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About Stuart Resnick
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I can answer any question relating to MS Excel formulas, or to programming with vba (Visual Basic for Applications) in the Excel environment

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Excel - Renumbering Sheets


Expert: Stuart Resnick - 7/2/2009

Question
Hi Stuart,  I am using the following code to create an InputBox for the list of sheets in my workbook. The user enters the sheet number they wish to open in the InputBox. I added the code to filter out a few of the sheets that users will not be able to work on.

My question is how can I renumber the sheet numbers that are displayed in the InputBox? At the moment the sheets are numbered 2 to 9, 11, 13 with the sheet name but I would like 1 to 10 and the sheet name.
  
ResultFileSheets = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Count
For i = 1 To ResultFileSheets
   
'Filter unwanted sheets
If i > 1 And i < 10 Or i = 11 Or i = 13 Then
    
SheetList = SheetList & i & " - " & ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(i).Name & " " & vbCr
   
End If
Next i
  
   
ResultFileSheets = InputBox("Select sheet to copy samples to." & vbCr & vbCr & SheetList)
    
Sheets(ResultFileSheets).Select  

Answer
ResultFileSheets = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Count
x = 0
For i = 1 To ResultFileSheets
If i > 1 And i < 10 Or i = 11 Or i = 13 Then
    x = x + 1    
    SheetList = SheetList & x & " - " & ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(i).Name & " " & vbCr
    End If
Next i
ResultFileSheets = InputBox("Select sheet to copy samples to." & vbCr & vbCr & SheetList)
Sheets(ResultFileSheets).Select

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