How to dynamically set textbox values in VB6 - vb6

I would like to dynamically set some textbox values with database values.
I have tried to use something similar to below but I get the following compile error:
Can't assign to read only property. The .name = is highlighted.
Is it possible to assign the textbox values in this manner?
Dim x As Integer
For x = 1 To 30
Form1.RS.Fields(x).Name = RS.Fields(x).Value
Next

You can try using controls collection of the form :
Dim x As Integer
For x = 1 To 30
Form1.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name).Text = RS.Fields(x).Value
Next

As a takeoff on Eddi's answer, here's code that allows for multiple control types on the form:
Dim x As Integer
For x = 1 To 30
If TypeOf Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name) Is TextBox Then
Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name).Text = RS.Fields(x).Value
ElseIf TypeOf Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name) Is CheckBox Then
Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name).Value = _
IIf(RS.Fields(x).Value = 1, vbChecked, vbUnchecked)
End If
Next
One shortcoming of the above code is the loss of intellisense. You can structure the code like the following so it is strongly-typed, which has a number of benefits including intellisense:
Dim tb As TextBox
Dim cb As CheckBox
Dim x As Integer
For x = 1 To 30
If TypeOf Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name) Is TextBox Then
Set tb = Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name)
tb.Text = RS.Fields(x).Value
ElseIf TypeOf Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name) Is CheckBox Then
Set cb = Me.Controls(RS.Fields(x).Name)
cb.Value = IIf(RS.Fields(x).Value = 1, vbChecked, vbUnchecked)
End If
Next

Assuming you have an array of Text1 textboxes indexed from 1 to 30, you can use:
Dim iCounter As Integer
For iCounter = 1 To 30
' Check that counter is within the bounds of the Text1 array
If iCounter >= Text1.LBound And iCounter <= Text1.UBound Then
Text1(iCounter).Text = RS.Fields(iCounter).Value
End If
Next
There's extra code here to check that the counter is within the range of the Text1 array. The Text1 array could be gaps (missing items) in between its LBound and UBound values so it's not perfect. For example you could delete Text1(13) and still have LBound = 1 and UBound = 30. The easiest way is to check for error '340', if you decide to add that. Since you are building the UI you can simply remove any gaps.
Using an array of Textbox controls lets you share common code like the following, which highlights the text when the cursor enters the textbox:
Private Sub Text1_GotFocus(Index As Integer)
With Text1(Index)
.SelStart = 0
.SelLength = Len(.Text)
End With
End Sub

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why is this libreoffice Edit control event handler not working

I need to create this dialog programatically because it will have a variable number of controls depending on the client. (The naming conventions are sloppy right now because i am in the middle adapting someone else's code.) The code chokes when the focusGained sub is entered (see below).
I have tried many things but especially of note is: if i change the relevant lines to deal with the textChanged event instead, it all works as expected.
Sub main
Dim dlgmodel As Variant
Dim oComponents As Variant
Dim oDoc As Variant
dlgmodel = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlDialogModel")
With dlgmodel
.Name = "checkwriter"
.Title = "check writer"
.PositionX = 170
.PositionY = 70
.Width = 190
.Height = 100
.DesktopAsParent = false ' or true, does not affect problem
End With
Dim oModel As Variant
oModel = dlgmodel.createInstance("com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlGroupBoxModel")
omodel.name = "rbgroup"
dlgmodel.insertByName(oModel.Name, oModel)
dim j%
for j = 0 to 3 ' 3 is for example
oModel = dlgmodel.createInstance("com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlRadioButtonModel")
With oModel
.Name = "rb" & j
.PositionX = 10
.PositionY = 6 + j * 15
.Width = 12
.Height = 12
.groupname = "rbgroup"
End With
dlgmodel.insertByName(oModel.Name, oModel)
oModel = dlgmodel.createInstance("com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlEditModel")
with omodel
.Name = "txt" & j
.PositionX = 40
.PositionY = 6 + j * 15
.Width = 40
.Height = 12
end with
dlgmodel.insertByName(oModel.Name, oModel)
next
Dim oDlg As Variant
oDlg = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlDialog")
oDlg.setModel(dlgmodel)
Dim oControl As Variant
oListener = CreateUnoListener("txt_", "com.sun.star.awt.XFocusListener")
oControl = oDlg.getControl("txt0") ' testing one single edit control
ocontrol.addFocusListener(oListener)
Dim oWindow As Variant
oWindow = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.awt.Toolkit")
oDlg.createPeer(oWindow, null)
oDlg.execute()
End Sub
'entering focusGained() causes
' "BASIC runtime error. Property or method not found: $(ARG1)."
' after clearing that, the print statement executes.
' ***warning*** without the print statement the dialog will become uncloseable.
sub txt_focusGained(event as object)
print "txt1"
end sub
The interface com.sun.star.awt.XFocusListener requires two methods. You only implemented one of them, which is why the error occurs.
To fix it, add the following:
sub txt_focusLost(event as object)
print "txt2"
end sub
However, are you sure you want a focus listener? As you will see by running it, the revised code results in an infinite loop. Focus is generally tricky and works differently depending on the operating system. Normally I use textChanged instead.
details of solution with example here
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/218979/why-is-this-edit-control-event-handler-not-working/

