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    Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Hi I need to simplify my code. Ive got a user form with 256 text boxes on, one for each column.
    I've named the text boxes "TbA", TbB", "TbC" etc to corespond to the column names.
    I've then got another text box named "A", "B", "C" etc which fills with the cell value from the current row.
    Is there a way of looping these instead?

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    maybe something like
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    256 textboxes - it's a bit much

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    And for this thread you can try
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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Thanks for replying but I get type mismatch error on "ctl.Value = .Cells(lRw, ctl.Name).Value"

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Tracker3.xlsHere's the workbook. Click command button2 on menu2

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    try
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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Brilliant! Thank you that save a huge amount of typing! If you could find a way to make sure the date format was dd/mm/yy that would br great?

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Are you really having 256 TextBoxes with s56 columns of data? I think your project is very poorly thought out, that amount of columns is going to be horrendous to manage

    If one collection is just the column names then use Labels not TextBoxes.

    Rename the labels as lbl1. lbl2 etc. Rename the TextBoxes as TB1,TB2 etc

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    maybe so
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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Yeah I know its a lot but I currently have 205 lots of training that a colleague can complete. I can now have one user form that lists each one and also I can edit the column title from the user form as well as report the date the colleague completed the training. Unfortunatly I'm trying to make it as user friendly as possible for people with even less Excel knowledge than me (if thats possible!) I really appreciate all the help you guys are giving me.

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    I've now hit another problem - If I use ctrl.name as a variable, when I come to column "AS" I can't use that as a textbox name.
    Is there a better way to select a user from a combo box then have all his training listed? I can live without being able to edit the column titles

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Have you tried what I suggested?

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Hi roy I get an error "object does not support this property or method"

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Have you replaced the TextBoxes used for Columns with Labels?

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    yes ill upload my code in sec

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Tracker4.xlsHere you go "Menu2" commandbutton3

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Sorry try that again Tracker4.xls

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    can't you just use a listbox to show the column data-then when the user selects a column there is just one text box to edit the value?
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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Hi joseph, I'm not sure I understand how to use a list box for this. What I'm trying to do is somehow select a colleague from column B which then would list all the types of training he's completed (these are in the column titles) from row 1 but making sure that if a column was moved or deleted everything would still work. At the moment commandbutton2 works fine alowing me to not only see a list of column titles but also the date my chosen colleague completed it. The problem occurs because I used the textbox name as a variable and going through alphabetically I get to "AS" which cant be used as a textbox name of course. Maybe what I need is a new aproach but I can't see the wood for the trees! Thanks

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    in your Ind2 form replace the label and textbox with a listbox (LIstbox1) and change the code to
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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Thanks Joseph I see what you mean that is a lot easier and looks much better. The only thing is I need to also have the list show the dates the training was completed along side the list and then have some way to print the whole lot out. I really appreciate your help.

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    forgot to mention-set the listbox's columncount property to two-then you'll see the dates. :-)

    to printout I would use a preformatted worksheet that you can populate form the listbox-userforms generally do not print well.
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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    columncount is set to 1 but no dates

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    sorry-my bad. I meant 2 not True. ;-)

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    :-) brilliant! It looks so much better just the job thanks again. I assume I can take the data from the list box some how and send to a new sheet (sorry remember I'm a total newbie!)

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Sorry while youre being so kind how do I make the dates dd/mm/yy instead of mm/dd/yyyy Please

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    yeah-something like this
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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    for the dates change
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    to use the value as it appears on the sheet.

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    Thank you so much thats worked great. Ill work on the printing bit to format it into a neater way but Thank you again for all your help. I've learned a lot.

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    glad to help :-)

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    Re: Loop through names of buttons on a userform

    I really appreciate it thanks

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