Populating a combo or list box with the months of the year isn’t difficult. You can type the literal names as the control’s row source or use the MonthName() function in a simple VBA For loop.

When displaying months in a control on a userform (Excel and Word), use the following code to populate a list control named cboMonths with the names of the months:

Private Sub UserForm_Activate()

‘Populate cboMonths with months, by name.

Dim i As Integer

For i = 1 To 12

cboMonths.AddItem MonthName(i)

Next

End Sub

You can use similar code to populate a list control in Access, but use the form’s Load or Open event as follows:

Private Sub Form_Load()

‘Populate cboMonths with months, by name.

Dim i As Integer

For i = 1 To 12

cboMonths.AddItem MonthName(i)

Next

End Sub

Be sure to set the list control’s Row Source Type to Value List (in Access).