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When you are using Text Boxes in Excel Macros then there are some instances where you want to restrict some entries in the Text Box. <\/p>\n

For example<\/strong>, in A Textbox where you are entering Amount. Here you may need that you should be able to Enter All numeric characters from 0-9 and also Decimal (.) and Minus Sign(-).<\/p>\n

You don’t have any inbuilt functionality in Excel Textbox to restrict it to only Numeric Values. However, by writing a piece of Code under KeyPress Event of Textbox<\/strong>, you can achieve this.<\/p>\n

Just copy-paste the below-mentioned code under KeyPress Event of the Text Box.<\/div>\n
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  1. \n

    \u00a0To Restrict Non-Numeric Values in a Text Box<\/h2>\n

    To store currency amounts in a text box you should allow two special characters too like Decimal(.) and Minus Sign(-). <\/p>\n

    \nPrivate Sub TextBox1_KeyPress(ByVal KeyAscii As MSForms.ReturnInteger)\n    Select Case KeyAscii\n        Case Asc(\"0\") To Asc(\"9\")\n        Case Asc(\"-\")\n            If InStr(1, TextBox1.Text, \"-\") > 0 Or TextBox1.SelStart > 0 Then\n                KeyAscii = 0\n            End If\n        Case Asc(\".\")\n            If InStr(1, Me.TextBox1.Text, \".\") > 0 Then\n                KeyAscii = 0\n            End If\n        Case Else\n            KeyAscii = 0\n    End Select\nEnd Sub\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    \u00a0To Restrict All Keys Except Alphabets in Text Box in Excel Macro<\/h2>\n
    \nPrivate Sub TextBox1_KeyPress(ByVal KeyAscii As MSForms.ReturnInteger)\n    Select Case KeyAscii\n        Case Asc(\"a\") To Asc(\"z\")\n        Case Asc(\"A\") To Asc(\"Z\")\n        Case Else\n            KeyAscii = 0\n    End Select\nEnd Sub\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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