Question

I created a dropdown by dragging the combo box onto my sheet from the UserForm toolbar. I assigned some values to it from some cells in the book. Now I want some VBA code to access the selected dropdown item’s value in the form of a string.

My dropdown contains only text.

Also how do I find the name of this newly created dropdown (it’s nowhere in the properties!)?

Answer 1

Dim dd As DropDown
Set dd = ActiveSheet.DropDowns("Drop Down 6") 
Set r = Sheet2.Range(dd.ListFillRange)

Set ddValue = r(dd.Value)

NOTES:

• DropDown is not a visible class. You
  just use it and it works.

• To find the name of the dropdown
  CONTROL (not userform) just look at
  the name box in the top left corner of your screen just above column A.
  It says the name of the control when
  you right click on your control.-

• Sheet2 is where the dropdown list is
  populated. So wherever your list data
  is.

  Hope that helps you all.