How to get the index in VBA of the selected item in a ListBox

[Stefan Mueller]

I'd like to get the index of the selected item in a ListBox in VBA.
In real VB I do it with the following code:

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias
"SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam
As Long, lParam As Any) As Long

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim Counter As Long

ListBox1.Clear

For Counter = 1 To 20
ListBox1.AddItem "MyItem " & Counter
Next

CommandButton1.Caption = "Index of selected Item"
End Sub

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
MsgBox (SendMessage(ListBox1.hWnd, &H19F, 0, 0))
End Sub

But how can I do it in VBA (e.g. Excel)?

 

[Chip Pearson]

Just use the ListIndex property of the ListBox control. It will be -1 if no
item is selected. It is the same as real VB. Why do you jump through the
hoops with SendMessage in the first place?


With Me.ListBox1
If .ListIndex < 0 Then
Debug.Print "No item selected"
Else
Debug.Print "Item: " & CStr(.ListIndex), .List(.ListIndex)
End If
End With


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting
www.cpearson.com
(email on the web site)

 

[Gary Keramidas]

chip:

what would be the difference in using either of these? they both seem to return
the same result.

?.listbox1.List(.listbox1.ListIndex))

?.listbox1.Value

 

[Bob Phillips]

There is no difference in the result. The former is most useful when
retrieving a secondary column from the list.

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HTH

Bob

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[Gary Keramidas]

ok, i see.
thanks, bob

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Gary

There is no difference in the result. The former is most useful when
retrieving a secondary column from the list.

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)