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How making a searchbar code in VBA for excel 2016?


I have a code for Excel 2016 (that’s the version of the app my work is using) to filter results in a table accordingly to what I enter into the searchBar (ActiveX textbox).

I would love to have help please:

Private Sub TextBox1_Change()
    Dim dataSheet As Worksheet
    Dim dataRange As Range
    Dim searchText As String
    Dim lastRow As Long
    Dim lastColumn As Long
    Dim rngCell As Range
    Dim rngRow As Range
    Dim foundMatch As Boolean

    On Error Resume Next
    Application.EnableEvents = False

    Set dataSheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")

    ' Find the last row and last column of the table
    lastRow = dataSheet.Cells(dataSheet.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
    lastColumn = dataSheet.Cells(1, dataSheet.Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

    ' Set the data range based on the last row and last column
    Set dataRange = dataSheet.Range("A2", dataSheet.Cells(lastRow, lastColumn))

    ' Get the search text from the TextBox
    searchText = Me.TextBox1.Value ' Use the TextBox name from the Properties window

    ' Clear any previous filters
    dataRange.AutoFilter

    ' Apply the filter only if the search text is not empty
    If Len(searchText) > 0 Then
        ' Loop through each row in the data range
        For Each rngRow In dataRange.Rows
            foundMatch = False ' Reset the flag for each row
            For Each rngCell In rngRow.Cells
                ' Check if the cell value contains the search text
                If InStr(1, rngCell.Value, searchText, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
                    ' If the cell contains the search text, set the flag and exit the inner loop
                    foundMatch = True
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next rngCell
            ' Hide or unhide the row based on whether a match was found
            rngRow.EntireRow.Hidden = Not foundMatch
        Next rngRow
    Else
        ' If the TextBox is empty, unhide all rows to show the original source data
        dataRange.Rows.Hidden = False
    End If

    Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

The code I’ve written above isn’t working and I don’t know why, please help me finding out what’s wrong. My table isn’t filtering itself.


Solution

  • I think I understood why it’s not working for me, it’s not appropriate for a table that is a ListObject. Instead I’ve coded another piece of code that is working that I am posting here

        Private Sub TextBox1_Change()
        
            Dim filterCriteria As String
            Dim ws As Worksheet
            Dim lo As ListObject
            Dim i As Integer
            Dim ConcatFormula As String
        
            Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
        
            Set lo = ws.ListObjects("Table1")
        
            ' Prepare CONCATENATE formula
            ConcatFormula = ""
            For i = 1 To lo.ListColumns.Count - 1
                ConcatFormula = ConcatFormula & "RC" & i & ", "" """
                If i <> lo.ListColumns.Count - 1 Then
                    ConcatFormula = ConcatFormula & ","
                End If
            Next i
        
            ' Check if helper column exists and create it if not
            On Error Resume Next
            Dim helperCol As ListColumn
            Set helperCol = lo.ListColumns("Helper")
            If helperCol Is Nothing Then
                Set helperCol = lo.ListColumns.Add
                helperCol.Name = "Helper"
                helperCol.DataBodyRange.FormulaR1C1 = "=CONCATENATE(" & ConcatFormula & ")"
            End If
            On Error GoTo 0
        
            ' Hide the helper column
            helperCol.Range.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
        
            If Me.TextBox1.Value = "" Then
                ' Show all data if TextBox is empty
                On Error Resume Next
                lo.AutoFilter.ShowAllData
                On Error GoTo 0
            Else
                ' Define the filter criteria
                filterCriteria = "*" & Me.TextBox1.Value & "*"
                ' Filter the helper column
                lo.Range.AutoFilter Field:=lo.ListColumns.Count, Criteria1:=filterCriteria, Operator:=xlFilterValues
            End If
        End Sub