Create Excel UserForms For Data Entry in 6 Easy Steps - Tutorial and Practical Example

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When working in Excel, you have a few ways to get information from a user and allow them to enter data.
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Message boxes.
Input boxes.
The GetOpenFilename method.
The GetSaveAsFilename method.
The FileDialog method.
Excel worksheets.
UserForms.
Out of the features I describe above, UserForms are one of

the most powerful and e cient alternatives. Unless the
information or input you need to get from the user is limited,
UserForms are usually a good solution.
As explained in Mastering VBA for Microsoft O ce 2016:
“ Dialog boxes and forms are among the most powerful and feature-packed elements of VBA.
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The following Table of Contents lists the main sections of this Tutorial.
What Is A UserForm
Why Work With UserForms
How To Create An Excel UserForm: Overview
How To Insert A New UserForm
How To Add Controls To A UserForm With The Toolbox
The Toolbox
Group #1: Controls That In uence The Appearance Of Your UserForm
Group #2: Controls That Allow Users To Enter Data, Make Selections Or Issue A Command
How To Select, Move Or Resize UserForm Controls And UserForms
The UserForm Grid
The Format Menu Or UserForm Toolbar
How To Customize A UserForm Or Its Controls
UserForm Or Control Properties Vs. Other VBA Properties
The Properties Window
How To Modify Properties With The Properties Window
Why Modify The Name Property Of Your UserForms Or UserForm Controls
How To Remove Controls From A UserForm
How To Assign VBA Code To A UserForm
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Where To Store The Macro That Displays A UserForm
How To Display A UserForm From The VBE
How Is The Control Flow When Excel Displays A UserForm
How To Close Or Hide A UserForm
Example: Create A Simple UserForm For Data Entry
Step #1: Insert A UserForm
Step #2: Add Controls To The UserForm
Step #3: Move Or Resize The UserForm Controls
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What Is A UserForm
When working with VBA, you usually use the term “UserForm” to refer to dialog boxes.
A UserForm is an object. This object represents a window or dialog box within Excel's User Interface. By
working with the UserForm object, you can easily create custom dialog boxes. Each of these dialog boxes
you create is held within an UserForm object.
You can think of a UserForm as a blank canvas. Within this canvas, you can place different elements,
known as controls. Controls are, themselves, also objects. UserForm controls are the objects users work
with to provide input through the UserForm.
You can nd a description of the main controls you can work with further below. These controls are
commonly used within Excel built-in dialog boxes. Therefore, once created, the general appearance and
behavior of the custom dialog boxes you create with UserForms is usually like that of Excel's built-in
dialogs.
Why Work With UserForms

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“ UserForms enable you to interact with your users in ways that you can't when using standard
Message Boxes, InputBoxes, or controls embedded onto your worksheet.
This doesn't mean that UserForms and, more generally, ActiveX controls are perfect or that they should be
your go-to choice. There are some downsides to UserForms. For example, as explained by Excel MVP
Jordan Goldmeier in Advanced Excel Essentials, UserForms can sometimes act unpredictably. Jordan also
explains how differences in factors such as “internal settings and hardware” may result in UserForms
appearing “different across different computers”.
How To Create An Excel UserForm: Overview

At a basic level, you can create a UserForm in the following 6 simple steps:
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2. Add controls to the UserForm.

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3. Move or resize the added UserForm controls, as required.
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How To Insert A New UserForm
You can insert a UserForm in the following 3 easy steps:
1. Go to the Visual Basic Editor by, for example, using the “Alt + F11” keyboard shortcut.
2. Go to the Project Explorer, and right-click on the workbook (Project)

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3. In the context menu displayed by the VBE, go to Insert > UserForm.

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As an alternative to steps #2 and #3 above, you can proceed as follows:
1. Select the Project where you want to insert the UserForm.
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Once you complete the process above, Excel the inserts the UserForm. By default, the UserForm contains
an empty dialog box. Notice that, in addition to displaying the UserForm window on the right side of the
screen, the VBE adds the following items to the Project Explorer:
A Forms node. If the VBA Project you're working on already contains a Forms node, the VBE doesn't
add it again.
A new UserForm. This UserForm appears within the Forms collection.
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A UserForm object can hold a single dialog box. Therefore, you must create and insert a new UserForm for
each dialog box you want to create. However, you have signi cant exibility regarding the amount of
UserForms you can store within a single workbook.
Usually, in addition to displaying the new UserForm, the VBE shows a oating window known as the
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If your Visual Basic Editor doesn't display the Toolbox, do either of the following:
Click on the Toolbox button in the VBE toolbar.
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Go to the View > Toolbox.
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2. Click on the UserForm, in the place where you want to add the control. This results in the created
control having its default size.
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If you need to add the same control several times to a single UserForm, you can take advantage of a
shortcut by proceeding as follows:
1. Double-click on the control within the Toolbox.
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2. Click on the UserForm, where you want to add the control.

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It contains a single tab (Controls) and 16 icons.


Out of the 16 icons that appear in the Toolbox, 15 are controls you can insert in your UserForms. You can
divide these controls in the following groups:
1. Controls that in uence the appearance of your UserForm.

2. Controls that allow users to enter data, make selections or issue a command.

The remaining control is Select Objects. As indicated by its name, Select Objects allows you to select and
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You rarely need to click on the Select Objects control. This is because Select Objects is the default control
and the mouse pointer usually returns to this mode automatically. According to author Richard Mans eld (in
Mastering VBA for Microsoft O ce 2016), there are 2 common cases where you need to click on the Select
Objects control:
1. If you select a control but change your mind before using it.
2. If you add the same control several times to a single UserForm by using the technique I describe in
the previous section (double-clicking on the control within the Toolbox).
In both cases, you restore the mouse pointer to Selection mode by clicking on Select Objects.
Which controls you choose to add to a UserForm depend on the objective you're trying to achieve. The
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Group #1: Controls That In uence The Appearance Of Your

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2. Frame: Displays a frame where you can enclose other controls. This grouping can be for either
aesthetical or logical purposes. You can, for example, use Frames to (i) group several controls that are
logically related, or (ii) distinguish between different sets of OptionButton controls. Additionally,
Frames allow you to separate different groups of OptionButtons (described in Group #2 below)).
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3. MultiPage: Displays a container with tabs. This is the control you usually use to create dialog boxes
with tabs.

