MacXL: How to Dynamically Resize a User Form

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How to Create the User Form

To create the user form, follow these steps:

1. Close all open workbooks, and open a new workbook.
2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).
3. Click UserForm on the Insert menu to create a blank user form.
4. If the Properties window is not visible, click Properties Window on the View menu.
5. Type the following values for the Height and Width properties for UserForm1:

   Height: 149
   Width: 352

6. On the Toolbox, click the CommandButton icon, and draw two command buttons that are aligned on the right side of the form.
7. For the following properties, type the following values.

      CommandButton1:
   
         Property            Value
         -----------------------------
         (Name)              btnExpand
         Caption             Expand
         Height              24
         Width               54
         Left                6
         Top                 6
   
      CommandButton2:
   
         Property            Value
         -------------------------------
         (Name)              btnContract
         Caption             Contract
         Height              24
         Width               54
         Left                6
         Top                 36
   					

8. On the Toolbox, click the OptionButton icon, and draw two option buttons on the form.
9. For the following properties, type the following values.

      OptionButton1:
   
         Property            Value
         --------------------------------
         Caption             ExtraOption1
         Left                264
         Top                 30
   
      OptionButton2:
   
          Property            Value
          --------------------------------
          Caption             ExtraOption2
          Left                264
          Top                 54
   					

10. Set the Width property of the user form to 185.25.

How to Create the Code

Double-click the Expand command button on the user form, and type the following code in the Code module for the user form:

Sub btnExpand_Click()
   UserForm1.Width = 352.5
End Sub

Sub btnContract_Click()
   Userform1.Width = 185.25
End Sub
				

How to Run the Macro

To run the macro, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Excel.
2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Forms.
3. On the Forms toolbar, click the Button icon, and then draw a button on the worksheet.
4. When the Assign Macro dialog box is displayed, type ShowForm in the Macro name box, and then click New.
5. Type the following code in the General module:

   Sub ShowForm()
      UserForm1.Show
   End Sub
   					

6. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Excel.
7. Click the worksheet that contains the button.
8. Click the button to run the ShowForm macro.
9. Click the Expand button.

The dialog box expands, and you can see the option buttons. If you click Contract, the dialog box is reduced in size, and you no longer see the option buttons.