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Multichoice Listbox query

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Al@n - 19 Nov 2006 18:52 GMT
On a dialogbox  I have a listbox(lstProtect) which is multichoice. Depending
on which basic
descriptions are chosen from the listbox i.e. Ducts, Freeformat etc, I wish
a
more elaborate description of the multiple choices inserted in a
textbox(txtProtect),
based on a case statement of the list index of the list box.(only two
choices so far but more to be added.)

With the help of this forum, I've been able to put the lstProtect choices in
the text box but not the more elaborate descriptions.

Code so far is as below.

Private Sub lstProtect_Change()
Dim Workstring

Dim Userchoice As Long
Userchoice = lstProtect.ListIndex
Select Case Userchoice
   Case 0
       txtProtect.Text = "It will be necessary for you to install ***
number spare ducts.(Please refer to ""STORES"" section Specific Conditions)"
   Case 1
       txtProtect.Text = "Please replace this text with your own"
End Select

' Set Workstring empty
     Workstring = ""
     ' Items are indexed from zero
     ' Loop through all the items..
     For i = 0 To lstProtect.ListCount - 1
     n = i + 1
           '..and check whether each is selected
           If lstProtect.Selected(i) Then
                 Workstring = Workstring & lstProtect.List(i) & "." &
Chr(10)
           End If
     Next i
      txtProtect.Value = Workstring

End Sub

I would be grateful for any assistance in achieving my goal above.

TIA

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Al@n

Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 20 Nov 2006 04:14 GMT
You could have the additional data stored in a second column (that need not
be visible) in the list box and then use the BoundColumn property of the
list box to access that information.

You say that you list box is multichoice, by which I guess you mean
multiselect, i.e. more than one item can be selected.  You may run into
problems with combining the separate parts of the descriptions in the
correct order so depending upon how many permutations and combinations of
the basic descriptions that you have, you may want to make it a single
select list box and list all of the possible combinations of basic
description with the appropriate extra detail already stored in column 2.

You may be interested i the following routine which loads a listbox with
client details stored in a table in a separate
document (which makes it easy to maintain with additions, deletions etc.),
that document being saved as Clients.Doc for the following code.

On the UserForm, have a list box (ListBox1) and a Command Button
(CommandButton1) and use the following code in the UserForm_Initialize() and
the CommandButton1_Click() routines

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
   Dim sourcedoc As Document, i As Integer, j As Integer, myitem As Range,
m As Long, n As Long
   ' Modify the path in the following line so that it matches where you
saved Clients.doc
   Application.ScreenUpdating = False
   ' Open the file containing the client details
   Set sourcedoc = Documents.Open(FileName:="e:\worddocs\Clients.doc")
   ' Get the number or clients = number of rows in the table of client
details less one
   i = sourcedoc.Tables(1).Rows.Count - 1
   ' Get the number of columns in the table of client details
   j = sourcedoc.Tables(1).Columns.Count
   ' Set the number of columns in the Listbox to match
   ' the number of columns in the table of client details
   ListBox1.ColumnCount = j
   ' Define an array to be loaded with the client data
   Dim MyArray() As Variant
   'Load client data into MyArray
   ReDim MyArray(i, j)
   For n = 0 To j - 1
       For m = 0 To i - 1
           Set myitem = sourcedoc.Tables(1).Cell(m + 2, n + 1).Range
           myitem.End = myitem.End - 1
           MyArray(m, n) = myitem.Text
       Next m
   Next n
  ' Load data into ListBox1
   ListBox1.List() = MyArray
   ' Close the file containing the client details
   sourcedoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
End Sub

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim i As Integer, Addressee As String
Addressee = ""
For i = 1 To ListBox1.ColumnCount
   ListBox1.BoundColumn = i
   Addressee = Addressee & ListBox1.Value & vbCr
Next i
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Addressee").Range.InsertAfter Addressee
UserForm2.Hide
End Sub

The Initialize statement will populate the listbox with the data from the
table and then when a client is selected in from the list and the command
button is clicked, the information for that client will be inserted into a
bookmark in the document.  You may want to vary the manner in which it is
inserted to suit our exact requirements, but hopefully this will get you
started.

To make it easy for you, the code has been written so that it will deal with
any number of clients and any number of details about each client.  It
assumes that the first row of the table containing the client details is a
header row.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> On a dialogbox  I have a listbox(lstProtect) which is multichoice.
> Depending on which basic
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>
> TIA
Al@n - 20 Nov 2006 12:47 GMT
Doug

Thanks for the response-plenty of food for thought. I think I will try a 2nd
column in the listbox. That way, all the info is in one document and a
second table document is unrequired

Thanks again

Al@n

> You could have the additional data stored in a second column (that need
> not be visible) in the list box and then use the BoundColumn property of
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>> TIA
 
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