4. TabStrip: Displays several tabs within the dialog box.
5. Image: Displays an image.
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If you choose to display an Image, consider that Images are stored within the workbook you're using.
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1. TextBox: Displays an input eld. Allows users to enter text or values.
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3. ListBox: Displays a list. Users can select 1 or more items from the list, depending on the setting you
specify for the ListBox.MultiSelect property.
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5. OptionButton: Usually used in groups. When you have a set of OptionButtons, users can generally
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You can use Frames (describe in Group #1 above) to separate OptionButtons. OptionButtons within a
Frame are treated as a single group, separate from other groups of OptionButtons. This allows you to
use several sets of OptionButtons, where the user can select an option in each group. Alternatively,
you can work with the OptionButton.GroupName property.
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7. CommandButton: Displays a button, which users can click. When the user clicks a button, your VBA
Application usually performs an action.
. ScrollBar: Displays a scrollbar. Users can drag the scrollbar to specify a value.
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9. SpinButton: Displays a spinner. Allows users to modify a value by clicking on 1 out of 2 arrow buttons.
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enter or select a cell or range of cells.
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you can customize the Toolbox and use other ActiveX controls. However, in this UserForms Tutorial, I
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Once you've added a control to a UserForm, you can easily move or resize it. You generally do this with the
mouse. The following are some of the most commonly-used methods to move or resize controls or the
UserForm itself:
Select several controls by either (i) pressing and holding the Ctrl key while you select controls with the
mouse, (ii) pressing and holding the Shift key while you select controls with the mouse, or (iii) clicking-
and-dragging your mouse to enclose the group of controls you want to select.
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When you're working with a UserForm, the VBE usually displays dots forming a grid.
The purpose of such grid is to help you align all the controls within the UserForm. Depending on your
settings, the controls you work with snap automatically to the grid.
The grid is, in any case, not visible in the actual UserForm displayed to the users.
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1. Show Grid: Allows you to specify whether the grid is shown (or not shown). You can set this by
checking (or unchecking) the box to the left of “Show Grid”.
If the checkbox is selected, the grid is displayed. If the checkbox isn't selected, the grid isn't displayed.
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2. Grid Units: Allows you to set the size of the individual grid elements (the distance between the grid
dots). You
do this by specifying the width and height, in points, within the Width and Height elds. The
default value is 6 points for both height and width. The larger the values, the bigger the separation
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3. Align Controls to Grid: Allows you to specify whether controls align or snap to the grid. If you want the
controls to snap to grid, select the checkbox next to the left of “Align Controls to Grid”. If the checkbox
isn't selected, controls don't align to the grid.
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2. Through the UserForm toolbar, in the following 3 simple steps:
1. If you can't see the UserForm toolbar, make it visible by going to View > Toolbars > UserForm.
2. Select the control(s) you want to work with.
3. Click on the appropriate button in the UserForm toolbar.
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3. Through a context menu in the following 2 easy steps:
1. Select the control(s) and right-click on them.
2. Select the command you want to apply from the context menu.
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The available commands may vary slightly, depending on the context you're in and which of the 3 methods
above you use to access them.
The order in which you select the controls matters:
When resizing or moving controls, the VBE must use 1 of them as a reference. You can identify which
controls are moved or resized, and which control is used as reference, based on the color of their sizing
handles. Controls that are resized or moved have black sizing handles. The control that is used as
reference has white sizing handles.
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1. Align: Use this to align several controls. You can choose anyfollowing
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Lefts: Aligns the selected controls to the left border of the reference control.
Centers: Aligns the (horizontal) center of the selected controls.
Rights: Aligns the selected controls to the right border of the reference control.
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Tops: Aligns the selected controls to the top border of the reference control.

Middles: Aligns the (vertical) center of the selected controls.
Bottoms: Aligns the selected controls to the bottom border of the reference control.
To Grid: Snaps the selected control(s) to the grid.
2. Make Same Size: Allows you to resize the selected controls so that they have the same dimensions.
You can choose from within the following resizing options:
Width: Resizes the selected controls to be of the same width as the reference control. The
height of the controls doesn't change.
Height: Resizes the selected controls to be of the same height as the reference control. The
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4. Size to Grid: Resizes the selected control(s) to the nearest grid points.
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5. Horizontal Spacing: You can use these settings to specify the horizontal spacing between the
selected controls. Choose from the following spacing options:
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Make Equal: Makes the horizontal spaces between the selected controls equal.
Increase: Increases the horizontal spacing between the controls.
Decrease: Decreases the horizontal spacing between the controls.
Remove: Removes the horizontal spacing between the controls.
. Vertical Spacing: Allows you to specify the vertical spacing between

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use the same options as when working with Horizontal Spacing (above).
Make Equal: Makes the vertical spaces between the selected controls equal.
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Increase: Increases the vertical spacing between the controls.


