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Hello forum friends,

Hoping someone can help with my VBA script below. You can see two lines of the code are for GenderComboBox.List and SGenderComboBox.List. I would like to add some code that will validate these two combo boxes so that users can ONLY choose M or F from the drop-down list and they would be unable to enter any other characters or numbers in that field. I know there must be a way to do this but I can't seem to figure it out. If the user tries to enter something from their keyboard, I would like to have a message box pop-up that says "Please select from the list.". Appreciate any suggestions! Thanks!
VBA Code:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim objControl As MSForms.Control

    For Each objControl In Me.Controls
        If TypeName(objControl) = "TextBox" And objControl.Tag <> "" Then
           Me.setupPlaceholder objControl.Name, False
        End If
    Next objControl

    Me.GenderComboBox.List = Array("M", "F")
    
    Me.OptionComboBox.List = Array("100% Joint Life", _
        "60% Joint Life 5-year guarantee", _
        "60% Joint Life 10-year guarantee", _
        "60% Joint Life 15-year guarantee", _
        "Single Life no guarantee", _
        "Single Life 5-year guarantee", _
        "Single Life 10-year guarantee", _
        "Single Life 15-year guarantee", _
        "Other")

    Dim LastRow As Long
    Dim SheetName As String
    SheetName = "Sheet20"
    LastRow = Sheets(SheetName).Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
    Me.ProviderComboBox.List = Sheets("Sheet20").Range("A2:A" & LastRow).Value
    Me.SProviderComboBox.List = Sheets("Sheet20").Range("A2:A" & LastRow).Value
    
    Me.SGenderComboBox.List = Array("M", "F")
    
    Me.SOptionComboBox.List = Array("100% Joint Life", _
        "60% Joint Life 5-year guarantee", _
        "60% Joint Life 10-year guarantee", _
        "60% Joint Life 15-year guarantee", _
        "Single Life no guarantee", _
        "Single Life 5-year guarantee", _
        "Single Life 10-year guarantee", _
        "Single Life 15-year guarantee", _
        "Other")

End Sub
 

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@rpaulson I did as you suggested and it still allows me to enter other characters in the combobox. I ran the script and typed the letter "D" and was able to submit the form.
 
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how about this on you submit button.

VBA Code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
If UCase(Me.GenderComboBox.Text) = "M" Or UCase(Me.GenderComboBox.Text) = "F" Then

Else
  MsgBox "you need to enter M or F for gender"
Exit Sub
End If
End Sub
 
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Solution
@rpaulson sorry, I have a couple of questions about your solution (which works great!).

1. How does the UCase work to eliminate any input except the M or F?

2. If I want to do something similar with a date field where the user inputs a 'long-date', i.e. September 14, 1973, is there an easy way to ensure that they absolutely use the long-date format? In other words, force them to use a comma, ensure the month is spelled correctly and that the day and year are valid?

Just curious, always learning. Thanks!
 
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1. all the Ucase does is allow the user the enter a lower case m or f


2.
VBA Code:
If IsDate(Me.TextBox1.Text) = False Then
  MsgBox "Date is not valid"
Exit Sub
End If
 
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