How can run the following code on multiple Excel sheets?

I have a code which I would like to use on multiple sheets, except one sheet. But applying the code to alle sheets is also fine.
Here is the code that I would like to adjust. I am have currently applied it to Excel 2011 in OS X , but I would like to use it for Excel 2010 in Windows.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$A$1" Then
Dim the_selection As String
Dim month_in_review As String
the_selection = Sheet1.Range("A1")
Dim Rep As Integer
For Rep = 2 To 379
the_column = GetColumnLetter_ByInteger(Rep)
month_in_review = Sheet1.Range(the_column & "1")
If the_selection = month_in_review Then
Sheet1.Range(the_column & ":" & the_column).EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Else
Sheet1.Range(the_column & ":" & the_column).EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
Next Rep
End If
End Sub
In the module I have the following code:
Public Function GetColumnLetter_ByInteger(what_number As Integer) As String
GetColumnLetter_ByInteger = ""
MyColumn_Integer = what_number
If MyColumn_Ineger <= 26 Then
column_letter = ChrW(64 + MyColumn_Integer)
End If
If MyColumn_Integer > 26 Then
column_letter = ChrW(Int((MyColumn_Integer - 1) / 26) + 64) & ChrW(((MyColumn_Integer - 1) Mod 26) + 65)
End If
GetColumnLetter_ByInteger = column_letter
End Function
If you're asking for one sheet to detect the change in cell "A1" and then to hide/unhide columns on multiple sheets then the prior answers to your question will serve you nicely.
If, on the other hand, you're asking to detect a change in cell "A1" on any sheet and then to hide/unhide columns on just the changed sheet, then the code below will work for you. It accesses the Workbook_SheetChanged event at Workbook level.
A few points about your code:
You can reference cells using their integer or address values with the .Cell property, so Sheet1.Cells(1, 1) is the same as Sheet1.Cells(1, "A"). The same applies to the .Columns property. So there's no real need to convert your integer values to a string. See #Florent B's answer for a good example of this.
Wherever possible, minimise looping sheet interactions as these are very time-consuming. So rather than loop through the columns and hide/unhide each one individually, you could assign them to ranges within your loop and then hide/unhide the ranges all in one go at the end of your loop. If you must interact with the sheet on each iteration of your loop, then set the Application.ScreenUpdating property to false before the start of your loop. There's an example of this property in the sample code below.
Put this in your Workbook module:
Private Sub Workbook_SheetChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)
Const TARGET_ADDRESS As String = "A1"
Dim cell As Range
Dim hiddenCols As Range
Dim unhiddenCols As Range
Dim selectedMonth As String
Dim monthInReview As String
Dim c As Integer
'Ignore event if not a target worksheet
If Sh.Name = "Not Wanted" Then Exit Sub
'Ignore event if not in target range
Set cell = Target.Cells(1)
If cell.Address(False, False) <> TARGET_ADDRESS Then Exit Sub
'Criteria met, so handle event
selectedMonth = CStr(cell.Value)
For c = 2 To 379
Set cell = Sh.Cells(1, c)
monthInReview = CStr(cell.Value)
'Add cell to hidden or unhidden ranges
If monthInReview = selectedMonth Then
If unhiddenCols Is Nothing Then
Set unhiddenCols = cell
Else
Set unhiddenCols = Union(unhiddenCols, cell)
End If
Else
If hiddenCols Is Nothing Then
Set hiddenCols = cell
Else
Set hiddenCols = Union(hiddenCols, cell)
End If
End If
Next
'Hide and unhide the cells
Application.ScreenUpdating = False 'not really needed here but given as example
If Not unhiddenCols Is Nothing Then
unhiddenCols.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
End If
If Not hiddenCols Is Nothing Then
hiddenCols.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
You can use a for each loop to loop through all the Worksheets, and check the worksheet name if it should be skipped. Then apply your code onto the sheet selected.
Something like:
Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$A$1" Then
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If ws.Name <> "Skip Sheet" Then
Dim the_selection As String
Dim month_in_review As String
the_selection = ws.Range("A1")
Dim Rep As Integer
For Rep = 2 To 379
the_column = GetColumnLetter_ByInteger(Rep)
month_in_review = ws.Range(the_column & "1")
If the_selection = month_in_review Then
ws.Range(the_column & ":" & the_column).EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Else
ws.Range(the_column & ":" & the_column).EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
Next Rep
End If
Next ws
End If
End Sub
I wasn't entirely sure what you wished to achieve, so i put ws in the place of Sheet1.
This example will show/hide the columns in all the other sheets if the first cell of the column match/differ with the cell A1 of the sheet where this code is placed:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
' exit if not cell A1
If Target.row <> 1 Or Target.column <> 1 Then Exit Sub
Dim sheet As Worksheet
Dim the_selection As String
Dim month_in_review As String
Dim column As Integer
the_selection = Target.Value
' iterate all the sheets
For Each sheet In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
' skip this sheet
If Not sheet Is Me Then
' iterate the columns
For column = 2 To 379
' get the first cell of the column
month_in_review = sheet.Cells(1, column).Value
' hide or show the column if it's a match or not
sheet.Columns(column).Hidden = month_in_review <> the_selection
Next
End If
Next
End Sub