Decrease: Decreases the vertical spacing between the controls.
Remove: Removes the vertical spacing between the controls.
7. Center in Form: Allows you to center the selected control(s) horizontally or vertically within the
UserForm.
Horizontally.
Vertically.
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. Arrange Buttons: You can use these settings to arrange CommandButtons either of the following
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Bottom: Arranges the selected CommandButton(s) on the bottom of the UserForm.
Right: Arranges the selected CommandButton(s) on the right side of the UserForm.
9. Group: Groups the selected controls.
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10. Ungroup: Ungroups controls that were previously grouped (for example, by using #9 above).
11. Order: Allows you to order a stack of controls from the front to the back. You can choose any of the
following commands:
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Bring to Front: Brings the selected control to the front of the stack.
Send to Back: Sends the selected control to the back of the stack.
Bring Forward: Brings the selected control 1 step forward.
Send Backward: Sends the selected control 1 step backward.
The UserForm toolbar contains several of the commands I list above. Additionally, it contains a Zoom drop-
down list. This zoom feature allows you to zoom into or out of the UserForm controls. In other words,
controls are resized per the percentage you choose.
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You customize a UserForm or its controls (all of which are objects) by modifying their properties. You can
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1. Programmatically, using VBA code.
You usually rely on this option if you want to set properties at runtime. This means that you can use
VBA to set properties when the UserForm is displayed.
2. Manually, by manipulating the object within the UserForm window.
This applies only to some properties, particularly those related to size and position such as Height,
Width, Left and Top. You can learn more about this topic by reading the previous section.
3. Manually, using the Properties Window of the VBE.
This is the option you generally use while designing your UserForm within the VBE and is the focus of
this section. The properties you set through the Properties Window are usually static (vs. dynamic)
and, therefore, you rarely use VBA code (#1 above) to modify them later.
While designing a UserForm within the VBE, you can change a property through the Properties Window in
the following 3 easy steps:
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1. Within the UserForm window, select (i) the control you want to customize, or (ii) the UserForm itself.

2. Go to the Properties Window and select the property you want to modify.
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In this UserForms Tutorial, I focus on the basics of creating and designing UserForms. Therefore, I only
explain how to use the Properties Window of the VBE for these purposes. In the UserForm example that
appears in the second section of this blog post, you can nd some basic examples of how to use VBA to set
the properties of a UserForm or its controls programmatically.
UserForm Or Control Properties Vs. Other VBA Properties

Objects within the Excel VBA Object Model have properties. Properties are the attributes, characteristics or
qualities that you can use to describe an object.
The UserForm object and the controls within the UserForm itself are also objects and, therefore, also have
properties. The basic purpose of these properties doesn't change: they allow you to describe the attributes,
characteristics or qualities of an object.
There's, however, an important difference between the way you usually work with properties (i) within VBA,
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includes more than 1 object, the Properties Window lists the properties that are common to the selected
objects.
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1. Alphabetic: Organizes the properties in alphabetical order.

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The Properties Window usually contains 2 columns. The left column lists the name of the properties. The
right column shows the current property setting.

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1. Identify the property you want to modify using the names that appear in the left column of the
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2. By selecting a setting from a pre-set list of values. Properties that can take a limited list of
values have a drop-down list in the Properties Window. You can easily identify such properties
because, when you select one, the VBE displays a drop-down button.
When working with these properties you can either (i) click on the drop-down and select a value,
or (ii) double-click the property name or property value to cycle through the available values.
3. By opening a dialog box. You can identify the properties whose setting you specify through a
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Some of the properties of the UserForm are default settings for new controls. In other words, the new
controls you add to the UserForm are in uenced by that property setting. Therefore, if you modify those
default control settings:
Controls added after the property modi cation use the new property setting, but…
Controls added prior to the property modi cation remain unchanged and don't use the new property
setting.
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UserForm1. The second is UserForm2. The third is UserForm3. And so on…
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code. Since you may use these names relatively often, you may prefer using names that are more
descriptive and meaningful than the default ones.
Notice, additionally, that any time you change the Name property of a UserForm or a UserForm control, you
may have to go back to your VBA code to update the object references. To avoid this, you may prefer
modifying the names of your UserForms and UserForm controls as soon as possible after creating them
and prior to writing your VBA code.
How To Name UserForms Or UserForm Controls

Several of the general naming rules, such as those that apply to properties and Sub procedures, are also
applicable to UserForms and UserForm controls. The following are the main rules you may want to
consider when setting the names of your UserForm and UserForm controls:
The maximum name length is 40 characters.
The rst character must be a letter.
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Characters, other than the rst, can include letters,
Names can't include spaces ( ), periods (.), mathematical operators (such as +, -, /, * or ^), comparison
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The scope of a UserForm is, generally, the whole VBA Project. Therefore, UserForm names must
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The scope of a UserForm control is, generally, the UserForm where its located. Therefore,
UserForm control names must be unique within the UserForm.
A common naming convention for UserForms and UserForm controls involves adding a control identi er
at the beginning of the name. You do this by adding a 3-letter pre x to the control name. The following table
lists some commonly used pre xes described in, among others, Excel
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How To Remove Controls From A UserForm

You can easily delete controls from a UserForm using either of the following 2 methods:
1. Select the control and go to Edit > Delete, or press the Delete key.
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2. Right-click on the control and select Delete from the context menu.


How To Assign VBA Code To A UserForm
Once you complete the design of your UserForm, you must create the macros that power it and respond to
the user's actions. You can create and assign macros to a UserForm in the following 2 easy steps:
1. Go to the Code window of the UserForm by, for example, using the “F7” keyboard shortcut.
2. Enter the appropriate VBA code within this Code window.
This section focuses on the macros that you attach or assign to the UserForm. This is different from the
macros responsible for displaying the UserForm in the rst place.
In other words, when working with UserForms, you deal with (at least) 2 different types of Sub procedures:
1. A Sub procedure that displays the UserForm. You can read more about this topic in a section further
below.
2. 1 or more event-handler procedures, which are attached to the UserForm. This is the topic of this
section.
Additional considerations apply to the VBA code you use to close the UserForm, even though this code is
commonly attached to theOKUserForm. I explain how you can close or hide a UserForm further below.
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What Is A UserForm Code Window

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The procedures you assign to UserForms are event-handler procedures. In other words, these
procedures are executed when an event occurs. In the case of UserForms, these events are the
consequence of the user interacting with the UserForm.

