Error Checking Input Box

Ark68

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Office Version
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  2. 2016
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  1. Windows
I am working with this code for an inputbox. But I'm not sure how to trap user entry outside of the allowable values of 1-7. With an invalid error, keep prompting the user to enter a value until an allowable one is selected, or they hit CANCEL.

Code:
ui1 = InputBox("Select: " & Chr(13) & _
            "(1)   Diamonds" & Chr(13) & _
            "(2)   Fields" & Chr(13) & _
            "(3)   Courts" & Chr(13) & _
            "(4)   Trails" & Chr(13) & _
            "(5)   Passive" & Chr(13) & _
            "(6)   ALL", "Setup Sheet Compilation", "6")
        If ui1 = "" Then
            Exit Sub
        ElseIf ui1 = "1" Then
            pop_Dsvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "2" Then
            pop_Fsvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "3" Then
            pop_Csvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "4" Then
            pop_Tsvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "5" Then
            pop_Psvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "6" Then
            pop_Dsvc svcnum
            pop_Fsvc svcnum
            pop_Csvc svcnum
            pop_Tsvc svcnum
            pop_Psvc svcnum
        Else
            MsgBox "Error"
        End If
    End If

I tried a "Do/Loop Until", but I ran into a snag when checking the value entered. Since the allowable values are entered as text, I couldn't figure out how to isolate a text value of 1 to 7 from just a random string.

Code:
     Do        
        ui1 = InputBox("Select: " & Chr(13) & _
            "(1)   Diamonds" & Chr(13) & _
            "(2)   Fields" & Chr(13) & _
            "(3)   Courts" & Chr(13) & _
            "(4)   Trails" & Chr(13) & _
            "(5)   Passive" & Chr(13) & _
            "(6)   ALL", "Setup Sheet Compilation", "6")
     Loop Until cDbl(ui1) > 0 and cDbl(ui1) < 7
        If ui1 = "" Then
            Exit Sub
        ElseIf ui1 = "1" Then
            pop_Dsvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "2" Then
            pop_Fsvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "3" Then
            pop_Csvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "4" Then
            pop_Tsvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "5" Then
            pop_Psvc svcnum
        ElseIf ui1 = "6" Then
            pop_Dsvc svcnum
            pop_Fsvc svcnum
            pop_Csvc svcnum
            pop_Tsvc svcnum
            pop_Psvc svcnum
        Else
            MsgBox "Error"
        End If
    End If

Suggestions?
 

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Use a combobox instead with Style = DropDownList and populate it with 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Then you don't have to do any error checking at all.
 
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Solution
Yeah Jeff, that works to!
Thanks for the suggestion.
 
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