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1-Visitor
Jun 17, 2011 6:51 PM UTC
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Script to create dropdown menu in Mathcad 14, that imports data from excel file

I need to find a way to create a drop-down menu in Mathcad that grabs material properties directly from an Excel file, and plugs them into the mathcad workspace. Could someone please point me in the right direction so that I can try to figure this out. I have attached a picture of what this dropdown menu might look like in Mathcad. The other attachment is a sample Excel file that would contain the material properties. Thank you, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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19-Tanzanite
Jun 17, 2011 7:17 PM UTC

Your jpeg shows a picture of Mathcad Prime. Mathcad Prime does not currently support any kind of component such as list boxes. Are you committed to Prime, or are you free to use Mathcad 15?

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1-Visitor
Jun 17, 2011 7:32 PM UTC

I am not commited to Mathcad Prime. I am currently using Mathcad 14.

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19-Tanzanite
Jun 20, 2011 1:24 PM UTC

Somerthing like this?

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24-Ruby IV
Jun 20, 2011 11:12 AM UTC

Hello!

How many types of steels you want to have in the document?

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1-Visitor
Jun 20, 2011 11:20 AM UTC

Hello!

How many types of steels you want to have in the document?

What difference would that make?

Mike

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1-Visitor
Jun 20, 2011 11:20 AM UTC

There are many different ways this can be achieved. I usually embed an Excel sheet within my Mathcad worksheet and hide it if it is not meant for display purposes.

Insert, component and select the Excel component. Then the data can be called from within your Mathcad sheet.

Mike

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