I have developed a VBA userform interface that allows the user to input values, have it calculate results, and then print them out into the worksheet. I am wondering if there is any possible way that I can have a button on the excel ribbon, say under the "Data" tab for instance, that would elicit the userform interface to open.
Currently the only way I can use the interface is by Developer>>Visual Basic>>Clicking on Userform>>F5. This also limits the userform in that it can only be used in one particular workbook as opposed to many. Or if it was somehow possible, to make it an add-in instead.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
The easiest way to add custom tab and/or button to Ribbon is to use Custom UI Editor Tool for MS Office Ribbon. Follow the links provided in comments to your question too. There you'll find many useful information.
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So I have programmed several userform with several user inputs(text boxes, check boxes, etc.) Now how can I use them outside of excel?
Currently I have to:
Open up the spreadsheet
Enable macros
Go to Developer Tab, View Code
Then find the right userform and run it or type F5.
Is there a more user-friendly way to run the userform? Its for testers who don't know vba or excel programming.
Thanks!
Yes, absolutely. You could create a button named after the form in question, and to that button assign the following macro:
Sub btn1()
frm1.Show
End sub
That's it! Of course, change the names according to what you have :)
I also reccomend having a button to close the form on the form itself.
OF COURSE this still uses Excel. If you want to use them on their own you could have something like this guy did: How to Open only UserForm of an excel macro from batch file
I really need help, sorry if this question has been already asked.
I have a addin installed on my computer for Excel, which creates a new Ribbon Tab, named "Forecast". This tab is useful only for a specific file, and for the other Excels I want it to be hidden.
I've been thinking on this a lot, and I came to the conclusion that the tab has to be hidden by default and shown by VBA code on opening of the file and hidden on beforeClose event, but I don't really know how to do this.
If anyone else has a better idea and would like to help me, I am very thankful.
Thank you
There is no properties which available via the object model. The Ribbon UI is a static thing, to get any dynamism you need to use callbacks defined in the XML markup.
To get the job done you need to use the getVisible attribute for the tab control. When a document is opened/closed you can check out whether the tab should be displayed or not. If required, you can call the Invalidate or InvalidateControl methods of the IRibbonUI interface to force the application to call your callbacks anew. Thus, you can show or hide a tab dynamically.
Read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles in MSDN:
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)
I am in the process of creating a VBA add-in for Excel 2010, and I used the "Custom UI Editor for Microsoft Office" tool to create my own ribbon.
However, I would like to give the user the option to load my add-in without displaying the ribbon, or with different parts of the ribbon visible.
With menus, I know you can completely control them programmatically, but ribbons seem to work differently.
Is there a way in VBA to not load my customUI.xml ribbon tabs on startup?
Is there a way to remove items from (or add items to) these tabs at runtime?
here is a whole slew of help on this subject Awesome Ribbon Help. I think points 2 and 3 are of particular interest to you.
Adding ribbon controls seems strightforward enough, but how do I make it so that the extra tab I have only apears when I open a specific workbook.
I want it so that who ever opens the workbook will get the tabs, these tabs and buttons fire of the macros with in this one work book.
do you have to code this dynamicaly or is it possible to tie ribbon customiations to workbooks?
I addition to the link tim provided (which explains in pretty good detail).
If you are more interested in getting somthing simple working, this handy tool will help build custom menus.
Could someone please explain to me the difference between the combo box that's available via the Developer Ribbon in Excel 2007 vs. the Combo Box control that's in the VBA editor? I cannot get this simple line of code to work using the Developer combo box:
MsgBox Combo1.Value
I've tied it to the change event and it seems to be syntactically correct (I'm not a VBA coder by any stretch).
Is the Developer Ribbon version some bastardized craptastic Microsoft shortcut?
What I'm trying to do is populate a second combo box based on the selection of the first combo box. I'd rather not build a case statement for every possible selection. Is this possible using the Developer ribbon version?
You are talking about the Insert button on the Developer tab correct? From that button you can add an ActiveX control or Form control. You're better off using the form controls if your new to programming as they will behave more in line with any Excel VBA reading you've done and the help file. With the Form controls you can right click and choose 'View Code' and/or 'Rename Control and Code'. Renaming the control allows you to address it in VBA however you like. e.g. - Combo1.value or myFavoriteCombo.value
That being said, to answer your question directly, be sure you know the controls full name. If you used a form control and it was the first one you put on the sheet it will be named ComboBox1. To get to the combobox's properties you have to walk through it's 'parent' sheet.
i.e.
MsgBox Sheet1.ComboBox1.value (using the sheet's code name)
or
MsgBox Worksheets("SheetName").ComboBox1.value (using the sheets name as it appears on the Excel tab)