Notice the difference between the following:
The event-handler procedures which are executed when a user works with the UserForm. These
event-handler procedures are stored within the UserForm Code window.
The procedure(s) that control the display of the UserForm. These procedures are usually stored within
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How To Toggle Between The Code And UserForm Windows
Within the VBE, you work with 2 UserForm windows or modules:
1. The UserForm window: You use this module to manipulate and customize the UserForm and its
controls.
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2. The Code window: You use this module to create and store the event-handler procedures associated
with the UserForm.
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You can toggle back and forth between these 2 windows with any of the 3 following features:
1. The “F7” and “Shift + F7” keyboard shortcuts:
“F7” displays the Code window.
“Shift + F7” displays the UserForm window.

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2. The View Code and View Object commands within the View menu.
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Go to View > Object to see the UserForm window.
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Why UserForms Work With Event-Handler Procedures

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How To Create Event-Handler Procedures For UserForms
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4. In some cases, an argument list.
2. If you don't enter the appropriate declaration statement, following the structure I describe in #1 above,
the procedure doesn't work.
3. However, you don't have to learn the exact names or declaration statements for event-handler
procedures. You can get the VBE to enter the appropriate declaration statement by using either of the
2 processes I describe in the following section.
How To Enter The Declaration Statement For An Event-Handler Procedure

You can get the VBE to enter the appropriate declaration statement for an event-handler procedure in the
following 9 easy steps:
1. Go to the UserForm Code window for the appropriate UserForm.
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2. Click on the Object drop-down list that appears at the top left side of the UserForm Code window. This
drop-down is labeled “(General)”.
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When you expand this drop-down list, the VBE displays the UserForm and all the UserForm controls
within the relevant UserForm.
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3. Select the object you want to work with.
In the screenshot below, I select the UserForm.
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4. Once you select an object, the VBE includes the declaration and End statements for a Sub procedure.
This Sub procedure corresponds to the default event of the object you chose.
In the screenshot below, the VBE enters the opening and closing statements for the Sub procedure
triggered by the Click event of the UserForm object (Private Sub UserForm_Click()).
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5. If you want to work with the default event of the chosen object, you can start working on your Sub
procedure. Use the statements entered by the VBE in step #4 above as a basis.
If you want to work with another event, proceed to step #6.

. Click on the Procedure drop-down list, which appears at the top right side of the UserForm Code
window. The label of this drop-down is “(Declarations)”.
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The expanded drop-down list includes all the events that apply to the object you're working with.
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7. Select the event you want to work with.
In the screenshot below, I select the Initialize event.
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. Once you select an event, the VBE enters new declaration and End statements for a Sub procedure.
This Sub procedure corresponds to your chosen object and event.
Use these statements as the basis to code your event-handler procedure.

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9. Notice that the VBE doesn't delete the declaration and End statements for the Sub procedure that
works with the default event (step #4). If you want to keep a clean module, you can delete them.
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If you're working in the UserForm window, you can use an alternative process. In this case, you can get the
VBE to enter the declaration statement for the event-handler procedure in the following 2 simple steps:
1. Either (i) double-click on the object you want to work with, or (ii) right-click on the object and select
“View Code”.
In the screenshot below, I select a CommandButton.

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2. The VBE takes you to the UserForm's Code window. Additionally, the VBE enters the declaration and
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For example, in the screenshot below, the VBE adds the opening and closing statements for a macro
triggered by the Click event of the CommandButton (Private Sub CommandButton1_Click())
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If you want to work with the default event of the object, you can start coding your Sub procedure.
If you want to work with another event, repeat steps #6 through #9 from the process I describe above,
as follows:
1. Click on the Procedure drop-down list.
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2. Select the event you want to work with.
In the screenshot below, I select the double click (Dblclick) event.
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3. Start coding your Sub procedure, using the declaration and End statements that the VBE enters
as a basis.
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4. If necessary, delete the declaration and End statements for the default event.
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How To Refer To UserForm Controls Within Your Code

UserForms and UserForm controls are objects. You generally refer to them by using their Name property.
The Name property is the rst in an alphabetically-organized Properties Window.
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You can see how to, and why, modify the Name property of UserForm controls in a previous section.

You can see the UserForm as the parent object of the controls within it. Therefore, the basic control
reference
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However, you usually refer to controls within event-handler procedures that are stored in the UserForm's
Code module. Therefore, you can simplify the reference by •omitting a reference
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case, you can refer to a control as follows:
“ Control

An additional alternative is to use the Me keyword to refer to the UserForm. In this case, the reference
structure is as follows:
“ Me.Control
How To Display Or Load A UserForm

You can display a UserForm in the following 2 easy steps:
1. Go to the appropriate module.
2. Within the appropriate procedure, enter a statement that uses the Show method of the UserForm
object. The basic structure of this statement is as follows:
“ UserForm.Show
“UserForm” is an optional UserForm object. If you omit this quali er, VBA assumes you're referring to
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1. Create a procedure whose sole purpose is to display the UserForm.
2. Assign that procedure to a button or keyboard shortcut.

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displayed when the relevant event occurs. • A VBA code snippet/example.
You can load a UserForm, without displaying it, by working with the Load statement. In this case, the basic
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“UserForm” is a UserForm object.
When a UserForm is loaded, it exists in memory but isn't visible. Therefore, you can programmatically work
with the UserForm. The user, however, can't interact with it.
Once you want to display a previously-loaded UserForm, you can use the Show method of the UserForm
object.
You usually load a UserForm, without displaying it immediately, when the UserForm is complex and takes
too long to load into memory. Once the UserForm is loaded in memory, you can quickly display it.
In certain cases, VBA loads the UserForm automatically without you having to use the Load statement.
This is the case when you use the Show method of the UserForm object (above).
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is stored within the UserForm. If the UserForm is never displayed, the user doesn't interact with the
UserForm and this code is never executed.

