Skip to main content

How to sum up values from textboxes?

Supposing, you have three text boxes which you want to sum the values in Textbox1 and Textbox2, and calculate the result automatically into Textbox3 as following screenshot shown. How could you deal with this job in Excel?

doc textbox sum values 1

Sum up values from textboxes with VBA code


arrow blue right bubble Sum up values from textboxes with VBA code

To sum up values from two textboxes and get the result into the third textbox, the following VBA code may help you.

1. First, you should insert three textboxes, click Developer > Insert > Text Box (ActiveX Control), and then draw a textbox, and make two copies, see screenshot:

doc textbox sum values 2

2. After inserting the textboxes, right click the sheet tab which contains the textboxes you want to use, and click View Code from the context menu to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, and then copy and paste the following VBA code into the blank module:

VBA code: Sum up values from textboxes:

Private Sub Sum_Click()
    TextBox3.Text = Val(TextBox2.Text) + Val(TextBox1.Text)
End Sub

doc textbox sum values 3

3. Then type the values into Textbox1 and Textbox2, and then press F5 key or Run button to execute the code, the calculated result is displayed into Textbox3 immediately, see screenshot:

doc textbox sum values 4

Best Office Productivity Tools

🤖 Kutools AI Aide: Revolutionize data analysis based on: Intelligent Execution   |  Generate Code  |  Create Custom Formulas  |  Analyze Data and Generate Charts  |  Invoke Kutools Functions…
Popular Features: Find, Highlight or Identify Duplicates   |  Delete Blank Rows   |  Combine Columns or Cells without Losing Data   |   Round without Formula ...
Super Lookup: Multiple Criteria VLookup    Multiple Value VLookup  |   VLookup Across Multiple Sheets   |   Fuzzy Lookup ....
Advanced Drop-down List: Quickly Create Drop Down List   |  Dependent Drop Down List   |  Multi-select Drop Down List ....
Column Manager: Add a Specific Number of Columns  |  Move Columns  |  Toggle Visibility Status of Hidden Columns  |  Compare Ranges & Columns ...
Featured Features: Grid Focus   |  Design View   |   Big Formula Bar    Workbook & Sheet Manager   |  Resource Library (Auto Text)   |  Date Picker   |  Combine Worksheets   |  Encrypt/Decrypt Cells    Send Emails by List   |  Super Filter   |   Special Filter (filter bold/italic/strikethrough...) ...
Top 15 Toolsets12 Text Tools (Add Text, Remove Characters, ...)   |   50+ Chart Types (Gantt Chart, ...)   |   40+ Practical Formulas (Calculate age based on birthday, ...)   |   19 Insertion Tools (Insert QR Code, Insert Picture from Path, ...)   |   12 Conversion Tools (Numbers to Words, Currency Conversion, ...)   |   7 Merge & Split Tools (Advanced Combine Rows, Split Cells, ...)   |   ... and more

Supercharge Your Excel Skills with Kutools for Excel, and Experience Efficiency Like Never Before. Kutools for Excel Offers Over 300 Advanced Features to Boost Productivity and Save Time.  Click Here to Get The Feature You Need The Most...

Description


Office Tab Brings Tabbed interface to Office, and Make Your Work Much Easier

  • Enable tabbed editing and reading in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Visio and Project.
  • Open and create multiple documents in new tabs of the same window, rather than in new windows.
  • Increases your productivity by 50%, and reduces hundreds of mouse clicks for you every day!
Comments (5)
No ratings yet. Be the first to rate!
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
What do you mean with automatically? No press run button?
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Can you make this run automatically?
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Yes, you can select on change on each of the textbox and put the addition code there
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Thanks a ton!
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Thanks a ton!
There are no comments posted here yet
Please leave your comments in English
Posting as Guest
Rate this post:
0   Characters
Suggested Locations