Creating a userform that prints textbox input to specific spots in the document

I was working on a system in VBA word. The goal of the system is to replace several different words in a document with input from a text box. So far I have a userform with 12 different text boxes each containing input from a user to replace words in the document. I made a button in the userform to print all the input from the textboxes to the document.
For each textbox I made the following code:
Sub FindAndReplaceAllStoriesHopefully()
Dim myStoryRange As Range
'
'
'Loop replaces everything with <KLANTNAAM> in the document
For Each myStoryRange In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
With myStoryRange.Find
.Text = "<KLANTNAAM>"
.Replacement.Text = TextBox1.Value
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
Do While Not (myStoryRange.NextStoryRange Is Nothing)
Set myStoryRange = myStoryRange.NextStoryRange
With myStoryRange.Find
.Text = "<KLANTNAAM>"
.Replacement.Text = TextBox1.Value
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
Loop
Next myStoryRange
So far I did this for all 12 textboxes and it works but it isn't smooth. The
button upon getting clicked is calling the function with
Call FindAndReplaceAllStoriesHopefully
I have a few problems which I just cannot fix:
Once the button is clicked and some textboxes are not filled by the user, the marked words like <KLANTNAAM> are still replaced and removed from the document.
The performance of the macro is not great since the same code is copied 12 times.
Once the button is clicked, there is no easy way for the user to undo mistakes typed in the userform since the results are already printed.
I was hoping to get some tips so I can finalize this application.
Something like this:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim numBlank As Long, n As Long, txt As String
Dim bookMarkName As String
numBlank = Me.CountBlanks
If numBlank > 0 Then
If MsgBox(numBlank & " entries are blank!. Continue?", _
vbExclamation + vbOKCancel) <> vbOK Then
Exit Sub
End If
End If
For n = 1 To 4
txt = Me.Controls("Textbox" & n).Text
bookMarkName = "BOOKMARK" & n
FindAndReplaceAllStoriesHopefully bookMarkName, txt
Next n
End Sub
Function CountBlanks() As Long
Dim n As Long, b As Long
b = 0
For n = 1 To 4
If Len(Me.Controls("Textbox" & n).Text) = 0 Then
b = b + 1
End If
Next n
CountBlanks = n
End Function

