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Old 01-25-05, 07:41
eddiesvoicebox eddiesvoicebox is offline
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Excel Date Format

Afternoon All (Depending On Where You Are Of Course)

I have a small issue with a date format in my Excel 2002 forms. When i select a date from a drop down list (formatted as date in excel sheet) the form shows the number value for that date not the date itself. I am aware how to format the date in normal worksheets but unaware of how to do this for a form field. Please help as its been bugging me all morning.

Below is the code when the field changes.

Private Sub CBPrposedDate_Change()
Call dater
End Sub

Sub dater()
Dim banana As Date
If FRMAgent_Details.CBAreaOfBus = "Sales" Then
banana = FRMAgent_Details.CBPrposedDate.Text
Sheets("InputForm").Select
Range("u2").Select
Do Until ActiveCell.Value = banana
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
Loop
FRMAgent_Details.TBRequestDate.Text = ActiveCell.Offset(0, 3).Value
banana1 = FRMAgent_Details.TBRequestDate.Text
Sheets("Main").Select
Else
banana = FRMAgent_Details.CBPrposedDate.Text
Sheets("InputForm").Select
Range("u2").Select
Do Until ActiveCell.Value = banana
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
Loop
FRMAgent_Details.TBRequestDate.Text = ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2).Value
banana1 = FRMAgent_Details.TBRequestDate.Text
End If
End Sub



Many thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer.

Eddiesvoicebox
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Old 01-25-05, 10:54
DavidCoutts DavidCoutts is offline
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Hi Eddiesvoicebox

I think what your looking for is CDate which changes doubles to dates

but ive done a bit more than that
try this code out and see if its ok for you

Code:
Option Explicit

Private Sub CBPrposedDate_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
    'run the sub for date checking
    If dater = 1 Then Cancel = True
End Sub

Function dater() As Integer
'Updated Dater function by DavidCoutts (dbforums) 25/01/2004

Dim banana As Date
Dim LastCell As Range
    
    
    'set inital value
    dater = 0
    
    On Error GoTo InvalidDate
    'convert value ot a date,  If not exists go to the error handler
    banana = CDate(FRMAgent_Details.CBPrposedDate.Text)
    
    On Error GoTo 0
    'Try to find the correct date
    Set LastCell = Worksheets("Inputform").Range("u2").EntireColumn.Find(banana)
    If Not LastCell Is Nothing Then
        'if the date exists update TBRequestDate appropriatly
        With Worksheets("Inputform").Range(LastCell.Address)
            If UCase$(FRMAgent_Details.CBAreaOfBus) = "SALES" Then
                FRMAgent_Details.TBRequestDate.Text = CDate(.Offset(0, 3).Value)
            Else
                FRMAgent_Details.TBRequestDate.Text = CDate(.Offset(0, 2).Value)
            End If
        End With
    Else
        'Case when no valid date entered i.e. not on worksheet
        MsgBox "Date outwith valid boundaries", vbOKOnly
    End If
    
    Exit Function
    
InvalidDate:
    'Case when a date value not entered
    Dim msgAnswer As VbMsgBoxResult
    
    'check if user wants to input a proper date
    msgAnswer = MsgBox("Date Value not Entered, Update?", vbYesNo, "Invalid Date")
    Select Case msgAnswer
        Case vbYes
            'if yes reset focus
            CBPrposedDate.Text = ""
            dater = 1
        Case vbNo
            'stop execution of the macro
            Exit Function
    End Select
        
End Function
see what you think
Dave
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