Only allow numeric values in the textbox
Right click on control box > component > Control -> Microsoft Masked Edit Control 6.0.
Or with normal textbox:
Private Sub Text1_Validate(Cancel As Boolean)
Cancel = Not IsNumeric(Text1.Text)
End Sub
In the text box text Change
event, check if the entered value is a number. If it's not a number then set the old value back again.
Dim textval As String
Dim numval As String
Private Sub TextBox1_Change()
textval = TextBox1.Text
If IsNumeric(textval) Then
numval = textval
Else
TextBox1.Text = CStr(numval)
End If
End Sub
I let the API do it for me. I add this function to a .bas module and call it for any edit control that I need to set to numeric only.
Option Explicit
Private Const ES_NUMBER = &H2000&
Private Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
'set an editbox to numeric only - return the previous
'style on success or zero on error
Public Function ForceNumeric(ByVal EditControlhWnd As Long) As Long
Dim lngCurStyle As Long
Dim lngReturn As Long
lngCurStyle = GetWindowLong(EditControlhWnd, GWL_STYLE)
If lngCurStyle <> 0 Then
lngReturn = SetWindowLong(EditControlhWnd, GWL_STYLE, lngCurStyle Or ES_NUMBER)
End If
ForceNumeric = lngReturn
End Function
To use it call the function with the handle of the TextBox.
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim lngResult As Long
lngResult = ForceNumeric(Text1.hwnd)
End Sub