How can I hide row in list box based on a column value in VBA userform? - excel

Question

I have some records being displayed in a listbox. I have a 'Hide' button in my userform which when clicked hides the row selected and the row remains in the excel sheet. But if I open the userform again then the data loaded has all the hidden rows. I have created a column 'Active' and assigned it true values. I want to change this value to false when the user selects a row and clicks on hide. I want all the data in the excel sheet to remain and only rows with 'Active' value True will be displayed in the listbox. How do I achieve this?
Here is my code -
Sub Employee_Listbox()
Dim sh As Worksheet
Set sh = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("EMPMaster")
Dim last_row As Long
last_row = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(sh.Range("A:A"))
If last_row = 1 Then last_row = 2
With Me.ListBox2
.ColumnCount = 6
.ColumnWidths = "150,70,100,50,70,0"
.List = sh.Range("A2:F" & last_row).Value '.RowSource = sh.Name & "!A2:F" & last_row
End With
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton15_Click() '''Hide button
If Me.ListBox2.ListIndex >= 0 Then
Me.ListBox2.RemoveItem Me.ListBox2.ListIndex
End If
End Sub

Answer 1

Try this out. It uses Match to locate the row on the source worksheet and flag that employee as "Inactive".
Option Explicit
Const MASTER_SHEET As String = "EMPMaster"
Const VAL_ACTIVE = "Active"
Const VAL_INACTIVE = "Inactive"
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
LoadEmployeeList
End Sub
Sub LoadEmployeeList()
Dim sh As Worksheet, rw As Range, i As Long
Set sh = MasterSheet
With Me.ListBox2
.Clear
.ColumnCount = 6
.ColumnWidths = "150,70,100,50,70,0"
End With
For Each rw In sh.Range("A2:F" & sh.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row).Rows
If rw.Columns("G").Value = VAL_ACTIVE Then 'only load "Active" employees
With Me.ListBox2
'add the row
.AddItem (rw.Cells(1).Value)
For i = 2 To rw.Cells.Count
.List(.ListCount - 1, i - 1) = rw.Cells(i).Value
Next i
End With
End If
Next rw
End Sub
Private Sub CommandButton15_Click() '''Hide button
Dim id, m, sh As Worksheet
If Me.ListBox2.ListIndex >= 0 Then
id = Me.ListBox2.List(Me.ListBox2.ListIndex, 0) 'adjust id column to suit
Set sh = MasterSheet
m = Application.Match(id, sh.Columns("A"), 0) 'find the id on the master sheet
If Not IsError(m) Then 'found?
sh.Cells(m, "G").Value = "Inactive" 'mark as inactive
Me.ListBox2.RemoveItem Me.ListBox2.ListIndex 'remove from listbox
Else
'should not happen!
MsgBox "Employee Id '" & id & "' not found on Master sheet!", vbExclamation
End If
End If
End Sub
Function MasterSheet() As Worksheet
Set MasterSheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(MASTER_SHEET)
End Function