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Part VI
Programming Excel with VBA
FIGURE 41.10
The UserForm after adding controls and adjusting some properties.
TIP
The VB Editor provides several useful commands to help you size and align the controls. Select
the controls that you want to work with and then choose a command from the Format menu.
These commands are fairly self-explanatory, and the Help system has complete details.
Testing the UserForm
At this point, the UserForm has all the necessary controls. What’s missing is a way to display the form. This
section explains how to write a VBA procedure to display the UserForm.
1. Make sure that the VB Editor window is activated.
2. Insert a module by choosing Insert ➪ Module.
3. In the empty module, enter the following code:
Sub ShowUserForm()
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
4. Choose Run ➪ Sub/UserForm (or press F5).
The Excel window is then activated, and the new UserForm is displayed, as shown in Figure 41.11. The
OptionButton controls work, but clicking the OK and Cancel buttons has no effect. These two buttons
need to have event-handler procedures. Click the Close button in the title bar to dismiss the UserForm.
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