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  1. #1
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    Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    Please anyone provide necessary solution. Actually I want to make a Drop down calendar in excel for my personal needs and I don’t know how to do it. I thought of trying different ways by searching over the internet but I did not instead I thought of asking you experts. How to make it? Thank you in advance.

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    Re: Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    To create a Drop down calendar in excel, first you have to create a new user form and then in that add a calendar from tools after that add a command button and code for the command are as follows:

    Code:
    Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
       Unload Me
    End Sub
    Code:
     Private Sub Calender1_Click()
            ActiveCell.Value = Calender1.Value
            Unload Me
    End Sub
    Code:
     
    Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
        If IsDate (ActiveCell.Value) Then
                Calender1.Value = DateValue (ActiveCell.Value)
        Else
                Calender1.Value = Date
        End If
    Code:
    Sub OpenCalender()
          frmCalender.Show
    End Sub

  3. #3
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    Re: Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    After adding calendar in the user form you may need an additional option such as shortcut key for that calendar. Below is the command for the shortcut feature for your calendar:

    Code:
    Private Sub WorkBook_Open ()
    Application.Onkey "+^{C}", "Module1.OpenCalender"
    End Sub

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    Re: Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    If you want to Adding the Calendar to the Shortcut Menu then you have to use vba for it. The code is as follows:

    Code:
    Dim NewControl as CommandBarControl
    Add the next line of code below your shortcut key code. It will tell the Excel that the variable is a new item tat to be added to the right-click menu of the cell
    Code:
          Set NewControl = Application.CommandBars("Cell").Controls.Add
    Next line is for some code to describe the new item:
    Code:
          With NewControl
                .Caption = "Insert Date"
                .OnAction = "Module1.OpenCalendar"
                .BeginGroup = True
          End With

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    Re: Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    I would like to assure you that the caption in the text that appears on the menu can be anything you desire. Just keep in mind that OnAction correctly specify your macro name including location. BeingGroup option puts a separator line over the new item on the menu.

    Code:
    Private Sub WorkBook_Open ()
    Application.Onkey "+^{C}", "ThisWorkbook.OpenCalender"
    Set NewControl = Application.CommandBars ("Cell").Controls.Add
    With NewControl
                    .caption = "Insert Date"
                    .OnAction = "Module1.OpenCalender"
                    .BeginGroup = True
    End With
    End Sub

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    Re: Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    If you are interested in popup calendar then copy paste the following code. You must copy the code in the Worksheet module and then Right click on the sheet tab and choose view code at last paste the below code in the sheet module and press Alt-Q to go back to Excel.

    Code:
    Private Sub Calendar1_Click()
        ActiveCell.Value = CDbl(Calendar1.Value)
        ActiveCell.NumberFormat = "mm/dd/yyyy"
        ActiveCell.Select
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
        If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
        If Not Application.Intersect(Range("A1:A20"), Target) Is Nothing Then
            Calendar1.Left = Target.Left + Target.Width - Calendar1.Width
            Calendar1.Top = Target.Top + Target.Height
            Calendar1.Visible = True
            ' select Today's date in the Calendar
            Calendar1.Value = Date
        ElseIf Calendar1.Visible Then Calendar1.Visible = False
        End If
    End Sub

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    Re: Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    To make it convenient for you I have separated the module. You have to assign your button to call Calendar_Main() to run it after that click again on the same button to capture the date.


    Code:
    Private Sub Calendar_Main()
    'MAIN CALLING PROGRAM: ADDS/RETRIEVES/DELETES CALENDAR CONTROL;
    'THE FUNCTION IS RUN TWICE: ONCE TO LOAD THE CONTROL AND ONCE
    'TO CAPTURE THE VALUE AND UNLOAD THE CONTROL; ON THE FIRST CALL
    'NO VALUE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED YET (EXIT SUB);
    Dim dteCalendarValue As Date
    dteCalendarValue = CalendarPopupProgram
    If UCase(dteCalendarValue) = "12:00:00 AM" Then Exit Sub
    'Optionally run other procedures here - pass the date back to other routines
    'instead of just displaying the date captured (as in the following line);
    MsgBox Format(dteCalendarValue, "MM/DD/YYYY")
    End Sub

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    Re: Creating Drop down Calendar in excel

    Also there is another alternative if the above function don’t work for you than you can use the below :

    Code:
    Private Function CalendarPopupProgram() As Date
    'CREATE/DELETE CALENDAR ACTIVEX CONTROL
    Dim strCalendarName As String
    Dim dteCalendarValue As Date
    'If calendar exists: obtain the selected date and delete the calendar object
    strCalendarName = CalendarGetName
    If strCalendarName <> "" Then
    dteCalendarValue = ActiveSheet.OLEObjects(strCalendarName).Object.Value
    ActiveSheet.Shapes(strCalendarName).Delete
    CalendarPopupProgram = DateSerial(Year(dteCalendarValue),
    Month(dteCalendarValue), Day(dteCalendarValue))
    End If
    'If calendar does not exist: create it
    If strCalendarName = "" Then Call CalendarAdd
    End Function

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