XL97: How to Move Between Custom UserForms with CommandButtons

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

When you create a project with multiple UserForms, you can use CommandButtons to move between the UserForms. This article explains how to create two UserForms and includes a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that moves between the UserForms.

MORE INFORMATION

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Creating the UserForms

To create the UserForms, use the following steps:

1. Save and close any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).

3. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

1. Add a TextBox and a CommandButton control to the UserForm.

2. Change the Caption property of the CommandButton to "show UserForm2" (without the quotation marks).

3. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

1. Add a TextBox and a CommandButton control to the UserForm.

2. Change the Caption property of the CommandButton to "show UserForm1" (without the quotation marks).

Sample Macro for Moving Between UserForms

1. Double-click the CommandButton on UserForm1.

2. Type the following code for the CommandButton1 Click event:

   Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

              'Set the text for TextBox1 in UserForm2 with the text in
              'TextBox1 in UserForm1.
              UserForm2.TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text
   
              UserForm1.Hide
              UserForm2.Show
          End Sub
   
   

3. Double-click the CommandButton on UserForm2.

4. Type the following code for the CommandButton1 Click event:

   Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

              'Set the text for the TextBox in UserForm1.
              UserForm1.TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text
   
              UserForm2.Hide
              UserForm1.Show
          End Sub
   
   

1. On the Insert menu, click Module.

2. Type the following code in this module:

          Sub Show_UserForms()
              UserForm1.Show
          End Sub
   
   

3. Run the Show_UserForms macro.

4. Type any text in the TextBox on UserForm1, and then click the CommandButton.

1. Type new text in the TextBox on UserForm2, and then click the CommandButton.

1. Close the UserForm.

REFERENCES

For more information about Custom UserForms, click the Office Assistant, type "custom dialog boxes", click Search, and then click to view "Creating a custom dialog box".

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Excel Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
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