Checking Textbox For Specific Text Entry

Pacman52

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Hi I have a userform that a user can use to edit/amend a record already entered and then writes any amended data back to the sheet.
The textboxes on the edit form are populated from a worksheet.

I'm having a problem coding a textbox exit routine to check that if a user edits the box and enters something other than the 3 allowed words it fires a msgbox. The code below does actually work but it also fires even if 1 of the 3 words is entered. e.g. If the textbox contains PayPal when the form opens and I then type in Bacs or Stripe is still fires the msgbox.

Would someone be knid enough to let me know what I'm doing wrong please?

Many thanks Paul

VBA Code:
Private Sub textboxPayMeth_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)

    If (textboxPayMeth.Text) <> "PayPal" Or (textboxPayMeth.Text) <> "Stripe" Or (textboxPayMeth.Text) <> "Bacs" Then
    MsgBox "You have entered an invalid payment method, you can only use Paypal, Stripe or Bacs. Please re-enter the payment method using 1 of these 3 methods.", vbInformation, "Invalid Entry"
    
    Cancel = True
    textboxPayMeth.SetFocus
    textboxPayMeth.Value = ""
    textboxPayMeth.BackColor = RGB(204, 255, 255)

    End If

End Sub
 

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Hi,
If users can only enter one of three choices then suggest that perhaps consider using a combobox listing available choices which would negate any possible entry error?

Dave
 
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Hi Dave thanks for the very quick reply, I did think about using a combo and tried on initially but I came up against an issue (I cant quite remember what it was sorry)

Basically on the original form, the user selects the payment method using a checkbox. Depending on which box is ticked a text value is written to a hidden textbox which in turn is written to the sheet. but saying that as I'm writing this reply I just realised - I don't know why I just dont use a new combo just for the edit form doh!!
 
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Hi
welcome should be quite simple - something like this maybe

VBA Code:
With Me.ComboBox1
    .List = Array("PayPal", "Stripe", "Bacs")
    .Style = fmStyleDropDownList
  End With

Setting the controls Style property should prevent users entering any other values

Dave
 
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Thanks very much again Dave - I must be learning something as I work on VBA as I actually nearly did that although I missed the style bit.
 
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