Combo box or?

itsmewhoelse

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Newbie needs someone to hold his hand...
I am trying to create a combo box or? to enable the user to pick from a list. I have created a sheet with all data in seperate columns, but in the same workbook. I have tried both of the aforementioned methods, but, I just don't get it. Step-by-step anyone?
ANY help is appreciated!
 

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You need to identify the row from which the options or chioces that you want the user to select from. Then create a combobox or a listbox and go to the properties/row source and enter the column. When the user pulls down the combobox or veiws the listbox the list will be there.

Hope this helps-Todd
 
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Todd,

Thanks for the try. I have tried to do that in the VB dialog box that pops up when you double click the combo box. Unfortunatly, I don't know what I'm doing so I am not doing it right. That's why I was hoping someone would show me a step-by-step method.
 
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Assuming the combobox is on a sheet, in design mode, right click on the combobox, choose properties. When the properties box apears, find the row source and enter a column such as a1:a50. Is this what your looking for?
 
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Todd,
Again, thanks for your help. I did not want to post a large example, but I guess, since I can't explain it well enough, I will.

I have a workbook with, so far, 4 worksheets. They are:
Loads, Expenses, Pay, Data
I would like to create either combo boxes, or pull downs, or list boxes, or? on each of the worksheets ( Pay, Loads, Expenses ).

The info, like Driver name's, expense items, and load details would come from one sheet in the same workbook ( Data ).
I have never done anything like this, and have zero programming experience, let alone VB.
I hope my feeble attempt to explain more fully, will help you to help me.

Maybe I should add that I have set my data sheet up like this:

a1:a999 are the driver names
c1:c999 are the acct'g weeks ( wk1:wk52 )
e1:e999 are the load item details
g1:g999 are expense items
and there will be more to come. I'd just like to get this far for now!
Thanks,
Wesley
This message was edited by itsmewhoelse on 2002-04-23 11:16
 
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