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Search or filter through controls in a userform

This bit might be useful if you have a lot of controls on a form, and need a quick way to highlight them. This post supports the video:

I uploaded a video tutorial, you can see it here (please view in fullscreen mode, or watch the video in youtube by clicking on the youtube logo):[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RtV9msZ2RE].

Download the file here (Search on vba), or just copypaste the code below in a userform or your own:

Private Sub Searcher_Change()
Dim c As Control
For Each c In Me.Controls  'CHECK EACH CONTROL
    If c.Name <> "Searcher" Then 'IF IT'S NOT THE SEARCHING BOX
        L = Len(Me.Searcher.Value) 'DEFINE "CHUNK LENGTH"
        For i = 1 To Len(c.Name) + 1
            'COMPARE L-SIZE STRING IN NAME AGAINST SEARCHER.VALUE
            If Mid(c.Name, i, L) = Me.Searcher.Value Then EN = 1
        Next
        If EN = 1 Then c.Enabled = True Else c.Enabled = False
        EN = 0
    End If
Next
End Sub