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ListBox.ItemsSelected property (Access)

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Use the ItemsSelected property to return a read-only reference to the hidden ItemsSelected collection. This hidden collection can be used to access data in the selected rows of a multiselect list box control.

Syntax

expression.ItemsSelected

expression A variable that represents a ListBox object.

Remarks

The ItemsSelected collection is unlike other collections in that it is a collection of Variants rather than of objects. Each Variant is an integer index referring to a selected row in a list box or combo box.

Use the ItemsSelected collection in conjunction with the Column property or the ItemData property to retrieve data from selected rows in a list box or combo box. You can list the ItemsSelected collection by using the For Each...Next statement.

For example, if you have an Employees list box on a form, you can list the ItemsSelected collection and use the control's ItemData property to return the value of the bound column for each selected row in the list box.

To enable multiple selection of rows in a list box, set the control's MultiSelect property to Simple or Extended.

The ItemsSelected collection has two properties, the Count and Item properties, and no methods.

Example

The following example prints the value of the bound column for each selected row in a Names list box on a Contacts form. To try this example, create the list box and set its BoundColumn property as desired and its MultiSelect property to Simple or Extended. Switch to Form view, select several rows in the list box, and run the following code.

Sub BoundData() 
 Dim frm As Form, ctl As Control 
 Dim varItm As Variant 
 
 Set frm = Forms!Contacts 
 Set ctl = frm!Names 
 For Each varItm In ctl.ItemsSelected 
 Debug.Print ctl.ItemData(varItm) 
 Next varItm 
End Sub

The following example uses the same list box control, but prints the values of each column for each selected row in the list box, instead of only the values in the bound column.

Sub AllSelectedData() 
 Dim frm As Form, ctl As Control 
 Dim varItm As Variant, intI As Integer 
 
 Set frm = Forms!Contacts 
 Set ctl = frm!Names 
 For Each varItm In ctl.ItemsSelected 
 For intI = 0 To ctl.ColumnCount - 1 
 Debug.Print ctl.Column(intI, varItm) 
 Next intI 
 Debug.Print 
 Next varItm 
End Sub

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