How to save or retain selections of ActiveX list boxes in Excel?
Supposing you have created some list boxes and made selections in the list boxes, however, all selections of these list boxes are gone when close and reopen the workbook. Do you want to retain selections made in list boxes whenever close and reopen the workbook? The method in this article can help you.
Save or retain selections of ActiveX list boxes with VBA code in Excel
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Save or retain selections of ActiveX list boxes with VBA code in Excel
The below VBA code can help you saving or retaining selections if ActiveX list boxes in Excel. Please do as follows.
1. In the workbook contains the ActiveX list boxes you want to keep the selections, press the Alt + F11 keys simultaneously to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, double-click ThisWorkbook in the left pane to open the ThisWorkbook Code window. And then copy the following VBA code into the code window.
VBA code: Save selections of ActiveX list boxes in Excel
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim I As Long
Dim J As Long
Dim K As Long
Dim KK As Long
Dim xSheet As Worksheet
Dim xListBox As Object
On Error GoTo Label
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
K = 0
KK = 0
If Not Sheets("ListBox Data") Is Nothing Then
Sheets("ListBox Data").Delete
End If
Label:
Sheets.Add(after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)).Name = "ListBox Data"
Set xSheet = Sheets("ListBox Data")
For I = 1 To Sheets.Count
For Each xListBox In Sheets(I).OLEObjects
If xListBox.Name Like "ListBox*" Then
With xListBox.Object
For J = 0 To .ListCount - 1
If .Selected(J) Then
xSheet.Range("A1").Offset(K, KK).Value = "True"
Else
xSheet.Range("A1").Offset(K, KK).Value = "False"
End If
K = K + 1
Next
End With
K = 0
KK = KK + 1
End If
Next
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Dim I As Long
Dim J As Long
Dim KK As Long
Dim xRg As Range
Dim xCell As Range
Dim xListBox As Object
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
KK = 0
For I = 1 To Sheets.Count - 1
For Each xListBox In Sheets(I).OLEObjects
If xListBox.Name Like "ListBox*" Then
With xListBox.Object
Set xRg = Intersect(Sheets("ListBox Data").Range("A1").Offset(0, KK).EntireColumn, Sheets("ListBox Data").UsedRange)
For J = 1 To .ListCount
Set xCell = xRg(J)
If xCell.Value = "True" Then
.Selected(J - 1) = True
End If
Next
KK = KK + 1
End With
End If
Next
Next
Sheets("ListBox Data").Delete
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
3. Press the Alt + Q keys to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
4. Now you need to save the workbook as an Excel Macro-enabled workbook. Please click File > Save As > Browse.
5. In the Save As dialog box, select a folder to save the workbook, rename it as you need, select Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook in the Save as type dropdown list, and finally click the Save button. See screenshot:
Please save the workbook every time when you update the list boxes. Then all previous selections will be kept in the list boxes after reopening the workbook.
Note: When saving the workbook, a worksheet named “ListBox Data” will be created automatically at the end of all worksheets of your workbook, please ignore this worksheet because it will disappear automatically when the workbook is closed.
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