excel vba clear all refedit controls in a userform

Question

I need to add a Reset button to a userform I am working on in EXCEL VBA. I have the following code that does most of the work, however, I haven't figured out how to clear the refedit controls. This is what I have so far:

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'Reset Button
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()

    For Each ctrl In Me.Controls

        Select Case TypeName(ctrl)
            Case "TextBox"
                ctrl.Text = ""
            Case "ComboBox"
                    ctrl.ListIndex = -1
            Case "OptionButton", "CheckBox"
                    ctrl.Value = False
            Case "ListBox"
            For i = 0 To ctrl.ListCount - 1
                If ctrl.Selected(i) Then
                    ctrl.Selected(i) = False
                End If
            Next i
        End Select
    Next

End Sub

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This works for the textboxes, checkboxes, etc. I have tried adding 2 different pieces of code to this sub for clear the refedit controls.

1 :

For i = 0 To crtl.RefEdit - 1
      ctrl.Selected(i) = vbNullString
Next i

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2:

Case "RefEdit"
     ctrl.RefEdit = vbNullString

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Neither works as desired. Any suggestions are appreciated!!

Thanks,

Dan

Answer 1

Something like this should work for you:

Dim ctrl As Control
Dim i As Long

For Each ctrl In Me.Controls
    Select Case TypeName(ctrl)
        Case "TextBox":                     ctrl.Text = vbNullString
        Case "ComboBox":                    ctrl.ListIndex = -1
        Case "OptionButton", "CheckBox":    ctrl.Value = False
        Case "RefEdit":                     ctrl.Value = vbNullString
        Case "ListBox":                     For i = 0 To ctrl.ListCount - 1
                                                ctrl.Selected(i) = False
                                            Next i
    End Select
Next ctrl

Answer 2

It's indeed hard to know what you need to do to clear controls, because you're working with late-bound calls against a Variant/Object that are only resolved at run-time, ie the editor can't help you discover the objects' members - you don't get the IntelliSense dropdown when you type that . dot.

On top of that, TypeName is making your code vulnerable to typos, and in the extraordinarily unlikely event that you have a 3rd-party ActiveX control library referenced that defines a TextBox or ListBox or RefEdit class/control, you have no way to tell exactly which one you're looking at.

Make type checks with TypeOf...Is instead, and consider casting the ctrl control to the appropriate type, so that you keep all the code early-bound, strongly-typed; you get compile-time validation, intellisense and autocomplete all the way - note that becasue of how TypeOf...Is works, you need to put the conditions in each Case branch, so you Select Case True instead:

Private Sub ClearControls()
    Dim ctrl As MSForms.Control
    For Each ctrl In Me.Controls
        Select Case True

            Case TypeOf ctrl Is MSForms.TextBox
                Dim txtBox As MSForms.TextBox
                Set txtBox = ctrl
                txtBox.Text = vbNullString

            Case TypeOf ctrl Is MSForms.ComboBox
                Dim cmbBox As MSForms.ComboBox
                Set cmbBox = ctrl
                cmbBox.ListIndex = -1

            Case TypeOf ctrl Is MSForms.OptionButton
                Dim optBtn As MSForms.OptionButton
                Set optBtn = ctrl
                optBtn.Value = False

            Case TypeOf ctrl Is MSForms.CheckBox
                Dim chkBox As MSForms.CheckBox
                Set chkBox = ctrl
                chkBox.Value = False

            Case TypeOf ctrl Is MSForms.ListBox
                Dim lstBox As MSForms.ListBox
                Set lstBox = ctrl
                Dim i As Long
                For i = 0 To lstBox.ListCount - 1
                    lstBox.Selected(i) = False
                Next

            Case TypeOf ctrl Is RefEdit.RefEdit
                Dim refEditCtrl As RefEdit.RefEdit
                Set refEditCtrl = ctrl
                refEditCtrl.Value = vbNullString

        End Select
    Next
End Sub