Using comboboxes to filter a listbox

Waimea

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I have an userform with 6 comboboxes, named combobox1, combobox2, combobox3, combobox4, combobox5, combobox6 and a listbox named listbox1.

I have a textbox named textbox1 and a button named commandbutton1.

I want to filter the listbox with criteria in the comboboxes such as "> 200" or "< 1000."

So if I select ">200" in combobox1 and ">5000" in combobox2 the items where this is true would populate the listbox.

Code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    Dim Crit1 As String
    Dim Crit2 As String
    Dim Crit3 As String
    Dim Crit4 As String
    Dim Crit5 As String
    Dim Crit6 As String
    
    Crit1 = ComboBox1.Value
    Crit2 = ComboBox2.Value
    Crit3 = ComboBox3.Value
    Crit4 = ComboBox4.Value
    Crit5 = ComboBox5.Value
    Crit6 = ComboBox6.Value

End Sub

I have searched and found this thread https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel...utofilter-2.html?highlight=listbox+search+vba However the code doesn't do what I am trying to do.

Do I need to use autofilter? Where do I start?
 
I've just seen you previous Post #3 .

I haven't really though out what I am trying to do.
I want to be able to sort on text in the two first comboboxes and on values in the four remaining textboxes.
I think your code does exactly what I am trying to do

Where did the "Textboxes" come from, and what are they for, up to now we've only had Comboboxes.
How do you propose to use then for values ????
 
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Hi Mick, I am sorry for not being clear!

There are no textboxes! There are six comboboxes, I want two of them to contain text, combobox1 and combobox2

Ex.

Code:
With Me.ComboBox1
.AddItem "Europe"
.AddItem "Asia"
.AddItem "Africa"
End With


With Me.ComboBox2
.AddItem "Sweden"
.AddItem "Norway"
End With

I have a select case for combobox1 so that combobox2 is dependent on combobox1, not sure if this matters?
 
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I'm rather confused now !!!.
Would it be better if you showed an example of your data and described how you wanted all these 6 comboboxes to work.
And perhaps the basic code, including the select case code your using.
 
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Hi Mick,

thank you for your reply! I will link a picture of what I am trying to do.

https://ibb.co/yQwRTRR

In the picture if I select Asia in the first combobox I want to show all entries with Asia.

If I select Country1 in the second combobox I want all metrics for that country to show.

If I select >50 in combobox3 I want all metrics3 that are above 50 to show.

Etc.


I think that I want combobox 1 and combobox 2 to be optional, and if I select only one metric the rest of the metrics are also optional?

Is this clearer?

yQwRTRR
yQwRTRR
Code:
Private Sub ComboBox1_Change()


Me.ComboBox2 = ""
Select Case Me.ComboBox1


    Case "Asia"
        With Me.ComboBox2
        .AddItem "Country1"
        .AddItem "Country2"
        End With
    
    Case "Europe"
        With Me.ComboBox2
        .AddItem "Country3"
        .AddItem "Country4"
        End With
        
End Select
    
End Sub






Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()


Myarray = Sheet3.ListObjects("Table1").DataBodyRange.Value


With ListBox1
    .ColumnCount = 6
    .List = Myarray
    .ColumnWidths = "70;70;70;70;70"
End With


With ComboBox1
    .AddItem "Asia"
    .AddItem "Europe"
End With


'With ComboBox2
'    .AddItem ""
'    .AddItem ""
'End With


With Me.ComboBox3
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
End With


With Me.ComboBox4
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
End With


With Me.ComboBox5
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
End With


With Me.ComboBox6
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
End With


End Sub
 
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Does this mean if you select just one combobox that is the criteria , but if you select all six then all 6 criteria should apply.
So any number of comboboxes that are selected would form the criteria you want.

I think that I want combobox 1 and combobox 2 to be optional, and if I select only one metric the rest of the metrics are also optional
 
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Hi Mick,

thank you for your reply!

Yes, that sounds like a fantastic suggestion from you!
 
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Try this for the 6 Comboboxes.

