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Harlan didn't use "-" and he didn't use the Format statement, either:

Option Explicit
Private Sub txtTime_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
If IsError(Evaluate("TIMEVALUE(""" & txtTime.Value & """)")) Then
txtTime.Value = ""
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub



Dave Unger wrote:

Hi Tom,

I'll have to do a 180 from what I just said - for some reason when I
did a copy/paste of Harlan's code, an extra character got thrown in.
Now that I've corrected that, ALL number combinations seem to pass. My
form field (txtTime) restricts the entry to numbers only, the 2nd line
in the code converts it to a time format. Thanks for having a look,

Dave

Private Sub txtTime_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
txtTime.Value = Format(txtTime.Value, "00:00")
If IsError(Evaluate("TIMEVALUE(""*" & txtTime.Value & """)")) Then
txtTime.Value = ""
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub

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Dave Peterson

Dave,

I only use the Format statement because I'm entering the time as 900,
not 09:00 - however, I've tried it without the Format statement,
doesn't work either.

It's interesting that you mention the "-", I don't see it in my
posting, but that's the extra character I was getting when I copied and
pasted Harlan's example.

thanks,

Dave

I didn't realize you were entering your times that way, but I added that format
statement back and it sure seemed to work ok for me (without that "-" stuff).

But if I enter 966, your format statement makes it look like: 9:66 and excel is
smart enough to change it to 10:06.

Is that bad?

If yes, then maybe you can incorporate Harlan's error checking and your
conversion into one procedu

Option Explicit
Private Sub txtTime_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
Dim res As Variant
Dim myStr As String
myStr = Format(txtTime.Value, "00:00")
res = Evaluate("TIMEVALUE(""" & myStr & """)")
If IsError(res) Then
txtTime.Value = ""
Cancel = True
Else
txtTime.Value = Format(res, "hh:mm")
End If
End Sub



Dave Unger wrote:

Dave,

I only use the Format statement because I'm entering the time as 900,
not 09:00 - however, I've tried it without the Format statement,
doesn't work either.

It's interesting that you mention the "-", I don't see it in my
posting, but that's the extra character I was getting when I copied and
pasted Harlan's example.

thanks,

Dave

--

Dave Peterson

That appears to be a bug in the google beta. It appears to add a hyphen
sometimes when you paste code.

Private Sub txtTime_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
Dim s as String
s = Trim(txtTime)
if instr(s,":") then
s = replace(s,":","")
End if
if len(s) = 4 then
if isnumeric(s) then
txtTime.Value = format(clng(s),"00:00")
if Not IsError(Evaluate("TIMEVALUE(""" _
& txtTime.Value & """)")) then
Exit sub
End if
end if
End if
txtTime.Value = ""
Cancel = True
End Sub

there should be no hyphens (-) in this code although there is an underscore
"_"

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy




"Dave Unger" wrote in message
oups.com...
Dave,

I only use the Format statement because I'm entering the time as 900,
not 09:00 - however, I've tried it without the Format statement,
doesn't work either.

It's interesting that you mention the "-", I don't see it in my
posting, but that's the extra character I was getting when I copied and
pasted Harlan's example.

thanks,

Dave

Hello,

Dave and Tom, thanks for your code, but in both cases, it would let all
entries through, valid or invalid. I'm wondering, I'm using Excel 97, and
the REPLACE function in Tom's code, "s = Replace(s, ":", "")" wasn't
recognized, used "s = Left$(s, 2) & Right$(s, 2)" instead. Might it be
that Excel 97 handles the ISERROR function differently than later versions?

I won't bother you any more with this. For the time being I'll go back to
using the ONERROR GOTO statement, that seems to work for me. Tom, thanks
for the heads up about Google inserting the "-", that did throw me off at
first. On a side note, what's the reason for the CLng in Format(CLng(s),
"00:00")?

Harlan, Tom, Dave, thank you for your efforts, much appreciated, and it was
a learning experience for me.

