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To return multiple values from a list box that displays three columns of data, follow these steps:
- Save and close any open workbooks, and then open a new workbook.
- On Sheet1, type the following values:
A1: Year B1: Month C1: Day
A2: 1996 B2: February C2: 23
A3: 1997 B3: March C3: 18
A4: 1998 B4: September C4: 7
A5: 1999 B5: November C5: 3
- Start the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).
- If the Properties window is not visible, click Properties on the View menu (or press F4).
- On the Insert menu, click UserForm.
- Draw a ListBox control on the UserForm.
- Switch to the Properties window (press F4).
- Change the following properties of the ListBox control to the
following values:
Property Value
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BoundColumn 1
ColumnCount 3
ColumnHeads True
RowSource Sheet1!A2:A5
- Draw a Label control on the UserForm.
- Double-click the ListBox control to open its code window.
- In the module, type the following code for the ListBox Change event:
Private Sub ListBox1_Change()
Dim SourceData As Range
Dim Val1 As String, Val2 As String, Val3 As String
'Get Range that the ListBox is bound to
Set SourceRange = Range(ListBox1.RowSource)
Val1 = ListBox1.Value
'Get the value of the second column
Val2 = SourceRange.Offset(ListBox1.ListIndex, 1).Resize(1, 1).Value
'Get the value of the third column
Val3 = SourceRange.Offset(ListBox1.ListIndex, 2).Resize(1, 1).Value
'Concatenate the three values together and display them in Label1
Label1.Caption = Val1 & " " & Val2 & " " & Val3
End Sub
- Run the UserForm. To do this, click the UserForm, and then click Run Sub/UserForm on the Run menu.
When you click an entry in the list box, the label changes to reflect
all three of the columns in that entry.