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