Until later,

Thanks

Dave

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
That appears to be a bug in the google beta. It appears to add a hyphen
sometimes when you paste code.

Private Sub txtTime_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
Dim s as String
s = Trim(txtTime)
if instr(s,":") then
s = replace(s,":","")
End if
if len(s) = 4 then
if isnumeric(s) then
txtTime.Value = format(clng(s),"00:00")
if Not IsError(Evaluate("TIMEVALUE(""" _
& txtTime.Value & """)")) then
Exit sub
End if
end if
End if
txtTime.Value = ""
Cancel = True
End Sub

there should be no hyphens (-) in this code although there is an
underscore
"_"

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy




"Dave Unger" wrote in message
oups.com...
Dave,

I only use the Format statement because I'm entering the time as 900,
not 09:00 - however, I've tried it without the Format statement,
doesn't work either.

It's interesting that you mention the "-", I don't see it in my
posting, but that's the extra character I was getting when I copied and
pasted Harlan's example.

thanks,

Dave

Thanks ste,

The Cancel=True was the key

Dave

Replace was added in xl2k.

This line:
s = replace(s,":","")
could be replaced with:
s = application.substitute(s,":","")
and it'll work in all versions.

And format() works on numbers. So Tom converted the string in the textbox to a
number before he applied the formatting.

David Unger wrote:

Hello,

Dave and Tom, thanks for your code, but in both cases, it would let all
entries through, valid or invalid. I'm wondering, I'm using Excel 97, and
the REPLACE function in Tom's code, "s = Replace(s, ":", "")" wasn't
recognized, used "s = Left$(s, 2) & Right$(s, 2)" instead. Might it be
that Excel 97 handles the ISERROR function differently than later versions?

I won't bother you any more with this. For the time being I'll go back to
using the ONERROR GOTO statement, that seems to work for me. Tom, thanks
for the heads up about Google inserting the "-", that did throw me off at
first. On a side note, what's the reason for the CLng in Format(CLng(s),
"00:00")?

Harlan, Tom, Dave, thank you for your efforts, much appreciated, and it was
a learning experience for me.

Until later,

Thanks

Dave

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
That appears to be a bug in the google beta. It appears to add a hyphen
sometimes when you paste code.

Private Sub txtTime_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
Dim s as String
s = Trim(txtTime)
if instr(s,":") then
s = replace(s,":","")
End if
if len(s) = 4 then
if isnumeric(s) then
txtTime.Value = format(clng(s),"00:00")
if Not IsError(Evaluate("TIMEVALUE(""" _
& txtTime.Value & """)")) then
Exit sub
End if
end if
End if
txtTime.Value = ""
Cancel = True
End Sub

there should be no hyphens (-) in this code although there is an
underscore
"_"

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy




"Dave Unger" wrote in message
oups.com...
Dave,

I only use the Format statement because I'm entering the time as 900,
not 09:00 - however, I've tried it without the Format statement,
doesn't work either.

It's interesting that you mention the "-", I don't see it in my
posting, but that's the extra character I was getting when I copied and
pasted Harlan's example.

thanks,

Dave




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Dave Peterson

Dave,

The reason I was asking - the Format line seems to work whether CLng is
present or not. As I'm still on the steep part of the learning curve,
I probably wouldn't have realized the need for it.

Dave

Tom

True. I am finding I have to be very careful when copying from postings.

The hyphen(s) are thrown in with more frequency lately.

I have noticed it in posted worksheet formulas also.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:41:23 -0500, "Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

That appears to be a bug in the google beta. It appears to add a hyphen
sometimes when you paste code.

Gord Dibben wrote...
True. I am finding I have to be very careful when copying from
postings.

The hyphen(s) are thrown in with more frequency lately.

I have noticed it in posted worksheet formulas also.
....

I wrote about this a week ago. It's unsafe to copy anything from Google
Groups beta *except* from *ORIGINAL* versions of postings which include
all the lovely NNTP tags above the body of the message. Those originals
seem to be literal text without any HTML interpretation, so HTML 'soft'
hyphens become visible.