Since the code within the UserForm is never executed if the UserForm isn't displayed, you can't store the
code that determines when the UserForm is displayed in the
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that displays a UserForm within the UserForm itself, the UserForm is never displayed.

How To Display A UserForm From The VBE
You can display a UserForm while working in the VBE by using the Run Macro (Sub/UserForm) command.
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1. Clicking on the Rub Macro button in the VBE toolbar.

2. Going to Run > Run Macro.
3. Using the “F5” keyboard shortcut.
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When you execute the Run Sub/UserForm command, the Initialize event of the UserForm occurs. This
option is useful for testing or preparing a UserForm you're working on.
As an alternative to the Run Sub/UserForm command, you can use the Show method of the UserForm
object in a statement typed in the Immediate Window. The basic structure of such a statement is:
“ UserForm.Show
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How Is The Control Flow When Excel Displays A UserForm

At a basic level, once the Show method of the UserForm object is called, Excel goes through the following
6-step process:
1. Displays the UserForm.

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2. Waits for the user to work with the UserForm.


3. The interaction of the user with the UserForm usually triggers an event associated to 1 of the controls
within the
UserForm. Therefore, the applicable event-handler procedure is executed.
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5. Eventually, the UserForm is closed or dismissed by the user.
. Once the UserForm is closed, Excel continues execution of the procedure that contains the Show
method of the UserForm object. This is the Sub procedure responsible for displaying the UserForm
(step #1 above). • A VBA code snippet/example.
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procedure. This is because you usually store the code that is executed after the user works with the
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You can read more about the UserForm Code module in a previous section of this UserForm Tutorial.
How To Close Or Hide A UserForm

There are few different ways in which a UserForm can be closed or hidden.
The rst way in which a UserForm can be closed is by clicking on its Close button on the top right corner.
This generally applies to all UserForms, regardless of the VBA code you use.
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You can, however, monitor whether a user clicks on the Close button by using events. Clicking on the Close
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1. QueryClose: Occurs before the UserForm is closed.
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Usually, when you're creating a UserForm, you create an event-handler procedure that is triggered by the
Click event of a CommandButton. This event-handler procedure normally includes 1 of the following VBA
constructs:
1. The Unload statement, which unloads the UserForm from memory. The basic statement structure for
the Unload statement is as follows:
“ Unload UserForm
2. The UserForm.Hide method, which makes the UserForm invisible. The basic statement syntax for the
UserForm.Hide method is as follows:
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You generally use the Unload statement only after all the UserForm instructions and statements have
been carried out. This includes retrieving the input data from the UserForm and carrying out any necessary
actions. If you fail to do this, the UserForm has no real effect, other than displaying the UserForm itself.
I don't cover the topic of retrieving input from a UserForm in detail within this blog post. But you can see
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This topic is important because, once a UserForm is unloaded, the changes made to the UserForm's
controls and their properties are reset. This results, as explained in Excel 2016 Power Programming with
VBA, your code not being “able to access the user's choices after the UserForm is unloaded.”
There may be cases where you need to use the input from a UserForm after the UserForm is unloaded.
You can usually store that data using a public-scope variable. Other possible solutions suggested by VBA
experts Dick Kusleika and Mike Alexander in Excel 2016 Power Programming with VBA include writing the
value to a worksheet cell or the Windows registry.
The UserForm.Hide method doesn't unload the UserForm from memory. It simply hides the UserForm.
Therefore, you can still access and work with the user's choices and the UserForm controls.
In fact, if you use the UserForm.Hide method on an unloaded UserForm, VBA loads the UserForm and
keeps it hidden.
As explained in the Excel 24-Hour VBA Trainer:

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time, you'll want the form cleared from memory, but sometimes, information that was entered
into the form needs to be referred to the next time you show the form while the workbook has
remained
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This UserForm Tutorial is accompanied by an Excel workbook example.

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The purpose of the example UserForm is to serve as a data entry mechanism for a workbook table
recording certain sales data. The entries are as follows:
Item.
Units Sold.
The worksheet where these entries are recorded has 2 single columns. These columns match with the
entries above.
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The example UserForm that you create below works with the following UserForm controls:
1 Label.
1 TextBox.
1 SpinButton.
1 Frame.
5 OptionButtons.
2 CommandButtons.
In the following sections, you follow the 6-step process described at the beginning of this Tutorial to create
a UserForm:
1. Insert a UserForm.
2. Add controls to the UserForm.
3. Move or resize the UserForm controls.
4. Customize the UserForm or its controls.
5. Assign VBA code to the UserForm.
. Display or load the UserForm.
7. Close or hide the UserForm.
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1. Use the “Alt + F11” keyboard shortcut to go to the VBE.
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2. Go to the Project Explorer and right-click on the Project worksheet you're
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on. In this example,
select “VBAProject(Create Excel UserForms For Data Entry In 6 Easy Steps.xlsm)”.
3. Go to Insert > UserForm.

The Visual Basic Editor creates the following blank UserForm.

OK

Step #2: Add Controls To The UserForm

The purpose of the example UserForm example is to serve for data entry. There are only 2 required entries:
1. Item.
2. Units Sold.
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To achieve this, use the following controls for the UserForm:
1 SpinButton, to specify the number of units sold.

