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    <p>Here is my code for doing exactly what you are asking.</p> <p>I have defined the independent column as a named range called <code>Major_Category</code> and set the drop down validation to a data list. I then have several other data lists that are named <code>cat_subItems</code>. So, for your example the major category would have items</p> <ul> <li>fruit</li> <li>vegetable</li> </ul> <p>then I defined to more lists called</p> <ul> <li>cat_fruit</li> <li>cat_vegetable</li> </ul> <p>which would contain the names of the fruits or vegetables. Then based on the <em>major category</em> selection the Worksheet_change event will change the drop down validation in the next column over to either <code>cat_fruit</code> or <code>cat_vegetable</code>.</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> This code does not play nice if you are using excel's protect worksheet. See <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/445519/how-do-i-avoid-run-time-error-when-a-worksheet-is-protected-in-ms-excel">this question</a> for dealing with Excel's worksheet/book protection.</p> <pre><code>Public Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal target As Range) On Error GoTo ErrHandler: Dim VRange As Range, cell As Range Dim msg As String Dim validateCode As Variant Dim modCell As Range Set VRange = Range("Major_Category") If Intersect(VRange, target) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub For Each cell In Intersect(VRange, target) b = cell.Value curRow = target.Row Set modCell = cell.Offset(0, 1) 'cell to modify the validation' If Not (b = "") Then modCell.Validation.Delete modCell.Validation.Add Type:=xlValidateList, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, Operator:= _ 'sets the validation formula to the list/range name' xlBetween, Formula1:="=cat_" &amp; b modCell.Validation.IgnoreBlank = True modCell.Validation.InCellDropdown = True modCell.Validation.InputTitle = "" modCell.Validation.ErrorTitle = "" modCell.Validation.ErrorMessage = "" modCell.Validation.ShowInput = True modCell.Validation.ShowError = True End If Next cell Cleanup: Exit Sub ErrHandler: MsgBox Err, vbOKOnly, "Error Occurred" Resume Cleanup: End Sub </code></pre>
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    1. COThanks Azim for your help, but its a bit too complex for me :C but thanks again :D
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