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✓ Enclose each set of OptionButtons in a Frame control. This approach
is the easiest, and also makes the dialog box look more organized. It’s
easier to add the Frame before adding the OptionButtons. You can, however,
also drag existing OptionButtons into a Frame.
✓ Make sure that each set of OptionButtons has a unique GroupName
property (which you specify in the Properties box). If the OptionButtons
are in a Frame, you don’t have to be concerned with the GroupName
property.
Figure 18-7:
This dialog
box
contains
three sets
of Option
Button
controls.
Only one OptionButton in a group can have a value of True. To specify a
default option for a set of OptionButtons, just set the Value property for the
default item to True. You can do this directly in the Properties box or by using
VBA code:
UserForm1.OptionButton1.Value = True
This example is available at this book’s Web site. It also has code that displays
the selected options when the user clicks OK.
Using a SpinButton and a TextBox
A SpinButton control lets the user specify a number by clicking arrows. This
control consists only of arrows (no text), so you usually want a method to
display the selected number. One option is to use a Label control, but this
has a disadvantage: The user can’t type text in a Label. A better choice is to
use a TextBox.
A SpinButton control and TextBox control form a natural pair, and Excel
uses them frequently. For example, check out Excel’s Page Setup dialog box
for a few examples. Ideally, the SpinButton and its TextBox are always in
sync: If the user clicks the SpinButton, the SpinButton’s value should appear