Excel copy/sort data while counting/removing duplicates

Ok so I've searched and searched and can't quite find what I'm looking for.
I have a workbook and what I'm basically trying to do is take the entries from certain ranges (Sheet1 - E4:E12, E14:E20, I4:I7, I9:I12, I14:I17, & I19:I21) and put them in a separate list on Sheet2. I then want the new list on Sheet2 to be sorted by how many times an entry appeared on Sheet1 as well as display the amount.
example http://demonik.doomdns.com/images/excel.png
Obviously as can be seen by the ranges I listed above, this sample is much smaller lol, was just having trouble trying to figure out how to describe everything and figured an image would help.
Basically I am trying to use VBA (the update would be initialized by hitting a button) to copy data from Sheet1 and put all the ranges into one list in Sheet2 that is sorted by how many times it appeared on Sheet1, and then alphabetically.
If a better discription is needed just comment and let me know, I've always been horrible at trying to describe stuff like this lol.
Thanks in advance!
Another detail: I cant have it search for specific things as the data in the ranges on Sheet1 may change. Everything must be dynamic.
I started out with this data
and used the following code to read it into an array, sort the array, and count the duplicate values, then output the result to sheet2
Sub Example()
Dim vCell As Range
Dim vRng() As Variant
Dim i As Integer
ReDim vRng(0 To 0) As Variant
Sheets("Sheet2").Cells.Delete
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
For Each vCell In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
If vCell.Value <> "" Then
ReDim Preserve vRng(0 To i) As Variant
vRng(i) = vCell.Value
i = i + 1
End If
Next
vRng = CountDuplicates(vRng)
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(UBound(vRng), UBound(vRng, 2))) = vRng
Rows(1).Insert
Range("A1:B1") = Array("Entry", "Times Entered")
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Sort Range("B1"), xlDescending
End Sub
Function CountDuplicates(List() As Variant) As Variant()
Dim CurVal As String
Dim NxtVal As String
Dim DupCnt As Integer
Dim Result() As Variant
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Integer
ReDim Result(1 To 2, 0 To 0) As Variant
List = SortAZ(List)
For i = 0 To UBound(List)
CurVal = List(i)
If i = UBound(List) Then
NxtVal = ""
Else
NxtVal = List(i + 1)
End If
If CurVal = NxtVal Then
DupCnt = DupCnt + 1
Else
DupCnt = DupCnt + 1
ReDim Preserve Result(1 To 2, 0 To x) As Variant
Result(1, x) = CurVal
Result(2, x) = DupCnt
x = x + 1
DupCnt = 0
End If
Next
Result = WorksheetFunction.Transpose(Result)
CountDuplicates = Result
End Function
Function SortAZ(MyArray() As Variant) As Variant()
Dim First As Integer
Dim Last As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim x As Integer
Dim Temp As String
First = LBound(MyArray)
Last = UBound(MyArray)
For i = First To Last - 1
For x = i + 1 To Last
If MyArray(i) > MyArray(x) Then
Temp = MyArray(x)
MyArray(x) = MyArray(i)
MyArray(i) = Temp
End If
Next
Next
SortAZ = MyArray
End Function
End Result:
Here is a possible solution that I have started for you. What you are asking to be done gets rather complicated. Here is what I have so far:
Option Explicit
Sub test()
Dim items() As String
Dim itemCount() As String
Dim currCell As Range
Dim currString As String
Dim inArr As Boolean
Dim arrLength As Integer
Dim iterator As Integer
Dim x As Integer
Dim fullRange As Range
Set fullRange = Range("E1:E15")
iterator = 0
For Each cell In fullRange 'cycle through the range that has the values
inArr = False
For Each currString In items 'cycle through all values in array, if
'values is found in array, then inArr is set to true
If currCell.Value = currString Then 'if the value in the cell we
'are currently checking is in the array, then set inArr to true
inArr = True
End If
Next
If inArr = False Then 'if we did not find the value in the array
arrLength = arrLength + 1
ReDim Preserve items(arrLength) 'resize the array to fit the new values
items(iterator) = currCell.Value 'add the value to the array
iterator = iterator + 1
End If
Next
'This where it gets tricky. Now that you have all unique values in the array,
'you will need to count how many times each value is in the range.
'You can either make another array to hold those values or you can
'put those counts on the sheet somewhere to store them and access them later.
'This is tough stuff! It is not easy what you need to be done.
For x = 1 To UBound(items)
Next
End Sub
All that this does so far is get unique values into the array so that you can count how many times each one is in the range.

