Drop-down box in VBA script

[mpromney]

I’m writing a macro that will take check registers downloaded from our accounting software and reformat them into the proper format so we can upload them to our bank’s positive pay system. We have approximately 30 different bank accounts that I have listed in a separate worksheet (let’s call it AccountMasterList.xlsx). I want the macro to present a dropdown box (listing the 30 accounts in AccountMasterList.xlsx) from which the user can select the account for which they’re running the macro. I can’t seem to figure out how to do this. Can anyone help? TIA

 

[Candyman8019]

I'm thinking the easiest way is to add another tab to your workbook (can be hidden if need be), and pull the account numbers into the current workbook. For example:
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$1
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$2
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$3
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$etc...

Then you can create your data validation field off of that list.

 

[mpromney]

I'm thinking the easiest way is to add another tab to your workbook (can be hidden if need be), and pull the account numbers into the current workbook. For example:
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$1
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$2
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$3
='AccountMasterList.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$etc...

Then you can create your data validation field off of that list.

Thanks for the reply. It's the data validation that I'm having trouble coding. The account selected by the user will be used for a couple of purposes: (1) it will be used to name the saved check register and (2) it will be used to determine which portions of the remaining macro to run (we have two different accounting systems so the macros to format them into the format acceptable to our bank will be different).

 

[Candyman8019]

It sounds like you want to have a userform pop up with a dropdown field in it. In your VBA Project, do an Insert | Userform. Then on that userform, you can add text such as "Select Bank Account", then add a combobox to the userform. In the combobox property "RowSource", enter the range that lists your bank accounts. For example: Sheet1!A7:A37

In the code for the userform, you can then transform the selection as needed for the next steps of your code