My take would be to have a list-box instead of a dropdown. Have a multi-select listbox, and give an option to the user to select the desired list of names.
Regards, Sam On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:09 AM, DaveO <dmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a scenario in which a user needs to perform a "fuzzy" match > between a name and a variation of that name in a list about 4500 names > long. For example, the user may be looking for "Smith, John" but needs > to match to "Smith,John Jr" in the longer list. > > My plan is to write the long list to an array and then perform a first > name and last name match within the array. If multiple names match I'd > like to open a user form and allow the user to choose from the smaller > list of names, then have that name written to the spreadsheet. > > My question: What construct is available in the user form that would > best suit this purpose? Can I arrange a dropdown, for instance? > > Any ideas appreciated- thanks. > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > -- Sam Mathai Chacko -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel
