XL98: Returning Values from a Multi-Column ListBox

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1. Save and close any open workbooks, and then open a new workbook.
2. On Sheet1, enter the following values:

          A1: 1996  B1: February  C1: 23
          A2: 1997  B2: March     C2: 18
          A3: 1998  B4: September C3: 7
          A4: 1999  B4: November  C4: 3
   						

3. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).
4. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.
5. Draw a ListBox control on the UserForm.
6. Open the Properties window (press F6).
7. Change the following properties of the ListBox control to the following values:

          Property         Value
          ----------------------
          BoundColumn       1
          ColumnCount       3
   						

8. Draw a Label control on the UserForm.
9. Double-click the UserForm to open the Code window for the UserForm.
10. In the module type the following code:

            Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
    
               ' Populate the ListBox.
               ListBox1.List = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:C4")
            End Sub
    
            Private Sub ListBox1_Change()
              Dim SourceData As Range
              Dim Val1 As String, Val2 As String, Val3 As String
    
              ' Get Range that the ListBox is bound to.
              Set SourceRange = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:C4")
    
              Val1 = ListBox1.Value
              ' Get the value of the second column.
              Val2 = SourceRange.Offset(ListBox1.ListIndex, 1).Resize(1, _
                 1).Value
              ' Get the value of the third column.
              Val3 = SourceRange.Offset(ListBox1.ListIndex, 2).Resize(1, _
                 1).Value
    
              ' Concatenate the three values together and display them in
              ' Label1.
              Label1.Caption = Val1 & " " & Val2 & " " & Val3
            End Sub
    						

11. Run the UserForm. To do this, activate the UserForm, and then click Run Sub/UserForm on the Run menu.

When you click an entry in the list box, the label will change to reflect all three of the columns in that entry.