combobox value

[cg]

With help from this forum, I found the code below which
works great for my situation except for one thing. The
first item in the dropdown is nothing. I want to force
something to be in this combobox without a choice to have
it blank. Any help would be greatly appreciated.



' This procedure is based on a tip by J.G. Hussey,
' published in "Visual Basic Programmer's Journal"

Sub RemoveDuplicates()
Dim AllCells As Range, Cell As Range
Dim NoDupes As New Collection
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer
Dim Swap1, Swap2, Item

ufCreate.cbVendor.Clear


Set AllCells = Sheet1.Range("f2:f500")
Set NoDupes = Nothing
' The next statement ignores the error caused
' by attempting to add a duplicate key to the
collection.
' The duplicate is not added - which is just what we
want!
On Error Resume Next
For Each Cell In AllCells
NoDupes.Add Cell.Value, CStr(Cell.Value)
' Note: the 2nd argument (key) for the Add method
must be a string
Next Cell

' Resume normal error handling
On Error GoTo 0

' Sort the collection (optional)
For i = 1 To NoDupes.Count - 1
For j = i + 1 To NoDupes.Count
If NoDupes(i) > NoDupes(j) Then
Swap1 = NoDupes(i)
Swap2 = NoDupes(j)
NoDupes.Add Swap1, before:=j
NoDupes.Add Swap2, before:=i
NoDupes.Remove i + 1
NoDupes.Remove j + 1
End If
Next j
Next i

' Add the sorted, non-duplicated items to a ListBox
For Each Item In NoDupes
ufCreate.cbVendor.AddItem Item
Next Item

Set AllCells = Nothing

End Sub

 

[Bob Phillips]

CG,

Add this line

ufCreate.cbVendorListIndex = 0

after populating the combobox.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

 

[cg]

Thanks Bob, I did have that line but the first choice in
the dropdown is nothing so that gives me nothing. I have
to use listindex 1 to get the first value???

 

[Bob Phillips]

Ooops, missed a dot

ufCreate.cbVendor.ListIndex = 0


--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

the only reason there would be a choice of nothing is if one or more of your
cells in the source data is blank.

Change your reference range to not include blank cells.

 

[cg]

Thanks Tom!

-----Original Message-----
the only reason there would be a choice of nothing is if one or more of your
cells in the source data is blank.

Change your reference range to not include blank cells.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy





.