XL: Using VBA Code to Make a Spinner Display Noninteger Values

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

A spinner control can only be set to an integer value. This article shows how to use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code to make a spinner display noninteger values in an edit box.

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1. In a new workbook, click Macro on the Insert menu, and then click Dialog.

   In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98, right-click (or CONTROL- click) a sheet tab. On the shortcut menu, click Insert. In the Insert dialog box, select MS Excel 5.0 Dialog. Click OK.

2. Use the tools on the Forms toolbar to create an edit box and a spinner on the dialog sheet.

3. Select the Spinner control. On the Format menu, click Object or Control.

   a. Set Minimum Value to 0.

   b. Set Maximum Value to 16.

   c. Set Incremental Change to 1, and then click OK.

4. On the Insert menu, click Macro, and then click Module. (In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Visual Basic Editor. On the Insert menu, click Module.) In the new module sheet, type the following macro code:

         Sub ShowDialog()
             ' Shows the dialog box.
             DialogSheets(1).Show
         End Sub
   
         Sub SpinFraction()
             ' Changes the value in the edit box to 1/4 of the spinner value.
             DialogSheets(1).EditBoxes(1).Text = _
                 DialogSheets(1).Spinners(1).Value / 4
         End Sub
   
   

To assign the SpinFraction macro to the spinner:

1. Select the spinner control. On the Tools menu, click Assign Macro.

2. In the Assign Macro dialog box, click the SpinFraction macro, and then click OK.

1. On the Tools menu, click Macro.

2. In the Macro dialog box, click the ShowDialog macro, and then click Run.

REFERENCES

For more information about spinners, search on the word "Spinner" using Visual Basic Help.