Restricting values for an argument in UDF

dfoakley

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I've made a custom unit conversion function to include units not included with the CONVERT function in excel. The gist of the code is below

Code:
Option Explicit
Function Conv(Amount As Double, Class As String) As Variant
  Dim factor As Double, A(57,1) As Variant, B(13,1) As Variant, UnitType As String, i As Double, j as Double
  
  '...Array containing valid unit names and conversion factors, this is Array "A" in the definitions'
  
  '...Array containing valid unit classes, this is Array "B" in the definitions'
  
  For i = 0 to 13
    If B(i,0) = class Then
      UnitType = B(i,1)
      Exit For
    End If
  Next i
  
  For j = 0 to 57
    If A(j,0)=UnitType Then
      factor = A(j,1)
      Exit For
    End If
  Next j
  
  Conv = factor * Amount
  
End Function

As you can see, this requires that the class argument matches the values in the lookup arrays exactly. Is there a way I can restrict this value in the function definition? For example, the "Lookup Type" argument in the standard HLOOKUP and VLOOKUP functions is restrict to TRUE/FALSE, and a screentip shows up as you type that argument; is there a way to do something similar with a custom function?
 

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