User form

[jcaptchaos2]

Is there a way to prevent wrong data from being entered into a user form? For example if I had a table on and the user went to enter a number into a user form and that number wasn't in my table then it wouldn't let them enter it. It would give them some sort of error?

 

[Norie]

Why not use a combobox or listbox that only lists the valid numbers?

Or you could allow the user to enter a number then use Find or some other method to see if it's in the table.

If it's not tell the user and ask them to re-enter.

 

[jcaptchaos2]

Sorry I am new at user forms, would I use ControlSource for that? If so could you give me an example?

Thanks

 

[Norie]

Not ControlSource, the property for populating is RowSource.

There are other ways to populate - List, AddItem etc - but if your unfamiliar with these type of controls RowSource is a good a place to start.

It should work fine as long as you are dealing with some sort of contiguous list of unique data.

 

[jcaptchaos2]

Thanks Norie, working on a large project so appreciate your help. I am sure you will see me around a lot in the next couple of weeks.

Can't thank you enough
JC

 

[jcaptchaos2]

Another problem is I don't see RowSource

 

[jcaptchaos2]

Sorry if I use a combo box then I do

 

[Norie]

No problem, I actually had 2nd thoughts about if I'd used the right name.

In some apps it's RecordSource for example.

By the way you should probably avoid using ControlSource.

It has it's uses but if you want to get data from worksheet to userform and vice versa it's sometimes better to rely on a little bit of code.

 

[jcaptchaos2]

Thanks Norie stay tuned appreciate your help

 

[jcaptchaos2]

Ok if you could help me one more time tonight, My list is on a sheet called "routings" and it goes from A2 - A700 so what do I type in RowSource?