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    synchronising combo boxes

    I have a sheet with a list of names in column B and their ID numbers in Column A.

    I would like to have a second sheet where if I selected a Name in column B (from a combo box) it will automatically select the corrosponding number in column A (in another combo box) and vise versa.


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    Vetequk

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    Re: synchronising combo boxes

    Hi,

    Are you sure you need two combo boxes?

    If you specify range A1:B10 (say) as the RowSource property of a combo box, and set the ColumnCount property to 2, the ColumnWidth property to be 0 ;10 (i.e. hiding the first column), and the BoundColumn property to 1, the value of the combobox will be the value identified by the bound column, i.e. the column A value, and you can then go on to use this.

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    Re: synchronising combo boxes

    Richard
    I have another sheet that uses the ID in a lookup formular. I am looking for a way to validate the date, so the user can either type in a number in column A or the name in column B and the two columns stay synchronised

    thanks

    Vetequk

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