ME 142Engineering Computation I

Custom Dialog Boxes

Key Concepts

Custom Dialog Box Overview

Creating a Custom Dialog Box

Example Problems

Custom Dialog Box Overview

Custom Dialog Box Overview

A custom designed window or dialog box More powerful and flexible than InputBox Creates a professional looking window style

interface My include controls such as buttons, list

boxes, text boxes, radio buttons, scroll bars, etc.

Creating a Custom Dialog Box

Creating a Custom Dialog Box

Determine basic design and use Activate VBE and insert a UserForm Add controls to the UserForm Modify Properties for the controls as needed Write code that is executed when controls are

activated Write code that displays the UserForm

Example Problem

Example: Change Case

Create a macro which utilizes a custom dialog box to perform changes of text in selected cells to uppercase, lowercase, or proper case.

Example: Dialog Box Design

Example: Dialog Box DesignControl/Form Property New Value

Change Case UserForm NameCaption

ChangeCaseChange Case

OK CommandButton NameCaptionDefault

OKButtonOKTrue

Cancel CommandButton NameCaptionCancel

CancelButtonCancelTrue

Options Frame Caption OptionsUpper Case OptionButton

NameCaptionAcceleratorValue

OptionUpperUpper CaseUTrue

Lower Case OptionButton

NameCaptionAccelerator

OptionLowerLower CaseL

Proper Case OptionButton

NameCaptionAccelerator

OptionProperProper CaseP

Example: Code

Code for the CancelButton: Unload ChangeCase

Example: Code

Code for the OKButton:If OptionUpper Then

For Each cell In Selection cell.Value = UCase(cell.Value) Next cell ElseIf OptionLower Then For Each cell In Selection cell.Value = LCase(cell.Value) Next cell ElseIf OptionProper Then For Each cell In Selection cell.Value =

WorksheetFunction.Proper(cell.Value) Next cell End If Unload ChangeCase

Example: Code

Code for the Sub Program:ChangeCase.Show

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