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Add the SpinButton, TextBox, Label and Frame controls following the same 2-step process:

1. Select the control in the Toolbox.
2. Click on the UserForm, in the location where you want• to add the
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In the case of the CommandButtons and OptionButtons, use the following 3-step process:
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3. Click on the Select Objects command in the Toolbox to restore the mouse pointer to Selection mode.
Due to the amount of controls you include in the UserForm, start by resizing the UserForm itself. Your
purpose is to make the UserForm taller. You do this by clicking and dragging on the UserForm's lower center
sizing handle.
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The following GIF shows the process I describe above:
In this step, don't worry too much in getting the precise location right. You organize the controls with more
detail in the next step.
Step #3: Move Or Resize The UserForm Controls

Use the grid and several commands in the Format menu to arrange the controls within the UserForm. The
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4. Change the reference control by holding the Ctrl key while clicking on an OptionButton that has
the appropriate alignment.
5. Go to Format > Align > Lefts.
2. Reduce the height of the Frame used to group the OptionButtons. Do this by clicking on and dragging
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3. Move the Label, TextBox, SpinButton and CommandButtons up, so that they're closer to the lower
edge of the Frame. Do this by selecting all the controls and dragging them with the mouse.
4. Align all controls, except the SpinButton and the CommandButton on the right side of the UserForm,
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5. Make the SpinButton the same height as the TextBox and align both controls, as follows:
1. Select the SpinButton and the TextBox.
2. Go to Format > Make Same Size > Height.
3. Go to Format > Align > Rights.
4. Go to Format > Align > Tops.
. Arrange the vertical spacing between the TextBox and the left-hand CommandButton, as follows:
1. Select the left-hand CommandButton and the TextBox.
2. Go to Format > Vertical Spacing > Remove.
3. Go to Format > Vertical Spacing > Increase.
7. Align the CommandButtons, as follows:
1. Select the CommandButtons.
2. Go to Format > Align > Tops.
3. Go to Format > Horizontal Spacing > Remove.
4. Go to Format > Horizontal Spacing > Increase.
. Decrease the height of the UserForm by using its lower center sizing handle.
9. Decrease the width of both the Frame and the UserForm. In both cases, click and drag on their
respective right center sizing handles.
The following GIF shows the 9-step process I describe above:

OK

Step #4: Customize The UserForm And Its Controls

Customize the following 2 properties of all UserForm and UserForm controls that contain them:
1. Name: The name of the UserForm or control.
2. Caption: Caption text that is displayed (i) within or next to a control, or (ii) in the UserForm title bar.
The only exceptions are the TextBox and SpinButton. The TextBox and SpinButton objects don't have a
Caption property.
In addition to the above, make the following speci c property modi cations:
1. Set the Default property of the Record Entry button to True. The Default property allows you to specify
whether a CommandButton is the default button in the UserForm.
2. Set the Cancel property of the Close Form button to True. You can use the Cancel property to specify
that a CommandButton is the Cancel button. If you do this, the user can use the Escape key as a
shortcut for the Close Form button.
3. Set the Enabled property of the TextBox to False. You can use the Enabled property to indicate
whether the TextBox is enabled and respond to the user's actions (True) or disabled (False).
4. Set the Locked property of the TextBox to True. The Locked property allows you to specify if the
user can edit the entry or data within the TextBox. By locking the TextBox, you ensure that the user
can't edit, add or delete data in the TextBox.
Follow the same 3-step process for all objects whose properties are modi ed:
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OptionButton4 optionButtonXboxOneS Xbox One S
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CommandButton1 commandButtonRecordEntry Record Entry
CommandButton2 commandButtonCloseForm Close Form
Strictly speaking, you don't need to specify the Name property of all the objects above. This is because you
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The following GIF shows the whole process to change the properties above:


Step #5: Assign VBA Code To The UserForm
My focus in this UserForms Tutorial are UserForms, not VBA code. My purpose is to show you how you can
use some of the VBA constructs I explain in the rst section of this blog post, such as the Unload
statement.
Therefore, the Sub procedure examples below are very simple. You can use more sophisticated macros and
nd several Tutorials that focus on VBA code in the Archives.
In this step, you create the following 3 macros:
1. A macro that prepares the UserForm for use by setting the default states of the TextBox, SpinButton
and OptionButtons in the UserForm.
2. A macro that records entries.
3. A macro that connects the TextBox to the SpinButton, so that changes to the SpinButton are re ected
in the TextBox.
I explain the VBA code used to display and close the UserForm in the following steps (#6 and #7).
The 8-step process you can follow to enter the VBA code for the UserForm is as follows:
1. Double-click the Record Entry CommandButton.
OK

Because of this, the VBE does the following:

Takes you to the Code window.

Enters the declaration and End statements for a Sub procedure triggered by the Click event of
the CommandButton object (Private Sub commandButtonRecordEntry_Click()). The Click event
occurs when the user clicks on the CommandButton.
OK

2. Enter the
VBA code for the Sub procedure triggered when the user clicks on the Record Entry
CommandButton. This is the main Sub procedure and carries out most of the work you require.
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SpinButton control (spinButtonUnits).
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occurs when the Value property of the SpinButton changes. The Value property, in turn, changes when
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4. Enter the VBA code for the Sub procedure triggered when the user clicks on the arrows of
spinButtonUnits.
5. Click on the Object drop-down list, and select the UserForm object (UserForm).
OK

Because of this, the VBE enters the declaration and End statements for a Sub procedure triggered by
the Click event of the UserForm.
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The VBE enters the opening and closing statements of a Sub procedure triggered by the Initialize
event of the UserForm (Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()). The Initialize event happens when the
UserForm is loaded, but prior to it being displayed. Therefore, you usually rely on Initialize to specify
default values or ll controls with data.
OK

7. Delete the opening and closing statements entered by the VBE in step #5 above (Private Sub
UserForm_Click()).
. Enter the VBE code for the macro triggered when the UserForm is initialized.
Let's look at the VBA code for the 3 procedures you create in this step:
Sub Procedure #1: Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()

OK
The following is the VBA code for the macro executed when the UserForm is initialized:


