Giving a form a unique ID number

[stimey89]

I have created a form that when printed will be used as a rejection tag for isolating damaged or on-hold parts. Each tag that is printed must have a unique ID number. Is there a way to have excel automatically populate a field, giving each saved/printed tag a unique ID?

For example, I open the workbook and it automatically populates the ID field as #1, and then locks that field as #1 when I perform a saveas.

The next time I open the original workbook, it automatically populates the ID field as #2, and then locks that field as #2 when I perform a savas.

Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered.

 

[baitmaster]

I take it you mean VBA form? And you already seem to have the right means for doing this on the spreadsheet itself, based on your question

simply save the latest form value into a named range, cell, or name within your spreadsheet, then retrieve it each time the form loads.

 

[baitmaster]

sorry, I should always take two attempts to understand these questions... it always looks different second time I read it

You probably want to use the worksheet open and worksheet before close events in VBA
1) name a range in your workbook, "IDtracker"
2) Right click your sheettab and select "view code"
3) in the VBA screen, find ThisWorkbook on the left, and double click

Paste the code

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Range("IDtracker").Value = Range("IDtracker").Value + 1
End Sub

 

[stimey89]

Thanks for your replies baitmaster. I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I got pulled off of this project and never had a chance to try your tips on the form I was working on.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond and again, I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner.