How to: Create a Custom Dialog Box

Use the following procedure to create a custom dialog box:

1. Create a User Form

   On the Insert menu in the Visual Basic Editor, click UserForm.

2. Add Controls to a User Form

   Find the control you want to add in the Toolbox and drag the control onto the form.

3. Setting Control Properties

   Right-click a control in design mode and click Properties to display the Properties window.

4. Initializing Control Properties

   You can initialize controls in a procedure before you show a form, or you can add code to the Initialize event of the form.

5. Control and Dialog Box Events

   All controls have a predefined set of events. For example, a command button has a Click event that occurs when the user clicks the command button. You can write event procedures that run when the events occur.

6. Displaying a Custom Dialog Box

   Use the Show method to display a UserForm.

7. Using Control Values While Code Is Running

   Some properties can be set at run time. Changes made to the dialog box by the user are lost when the dialog box is closed.

See Also

• Displaying a Custom Dialog Box
• How to: Add Controls to a Document
• How to: Add Controls to a User Form
• How to: Create a User Form
• Initializing Control Properties
• Setting Control Properties
• Using ActiveX Controls on a Document
• Using ActiveX Controls on Sheets
• Using Control Values While Code Is Running