I have a form developed with a Excel which I use objects - such Form Controls and ActiveX Form - to receive input data and to show the the results obtained. As routine, after generating all results I'm saving as PDF to store the document (or spreadsheet) so all information must be clearly visible.
When I executed such routine, my PDF form is generated with deformed/different formatting objects. For example: results of textbox are visible, but his borders don't. The possible way to have a corresponding view - judging by the view in the worksheet - is to increasing the zoom.
There's any other way ou any configuration method to correct that?
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I've been trying to produce a form for the company I work at to automatically produce a specification with information inputted using excels form control drop down boxes and buttons. I have managed to produce the code that produces the required results but was just wondering if it is possible to make it so that the user can only choose from the drop down menus and press the buttons. I have seen that parts of the spreadsheet can be locked but I have struggled when trying to use this on all of my drop down boxes and buttons. I would also like to make it so the inputs (drop down boxes) are within another window maybe? Or if there is a way the inputs could pop up as a form outside of excel in order to make it look more professional. What the sheet looks like at the moment is below.
I don't really know how to express what I'm looking for, so I'll give a bit of context:
I have and add-in for Excel and PowerPoint that allows the user to insert shapes into the worksheet/slide with specific sizes, colors and values to form a stylized chart. I don't use the integrated charts because my company needs some weird styles and parameters that I can only replicate using shapes.
The problem is that once the shapes are in the worksheet/slide the user cannot go back to the add-in and change the chart values or series. For example, a user can't redefine the values and instead of $50 put $90 and update automatically the chart (as with the Office charts that we all know and love).
So what I thought as a solution is to have a 'background text file' or something like that with a dictionary of the charts and the shapes that are part of it; also the values and other characteristics like the x and y axis values. This way, when the user goes back to the add-in, he/she can retreive all the info from the original chart and change values, parameters or whatever is neeeded -- using the shapes' dictionary.
In essence, I want to program something like Think-cell but in Visual Basic.
Any suggestion is very welcomed!
For the purpose of building an Excel survey form, I want to create an easy rating entry system that would set values in cells based on a single click on a rating object (form control). With this click on say a 5-stars object it would return a value (from 1 to 5) based on which star is clicked (0 if not clicked), value that would be stored in a linked cell. The form should have such 5-stars objects next to a list of questions.
Using Excel built-in controls would limit option to the spin button, which isn't as convenient.
I haven't found any other suitable controls, nor ActiveX (which would make it more difficult to share the sheet).
Thanks for your insights on how I can achieve this.
If you are willing to digress from your wish to have stars as buttons, the excel form controls seem to be more than able of what you are looking for. You could use Option Buttons to achieve something like this:
A detailed guide on how to use these Buttons can be found here
I'm looking to place my company's trailer inventory on a few free classified ad sites. Our inventory database (filemaker) can export data into an excel spreadsheet (column A-Make, B-Model, C-Year, etc.) including the URLs of the photos of each trailer.
Our dealer sites allow for bulk uploading through XML and that works great.
My problem is on the smaller free classified ad sites that have a web form that needs filled out (the example I'm using here has text fields and drop-down menus, but other sites have check boxes and radio buttons) then submitted for each individual trailer (about 90 trailers). I'm wondering how I can use the data in my spreadsheet to auto-fill the form with the information in row 1, submit it, re-navigate back to the form and repeat the process with the info in row 2 and so on. I know that I'm going to have to tailor my data and columns to fit each site (match column names to field names and change relevant data to match drop down options, etc.).
**edit Also (although not necessary) it would be nice if it was possible to have my photo URLs entered as well (if at all possible).
I've created a "test" account on http://www.horseclicks.com. Once logged in you have to click on "My Trailers" on the left and then the "add" button
user: excelhelp
pass: excel
Any takers??
This doesn't completely answer your question, but would save you some time entering the forms manually. If you know the names of input tags on the form you want to fill out, you can write a Javascript that will fill out the form for you: i.e., document.getElementById('your_name').value=Name[x]; etc.
In that example, Name would be an array that would contain a list of the names you wanted to put in the input field "your_name". You can easily turn an Excel sheet into a Javascript array by exporting to CSV and cut/paste into your code. Make it so that the value of x increases by 1 each time the script is ran.
Take your whole javascript, and turn it into one line that starts with "javascript:" and place this as a bookmark in your toolbar. Now you can go to the form, hit the your bookmark button and it will fill out the form. Hit submit, go back to the form, hit the button again...
I have/had a problem with field values from existing InfoPath forms not displaying in Sharepoint form library columns (columns are checked as visible). I fixed the error which was caused by a mis-calculation in the errant field/column. The form fields value now appears but only in a newly created form, the old forms corrected value does not appear after the fix.
Is there a way to re-calculate or refresh the old forms so they recognize the correct values and display them correctly in the SharePoint column? I have a form library with hundreds of forms that I would like to get this one particular column to display correctly.
The solution is to open each of the old existing forms and save it again (i.e. refresh) the form so it recalculates the values, then the new values will be displayed in its corresponding column in the form library. Tedious job, but it works!