Random selection from list

I have a list of items in an Excel worksheet, A1-B115. At the moment I can enter 10 variables which retrieves the correct data from the list.
Code now:
C1=1 - run through A1-A115 and check for the value to be between 1000-2000; if so, copy the B value somewhere.
C2=1 - run through A1-A115 and check for the value to be between 2001-3000; if so, copy the B value somewhere.
....
What I would like to do is that I can enter a value (example: 25 or 30) and that my macro randomly selects the right amount of values.
Code I would like to do: C1: 30 -> randomly selects 30 values from B1-B115
This will do the trick.
Sub PickRandomItemsFromList()
Const nItemsToPick As Long = 10
Const nItemsTotal As Long = 115
Dim rngList As Range
Dim varRandomItems() As Variant
Dim i As Long
Set rngList = Range("B1").Resize(nItemsTotal, 1)
ReDim varRandomItems(1 To nItemsToPick)
For i = 1 To nItemsToPick
varRandomItems(i) = rngList.Cells(Int(nItemsTotal * Rnd + 1), 1)
Next i
' varRandomItems now contains nItemsToPick random items from range rngList.
End Sub
As discussed in the comments, this will allow individual items to be picked more than once within the nItemsToPick picked, if for example number 63 happens to be randomly picked twice. If you don't want this to happen, then an additional loop will have to be added to check whether the item about to be picked is already in the list, for example like so:
Sub PickRandomItemsFromList()
Const nItemsToPick As Long = 10
Const nItemsTotal As Long = 115
Dim rngList As Range
Dim idx() As Long
Dim varRandomItems() As Variant
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim booIndexIsUnique As Boolean
Set rngList = Range("B1").Resize(nItemsTotal, 1)
ReDim idx(1 To nItemsToPick)
ReDim varRandomItems(1 To nItemsToPick)
For i = 1 To nItemsToPick
Do
booIndexIsUnique = True ' Innoncent until proven guilty
idx(i) = Int(nItemsTotal * Rnd + 1)
For j = 1 To i - 1
If idx(i) = idx(j) Then
' It's already there.
booIndexIsUnique = False
Exit For
End If
Next j
If booIndexIsUnique = True Then
Exit Do
End If
Loop
varRandomItems(i) = rngList.Cells(idx(i), 1)
Next i
' varRandomItems now contains nItemsToPick unique random
' items from range rngList.
End Sub
Note that this will loop forever if nItemsToPick > nItemsTotal !
I would use a collection to make sure you don't get any duplicates.
Function cItemsToPick(NrOfItems As Long, NrToPick As Long) As Collection
Dim cItemsTotal As New Collection
Dim K As Long
Dim I As Long
Set cItemsToPick = New Collection
If NrToPick > NrOfItems Then Exit Function
For I = 1 To NrOfItems
cItemsTotal.Add I
Next I
For I = 1 To NrToPick
K = Int(cItemsTotal.Count * Rnd + 1)
cItemsToPick.Add cItemsTotal(K)
cItemsTotal.Remove (K)
Next I
Set cItemsTotal = Nothing
End Function
You can test this function with the following code:
Sub test()
Dim c As New Collection
Dim I As Long
Set c = cItemsToPick(240, 10)
For I = 1 To c.Count
Debug.Print c(I)
Next I
End Sub

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