This macro sets the default values and selections for several controls within the UserForm, as follows:
Value of TextBox: 0.
Value of SpinButton: 0.
Selected OptionButton: Surface Studio.
You can also manipulate these properties through the Properties Window (step #4 above).
One of the main reasons I prefer to set these default property values through VBA code is that this allows
me to reuse the code within this Sub procedure to reset the UserForm and prepare it for a new entry. In fact,
the last statement in Sub procedure #2 below calls the UserForm_Initialize macro for these purposes.
Let's look at each line of code within this macro:
Lines #1 And #5: With Me | End With

Opening and closing statements of a With… End With block.
The statements within theOKblock (lines #2 to #4) work with the object speci ed in the opening line of the
block (Me). You use the Me keyword to refer to the UserForm itself.
OK
Line #2: .textBoxUnits.Text = 0

Sets the default value of the TextBox to 0. This default number of units (0) is recorded when the user fails to
specify one through the SpinButton control. Join tens of thousands
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You do this by setting the Value property of the SpinButton to 0. The Value property of a SpinButton is an
integer.
Line #4: .optionButtonSurfaceStudio.Value = True

Selects (by default) the OptionButton that corresponds to theEnter your

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You achieve this by setting the Value property of the rst OptionButton (Surface Studio) to True. The Value
property allows you to specify whether the OptionButton is selected (True).
Private Sub commandButtonRecordEntry_Click()

The following is the VBA code within the Sub procedure executed when the user clicks the Record Entry
button:
OK

This Sub procedure goes through the following process:
1. Find the rst empty row in the worksheet where the entered data is recorded.
2. Record the user entries in that rst empty row, as follows:
1. The Item chosen with the OptionButtons of the UserForm is recorded in column A.
2. The number ofOKunits
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3. Prepare the UserForm for a new entry by:
1. Resetting the values of the TextBox and SpinButton.
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2. Selecting the default OptionButton (for Surface Studio).


The macro doesn't carry any data validation checks, nor handles any possible errors. For example, it doesn't
check whether
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The user can't enter data directly in the TextBox. This is a consequence of the values you set for the
Enabled (False) and Locked (True) properties of the TextBox in step #4 above.

The number of units displayed on the TextBox is dependent on the SpinButton. In other words, the
user speci es the number of units through the SpinButton.
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the Close Form button.
Let's go through each line of code to understand how the macro works:
Lines #1 And #2: Dim myWorksheet As Worksheet |Dim myFirstBlankRow As Long

Use the Dim keyword to declare 2 variables:
1. myWorksheet: An object variable. Represents the worksheet where the data is recorded.
2. myFirstBlankRow: A variable of the Long data type. Represents the number of the rst blank row in
the table where the data is recorded.
Line #3: Set myWorksheet = Worksheets(“Excel UserForm data entry”)

Uses the Set keyword to assign a worksheet (Excel UserForm data entry) to an object variable
(myWorksheet).
Lines #4 And #21: With myWorksheet | End With

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Finds the rst empty row in myWorksheet and assigns its number to the myFirstBlankRow variable.
The process followed to nd the rst empty row in the worksheet is as follows:
1. The number of the last cell with data in the worksheet• is

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Let's analyze the portion of the statement that nds the last row in the worksheet. I explain several different
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1. The Worksheet.Cells property (.Cells) returns all the cells within myWorksheet.
2. The Range.Find method (Cells.Find) is used to search for the last cell with data within myWorksheet.
The parameters of the Range.Find method, which are within parentheses, are set as follows:
1. What: “*”. The data you're searching for. The asterisk (*) acts as wildcard. Therefore, the Find
method searches for any character sequence.
2. LookIn: xlFormulas. The type of data you're searching in. xlFormulas results in VBA searching
(looking) in the cell formulas.
3. LookAt: xlPart. Speci es whether the Find method matches the cell contents in their entirety, or
just a part of them. xlPart results in Excel doing a partial match.
4. SearchOrder: xlByRows. Speci es whether the search is carried out by rows or by columns.
Since you're looking for the last row, you set this to xlByRows.
5. SearchDirection: xlPrevious. The direction (next or previous) in which the search is carried. In
this case, you set the argument so that Excel searches for the previous (xlPrevious) match.
Once the last row in the worksheet is identi ed, 1 is added (+ 1). The resulting value is assigned to the
myFirstBlankRow variable (myFirstBlankRow =).
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Opening and closing statements of a With… End With block. The statements within the block (lines #7 to
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Let's analyze the object to which statements refer to:


The Cells property (.Cells) works with the object speci ed in the opening statement of the outer With…
End With
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The Cells property returns a single cell. That's the cell located on the rst empty row
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Lines #7 And #18: Select Case True | End Select

Opening and closing of a Select Case statement.
Executes one of the groups of statements within this block of code (lines #8 to #17) based on the value
taken by an expression. The group of statements that's executed is determined by nding which expression
matches the test expression.
The test expression is set in the opening line of code (#7) of the block. In this case, a Boolean value: True
(Select Case True).
Lines #8 Through #17: Case optionButtonSurfaceStudio.Value | .Value = “Surface Studio” |

