Wednesday, 20 April 2016

excel - Drop-down Lists with Conditional Data



i have three ranges of cells (from another sheet in my workbook) that store the values that i want to appear on the drop-down (Form Control) list. i need the macro code to reset a cell range, or a named range to define the options in a drop-down list based on other cell value.
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i've tried the following code with no success so far:





Sub DropDown11_Change()



If Range("A1") = 1 Then
(input range from sheet1 a1:a50)



ElseIf Range("A1") = 2 Then
(input range from sheet2 a1:a50)



ElseIf Range("A1") = 3 Then
(input range from sheet3 a1:a50)




End If
End Sub




Any suggestions?



Thanks


Answer



This should help you out, place either of these in a standard Module (e.g., Module1).



Sub DropDown1_Change()


Dim ddFillRange As String

If Sheet1.Range("A1") = 1 Then
ddFillRange = "Sheet1!A1:A50"
ElseIf Sheet1.Range("A1") = 2 Then
ddFillRange = "Sheet2!A1:A50"
ElseIf Sheet1.Range("A1") = 3 Then
ddFillRange = "Sheet3!A1:A50"
End If


Sheet1.Shapes("Drop Down 1").ControlFormat.ListFillRange = ddFillRange

End Sub


If you want to use named ranges, you can use:



Sub DropDown1_Change()


Dim ddFillRange As String

If Sheet1.Range("A1") = 1 Then
ddFillRange = Range("NamedRange1").Name
ElseIf Sheet1.Range("A1") = 2 Then
ddFillRange = Range("NamedRange2").Name
ElseIf Sheet1.Range("A1") = 3 Then
ddFillRange = Range("NamedRange3").Name
End If


Sheet1.Shapes("Drop Down 1").ControlFormat.ListFillRange = ddFillRange

End Sub


Then, to have these fire upon cell A1 changing, you will need to place the following in Sheet1's module (when you right+click Sheet1 in the VBA Editor Window, select view code...see picture below):



Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Me.Range("A1")) Is Nothing Then DropDown1_Change
End Sub



Sheet1 Code


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