Comments on: Forms Controls and ActiveX Controls in Excel

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:16:20 +0000

James - There is no built in way to dynamically format a scroll bar, but if you use a Controls Toolbox scrollbar, you can fake it:

' ScrollBar1 has min=0 and max=255
Private Sub ScrollBar1_Change()
  Dim iVal As Long
  iVal = Me.ScrollBar1.Value
  Me.ScrollBar1.BackColor = RGB(iVal, iVal, iVal)
End Sub

It isn't perfect: at the lower part of the range the shading is grainy. But you could adjust your algorithm to stay in the range that renders nicely.

By: james

james — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:44:54 +0000

can you make the scroll bar in excel 2007 change shading as the value increases. For instance, as you slide the slider towards the right, can the area on its left change color to match the value, similar to conditional formatting

By: Edgar Hungers

Edgar Hungers — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:06:03 +0000

Well, that’s something to understand, I’ll keep within the constraints and use What I know it’s working fine. Thanks for those reminds and for the suggestions too.

Hope to bother you sometime again

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:11:34 +0000

If you are going to move to 2007 anytime soon, you may as well get used to a worksheet-based display. Excel 2007 has removed the ability to size a chart based on the window size. You can hide gridlines and make the sheet look like a professional display.

Like the chart window sizing thing in 2007 or the flaky listbox beehavior, it’s better not to ask why Microsoft does what it does or when Microsoft will do what you want, nor to expect that people have done the impossible in an add-in. It’s better instead to accept the way things are, work within the constraints, and hope they don’t mess it up in a future version.

By: Edgar Hungers

Edgar Hungers — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:01:56 +0000

Also, just a couple of questions:
Why is it that the Toolbar and its ActiveX controls aren’t available on a ChartSheet ?There would be some Kind of Add-in that could make them Available?

This conversation takes me to consider that we both do not Know the reasons, if not. You’d have given me the hints. Anyway, maybe you could reach a more comprehensive understanding of this than me. And maybe give an answer to that.

By: Edgar Hungers

Edgar Hungers — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:51:29 +0000

Jon;
Yes, in a worksheet it works fine, I already had tested that, as long as I use the AxtiveX ListBox from the Toolbar and not from the Forms Bar, thus giving me more functionality and capacity of changing its properties. But I need to use the Chart sheet for a profesional approach of the statistics I’m presenting. However, the ListBox from The forms Menu, only one avilable on the Chart Sheet, has this kind of Object Class developed-bug. It seems as if it was not fully developed. I mean the Listbox Class for this instance. Besides that When I move it, it leaves some Object copy from the position where I move it. It’s not right this Object Class definitly. But the ComboBox, It works fully Ok. And I already have one on My chart, so I wanted to use the ListBox to show a sub-Clasification for the data the user to watch on that Chart. And the ListBox seemed to fit perfect for that, but I see I’ll have to use another ComboBox, as far as now.
Jon, Dont let this go by, if you have the chance to consult this with someone else, please try to see if there is a debugger for this and let me Know.

Thanks for your support. Regards

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:08:39 +0000

Well, if one approach fails, another might do better.

If you have to use a chart sheet, pop up a userform with a listbox. It requires maybe a bit more programming, but it should work fine.

If you can use an chart embedded in a worksheet, embed the listbox in the sheet next to the chart. This worked fine in my quick testing.

By: Edgar Hungers

Edgar Hungers — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:03:39 +0000

Hi again fellow,
I’m sorry for not to mention that i was in Excel 2003. and yes it’s been really upset to manage that, more of that is that I cannot use the additem method. i mean doesn’t work rigth. I’m going and try again. and stiil wanting to fix it. cause i want to change my chart’s source according to selections made on that listbox. Please keep trying. I’m really counting more on your skills and expertise than in my willing. but i’ll keep trying

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:37:57 +0000

I’ve never noticed this, I expected it would be a version-specific problem, but I saw the problem in Excel 2003.

I don’t know how to avoid the issue.

By: Edgar Hungers

Edgar Hungers — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:38:01 +0000

Hi, Great pages and information from. You.
This time I have a question, maybe you could help me solve it.
I inserted a ListBox on a Chart. I used the listfillrange property to insert the values i needed. But after I resize the listbox or after i apply this line of code: listBox1.formatcontrol.Removeallitem to re-populate it. The values? or the font? inside the ListBox kind of disappeared or get chunked. Please try it and if you have any answer. Please Tell me. This is giving me a real headache

Thanks