While working with VBA in Excel, most of us face problems while trying to create a data entry form. In this article, I’ll show you how you can create a data entry form in Excel pretty conveniently and handsomely using VBA.
3 Simple Steps to Create a Data Entry Form in Excel VBA
Here I’ve got three worksheets called Washington, New York, and California that contain the names, contact numbers, ages, and genders of some customers of these three branches of a bank.
Our objective today is to create a form to enter any data into this database using VBA.
We’ll accomplish our objective in two steps.
- First, we’ll create a data entry UserForm to enter new data;
- Then we’ll add a button on the worksheets to open the form.
Step 1: Developing a UserForm to Create the Data Entry Form Using Excel VBA
This is a long process and may take some time for you to understand completely. Therefore, for an effective outcome, follow the steps mentioned here with utmost care and patience.
- Press ALT + F11 on your keyboard to open the Visual Basic window.
- In the Visual Basic window, go to the Insert > UserForm option in the toolbar. Click on UserForm. A new UserForm called UserForm1 will open.
- First, drag a Label (Label1) from the toolbox to the left-most top corner of the UserForm. Change the display of the Label to Worksheet.
Drag a Listbox (Listbox1) to the right of Label1.
- Then drag a few more Labels equal to the total number of columns of the data set (4 in this example) over the left side of the UserForm. Next to each Label, drag a TextBox.
Change the displays of the Labels to the column headers of your data set (Customer Name, Contact Address, Age, and Gender here).
- Finally, drag a CommandButton to the right-most bottom side of the UserForm. Change the display of the button to Enter Data.
- Double-click on the Listbox. A private subprocedure called ListBox1_Click will open. Enter the following code there.
⧭ VBA Code:
Private Sub ListBox1_Click()
For i = 0 To UserForm1.ListBox1.ListCount - 1
If UserForm1.ListBox1.Selected(i) = True Then
Worksheets(UserForm1.ListBox1.List(i)).Activate
End If
Next i
End Sub
- Next, double-click on the CommandButton. Another private subprocedure called CommandButton_Click will open. Enter the following code there.
⧭ VBA Code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Total_Rows = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
Total_Columns = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count
Active_Column = 1
For Each Ctrl In UserForm1.Controls
If TypeName(Ctrl) = "TextBox" Then
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Cells(Total_Rows + 1, Active_Column) = Ctrl.Text
Active_Column = Active_Column + 1
End If
Next Ctrl
End Sub
- Finally, go to the Insert > Module option in the toolbar, and click on Module.
- A new Module called Module1 will be inserted. Enter the following code there:
⧭ VBA Code:
Sub Run_UserForm()
UserForm1.Caption = "Data Entry Form"
UserForm1.ListBox1.BorderStyle = fmBorderStyleSingle
UserForm1.ListBox1.ListStyle = fmListStyleOption
For i = 1 To Sheets.Count
UserForm1.ListBox1.AddItem Sheets(i).Name
Next i
Load UserForm1
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
You are done! You’ve successfully created the data entry form to enter any new data into the database.
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Step 2: Inserting a Button to Open the Data Entry Form
We’ve successfully created the data entry form using a Userform in Excel VBA. Now we’ll add a button to our worksheets to open the form.
Follow the steps mentioned below to attain this.
- Click and open the Developer tab from the Excel Ribbon on the top. The Developer tab is by default hidden in Excel. If you don’t see it in your Excel Ribbon, follow the steps mentioned here to unhide it.
- Under the Developer tab, in the section Controls, click on Insert. You’ll find a handful of tools ready to use. Drag a Button (Form Control) from the topmost left side.
- Drag the button to the desired zone on your worksheet and release it. A dialog box called Assign Macro will open. In the Macro name field, insert Run_UserForm.
Then click OK.
- Now, if you want, you can change the display of the button. I’ve changed it to Enter New Data.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully added the button to open the data entry form.
Now, if you want, you can enter a button in each of our worksheets to add more sophistication to the process.
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Step 3: Final Output to Create Data Entry Form
We’ve successfully created a data entry form using Excel VBA and added a button to open it. To view the output, click on the button Enter New Data on the worksheet.
The data entry form will open. First of all, select the worksheet on which you want to make the new entry.
Here I’ve selected New York. The moment you select a worksheet, it’ll become active.
- Then fill up the rest of the data that you want to enter. Here I’ve put Jennifer Marlo, 444204240, 26, and Female.
- Then click Enter Data.
You’ll find the new data entered into the last row of the database.
Read More: How to Create an Excel Data Entry Form without a UserForm
Things to Remember
- While entering new data, the code follows the sequence of the TextBoxes of the UserForm. Therefore, while adding TextBoxes on the UserForm, maintain the sequence of the columns in your database.
Conclusion
Therefore, this is the process to create a data entry form for your database using Excel VBA. Do you have any questions? Feel free to ask us. And don’t forget to visit our site ExcelDemy for more posts and updates.
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