Using Input Bx to Find Record

B

bamenell

I got this code to work and find a record in a range of data and select that
row. But it only finds numbers. I need it to find a string, or a letter-
number combination. What do I need to change?

Private Sub CommandButton6_Click()
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Dim rngOrder As Range
Dim lngReferenceNumber As Long

lngReferenceNumber = Application.InputBox( _
Prompt:="Enter P.O. Number", _
Title:="Enter P.O. Number", _
Type:=1)

Set rngOrder = Worksheets("PO's").Range("A:A").Find( _
what:=lngReferenceNumber, _
lookat:=xlWhole)

If rngOrder Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "P.O. not found"
ActiveSheet.Protect
Else
With rngOrder
.Activate
Selection.Offset(0, 1).Select


End With
End If


End Sub
 
J

JE McGimpsey

One way:

Private Sub CommandButton6_Click()
Dim rngOrder As Range
Dim strReferenceNumber As String

strReferenceNumber = Application.InputBox( _
Prompt:="Enter P.O. Number", _
Title:="Enter P.O. Number", _
Type:=2)

Set rngOrder = ActiveSheet.Range("A:A").Find( _
what:=strReferenceNumber, _
lookat:=xlWhole)

If rngOrder Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "P.O. not found"
Else
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
rngOrder.Offset(0, 1).Select
End If
End Sub
 
J

Joel

the code should work on a string only if the string in the text box exactly
matches the cell. If the string in the box contains only a portion of the
cell data then make the following change

from:
xlWhole
to:
xLPart
 
J

JE McGimpsey

No -

by using Type:=1 in the InputBox method, he was restricting entries to
numbers.

Also by assigning the results to a Long variable, entering letters or an
alphanumeric combination would cause an error - the variable should be a
String variable.
 
B

bamenell

This works just like I needed it to. Thank you very much!
--
Peace,
Brent

JE said:
One way:

Private Sub CommandButton6_Click()
Dim rngOrder As Range
Dim strReferenceNumber As String

strReferenceNumber = Application.InputBox( _
Prompt:="Enter P.O. Number", _
Title:="Enter P.O. Number", _
Type:=2)

Set rngOrder = ActiveSheet.Range("A:A").Find( _
what:=strReferenceNumber, _
lookat:=xlWhole)

If rngOrder Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "P.O. not found"
Else
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
rngOrder.Offset(0, 1).Select
End If
End Sub
I got this code to work and find a record in a range of data and select that
row. But it only finds numbers. I need it to find a string, or a letter-
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