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Using UserForm Controls in a Worksheet 42
Image control
An Image control is used to display an image.
The following is a description of the most useful properties of an Image control:
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AutoSize: If True, the Image control is resized automatically to fit the image.
Picture: The path to the image file. Click the button in the Properties window, and Excel displays
a dialog box so you can locate the image.
Another way to display the image is to copy it to the Clipboard. Then, select the Picture
property in the Properties window and press Ctrl+V. The advantage is that the image is stored
with the workbook.
Label control
A Label control simply displays text. This control isn’t a very useful for use on worksheets, and a
TextBox control (described later in this list) gives you more versatility.
ListBox control
The ListBox control presents a list of items, and the user can select an item (or multiple items). It’s similar
to a ComboBox. The main difference is that a ListBox displays more than one item at a time.
The following is a description of the most useful properties of a ListBox control:
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BoundColumn: If the list contains multiple columns, this property determines which column
contains the returned value.
ColumnCount: The number of columns in the list.
IntegralHeight: This is True if the height of the ListBox adjusts automatically to display full
lines of text when the list is scrolled vertically. If False, the ListBox may display partial lines of
text when it is scrolled vertically.
LinkedCell: The worksheet cell that displays the selected item.
ListFillRange: The worksheet range that contains the list items.
ListStyle: Determines the appearance of the list items.
MultiSelect: Determines whether the user can select multiple items from the list.
If you use a MultiSelect ListBox, you can’t specify a LinkedCell; you need to write a
macro to determine which items are selected.
OptionButton control
OptionButton controls are useful when the user needs to select from a small number of items.
OptionButtons are always used in groups of at least two.
The following is a description of the most useful properties of an OptionButton control:
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Accelerator: A letter that lets the user select the option by using the keyboard. For example, if the
accelerator for an OptionButton is C, pressing Alt+C selects the control.
GroupName: A name that identifies an OptionButton as being associated with other
OptionButtons with the same GroupName property.
LinkedCell: The worksheet cell that’s linked to the OptionButton. The cell displays TRUE if the
control is selected or FALSE if the control isn’t selected.
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