Code:
Option Explicit
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] Myarray [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] Variant
Private [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] UserForm_Initialize()
Myarray = Sheet3.ListObjects("Table2").DataBodyRange.Value

[COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] ListBox1
    .ColumnCount = 6
    .List = Myarray
    .ColumnWidths = "70;70;70;70;70;70"
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With

[COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] ComboBox1
    .AddItem ""
    .AddItem "Asia"
    .AddItem "Europe"
    .AddItem "America"
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With


'[COLOR="Green"][B]With ComboBox2[/B][/COLOR]
'[COLOR="Green"][B]    .AddItem ""[/B][/COLOR]
'[COLOR="Green"][B]    .AddItem ""[/B][/COLOR]
'[COLOR="Green"][B]End With[/B][/COLOR]


[COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox3
.AddItem ""
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With


[COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox4
.AddItem ""
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With


[COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox5
.AddItem ""
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With


[COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox6
.AddItem ""
.AddItem ">0"
.AddItem ">50"
.AddItem ">500"
.AddItem ">5000"
.AddItem ">50000"
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]

Private [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] ComboBox1_Change()
Me.ComboBox2 = ""
[COLOR="Navy"]Select[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Case[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox1
     [COLOR="Navy"]Case[/COLOR] "Asia"
        [COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox2
           .AddItem ""
           .AddItem "Country1"
           .AddItem "Country2"
        [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With
    
    [COLOR="Navy"]Case[/COLOR] "Europe"
        [COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox2
            .AddItem ""
            .AddItem "Country3"
            .AddItem "Country4"
        [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With
     
     [COLOR="Navy"]Case[/COLOR] "America"
        [COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] Me.ComboBox2
            .AddItem ""
            .AddItem "Texas"
            .AddItem "Ohio"
        [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With


[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] Select
Update
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]

Private [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] ComboBox2_Change()
Update
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]

Private [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] ComboBox3_Change()
Update

[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
Private [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] ComboBox4_Change()
Update
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]

Private [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] ComboBox5_Change()
Update
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]

Private [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] ComboBox6_Change()
Update
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] Update()
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] n [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long,[/COLOR] c [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long,[/COLOR] ac [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long,[/COLOR] Sn [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]String,[/COLOR] Fd [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] Boolean, nn [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long[/COLOR]
ReDim Ray(1 To UBound(Myarray, 1), 1 To UBound(Myarray, 2))
[COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] n = 1 To UBound(Myarray)
 Fd = False
 [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] ac = 1 To 6
       [COLOR="Navy"]If[/COLOR] ac < 3 [COLOR="Navy"]Then[/COLOR]
            [COLOR="Navy"]If[/COLOR] Me.Controls("Combobox" & ac).Object.Value = "" Or Myarray(n, ac) _
            = Me.Controls("Combobox" & ac).Object.Value [COLOR="Navy"]Then[/COLOR]
                Fd = True
            [COLOR="Navy"]Else[/COLOR]
                Fd = False
                [COLOR="Navy"]Exit[/COLOR] For
            [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] If
      [COLOR="Navy"]ElseIf[/COLOR] ac > 2 [COLOR="Navy"]Then[/COLOR]
           [COLOR="Navy"]If[/COLOR] Me.Controls("Combobox" & ac).Object.Value = "" Or Myarray(n, ac) _
           > Val(Mid(Me.Controls("Combobox" & ac).Object.Value, 2)) [COLOR="Navy"]Then[/COLOR]
            Fd = True
         [COLOR="Navy"]Else[/COLOR]
            Fd = False
            [COLOR="Navy"]Exit[/COLOR] For
        [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] If
   [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] If
[COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] ac
  [COLOR="Navy"]If[/COLOR] Fd [COLOR="Navy"]Then[/COLOR]
      c = c + 1
        [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] nn = 1 To 6
            Ray(c, nn) = Myarray(n, nn)
       [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] nn
  [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] If
  [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] n
[COLOR="Navy"]With[/COLOR] ListBox1
    .Clear
    .List = Ray
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] With
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
Regards Mick
 
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Hi Mick,

this is flawless!

I have one question, would it be possible to remove the dependent combobox2 and use .AddItem or .List instead for combobox2?
 
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No problem .
Add the code below to the "UserForm_Initialize" code and remove the Select case from the Combobox1_change code.
Don't forget to leave the calling line "Update" at the bottom of the code.

NB:- In each combobox in this new code I have a added Blank row (i.e. "") so you can select a empty combobox value


Something like:-
Code:
 With Me.ComboBox2
    .AddItem ""
    .AddItem "Country1"
    .AddItem "Country2"
    .AddItem "Country3"
    .AddItem "Country4"
    .AddItem "Texas"
    .AddItem "Ohio"
End With
 
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Hi Mick,

thank you for your time and your help!

It is very kind of you!
 
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