Case optionButtonSurfaceBook.Value | .Value = “Surface Book” | Case
optionButtonSurfacePro4.Value | .Value = “Surface Pro 4” | Case
optionButtonXboxOneS.Value | .Value = “Xbox One S” | Case optionButtonXboxOne.Value |
.Value = “Xbox One”
Line #8, #10, #12, #14 and#16 are the expressions against which VBA seeks to match the test expression
(True) from line #7 above. OK
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1. The structure of all the groups of statements above is identical.
2. First, you have the expression that VBA seeks to match with the test expression (True).
1. The OptionButton.Value property returns True if the OptionButton is selected.
2. The OptionButtons used in this example are grouped. Therefore, when the user selects 1 option,
the other options are automatically de-selected. In other words, only 1 OptionButton can be
selected.
3. Because of #1 and #2 above, the expression that matches the test expression is that which
corresponds to the OptionButton selected by the user.
3. Second, you have the statement that VBA executes when the corresponding expression is True.
1. The Value property (.Value) works with the object speci ed in the opening statement of the
With… End With block (line #6). That object is the cell where the next entry for Item goes.
2. The executed statement sets the Value property of the relevant cell to be equal to a string. This
string is the name of one of the Items.
Overall, the consequence of the above structure is that the data recorded in the Excel worksheet depends
on the OptionButton the user chooses, as follows:
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Line #20: .Cells(myFirstBlankRow, 2).Value = Me.textBoxUnits.Value
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in the appropriate worksheet cell. and

Let's see how this works:

1. The statements sets the Value property of a cell (.Cells(myFirstBlankRow, 2).Value =) to be equal to
the Value property of the UserForm TextBox (Me.textBoxUnits.Value). The Value property of the
TextBox is determined by the SpinButton. This part of the process is controlled by the Sub procedure
#3 I explain below. BECOME AN EXCEL POWER USER
2. The rst part of the statement (.Cells(myFirstBlankRow, 2)) works as follows:
1. The Cells property (.Cells) works with the object speci ed in the opening statement of the With…
End With block (line #4). That object is represented by myWorksheet.
2. The Cells property returns a single cell. This cell is located on the rst empty row
(myFirstBlankRow) and the second column (2 or B) of the worksheet. That's the cell where the
next data entry for Units Sold is recorded.
Line #22: UserForm_Initialize
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In other words, by calling the UserForm_Initialize Sub procedure, you reset the values and selections within
the UserForm to their defaults. This ensures that the UserForm is ready
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snippet/example.
Sub Procedure #3: Private Sub spinButtonUnits_Change()

The following is the VBA code within the Sub procedure executed when the user clicks on any of the arrows
of the SpinButton control:
This macro consists of a single VBA statement:

“ textBoxUnits.Value = Me. spinButtonUnits.Value

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For this example, get Excel to display the UserForm in the following two
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1. Go to a module different from the UserForm's code module.
2. Create a Sub procedure that calls the Show method of the UserForm object.
3. Assign a keyboard shortcut to the displayUserForm macro.

Let's go through each of these steps:

Step #1: Go To A Module
In this example, store the macro that displays the UserForm in a standard module (Module1).
If necessary, insert a new module by, for example, right-clicking on the workbook within the Project Explorer
and going to Insert > Module.
OK

Step #2: Create A Sub Procedure That Calls The Show Method Of The UserForm
Object
Create the following macro (displayUserForm):
displayUserForm consists of the following single statement:

“ userFormSalesEntry.Show
OK
When executed, this macro displays the userFormSalesEntry you created in the previous 5 steps.

Step #3: Assign A Keyboard Shortcut To The displayUserForm Macro
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1. Open the Macro dialog box by, for example, using the Additionally,
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2. Within the Macro dialog box, select the appropriate macro (displayUserForm) and click the Options
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3. Within the Macro Options dialog box displayed by Excel, assign a keyboard shortcut and click the OK
button.
In this example, assign the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl + Shift + A”.

OK


4. Close the Macro dialog box.
Step #7: Close The UserForm OK
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2. Double-click on the appropriate UserForm module (userFormSalesEntry).
3. Double-click on the button you want to use to close the UserForm (Close Form).
OK


Because of this, the VBE does the following:
Takes you to the UserForm's Code window.

Enters the declaration and End statements for a Sub procedure triggered by the Click event of
the commandButtonCloseForm object (Private Sub commandButtonCloseForm_Click()).
OK

4. Enter the VBA code for the Sub procedure triggered when the user clicks the Close Form button. In
this example, this procedure includes a statement with the Unload statement.
The following is the code within the Sub procedure executed when the user clicks the Close Form button:
OK

This Sub procedure has the following single statement:

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The Unload statement unloads the UserForm from memory. This results in the dialog box being dismissed.
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You can enter data with the UserForm example in the following 5 simple steps:
1. Use the “Ctrl + Shift + A” keyboard shortcut.
2. Excel displays the UserForm.
OK
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1. Enter the number of units sold by using the SpinButton.
2. Choose the appropriate Item.
3. Click on the Record Entry button.
4. Repeat step #3 as many times as required, depending on the number of entries you want to make.
5. To close the UserForm, press the Close or Close Form button.
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When I click the Close Form button, the dialog box is closed.

Conclusion
After reading this UserForms Tutorial, you have the knowledge and resources to start creating UserForms
in Excel now. The following are some of the topics you learned about:
What is a UserForm, and why are they useful.

The simple 6-step process you can use to create a UserForm for data entry.
How to insert and customize UserForms.
What are UserForm controls, and how you work with them. This includes, among others, how to add,
select, move, resize, customize and remove controls.
How to create the macros that power your UserForms. This includes the VBA code you use to both: (i)
display, load, close and hide UserForms, and (ii) respond to the user's actions within the UserForm.
In the second section of this UserForms Tutorial, you saw a practical example. In this example, you
followed the easy 6-step process to create a simple UserForm for data entry. Remember that this blog
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Books Referenced In This UserForms Tutorial

Alexander, Michael and Kusleika, Dick (2016). Excel 2016 Power Programming with VBA. Indianapolis,
IN: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Goldmeier, Jordan (2014). Advanced Excel Essentials. New York City, NY: Apress.
Mans eld, Richard (2016). Mastering VBA for Microsoft O ce 2016. Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley &
Sons Inc.
Urtis, Tom (2015). Excel VBA 24-Hour Trainer. Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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2. Add controls to the UserForm.

4. Customize the UserForm or its controls.

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3. In the context menu displayed by the VBE, go to Insert > UserForm.

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