Using check boxes to hide columns

satheo

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I have a table with a column of form control check boxes on each row that I want a user to be able to select from and then have those selected rows be the only ones visible in another table (on another sheet).

So example Table 1:
A1A2A3Check Box 1
B1B2B3Check Box 2
C1C2C3Check Box 3
D1D2D3Check Box 4
E1E2E3Check Box 5

Let's say I check boxes 1 and 3, so I'd want only two columns, corresponding to A and C, to be visible. Example Table 2:

TRUETRUETRUETRUE
Title textTitleTitleSummary formula
Title textValue from A1Value from C1Summary formula
Title textValue from A3Value from C3Summary formula

Been trying to salvage together some code but not having any success (I'm a VBA noob, if this can be done without it that would be great, but I don't want to use filters it needs to be really user-friendly).

VBA Code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

Worksheets("Sheet 2").Columns.Hidden = True

Dim c As Integer
c = 1
For c = 1 To 33
    If Worksheets("Sheet2").Cells(8,c).Value = "TRUE"
      Worksheets("Sheet2").Columns(c).Hidden = False
    End If

End With

Next c

End Sub

Essentially I'm trying to start by hiding all columns in Table 2 (manually have TRUE for the first and last, as those are the title and summary ones), then check each column if that cell is TRUE and if so, unhide it. The row with the TRUE values is row 8, and I have 33 total columns. Right now I'm getting a syntax error on first line, I tried to do this as a module but same issue. The Button is on Sheet 1 along with the check boxes, if that matters (the check boxes and TRUE links work). Thanks!
 
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VBA Code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
   Dim c As Long

   With Worksheets("Sheet2")
      For c = 1 To 33
          .Columns(c).Hidden = Not .Cells(8, c).Value = True
      Next c
   End With
End Sub
 
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