How To Check For User Interaction Whenever Change Detected
Mar 9, 2013
I was told that the following code would enable my macro to execute every time the user interacts with anything Excel:
Code:
' Repeatedly check for user interaction whenever a change is detected
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Call TestMacro
End Sub
It doesn't work...
To put it into context, he is my entire program:
Code:
Sub TestMacro()'
' TestMacro Macro
'
' Create string variable
Dim undoText As String
' Assign the text to string variable
[Code] ......
My being new to VBA doesn't work in the situation as my programming instincts tell me to set up an infinite loop to continually check for interaction something like the following:
Code:
while( x == 1 )
{
do MY_CODE;
if( USER_CLOSES_EXCEL )
x == 0;
} // end while
However, Excel is apparently 'Event Driven' so I'd love to know how to use this to my advantage in keeping my macro running.
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Option Explicit
Sub customers()
Dim Arr() Dim R As Integer Dim C As Integer Dim ReturnColumn As Boolean
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The second is this:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) Dim lScrollRow As Long Dim lScrollColumn As Long Dim lTargetRow As Long Dim lTargetColumn As Long Application. ScreenUpdating = False lScrollRow = ActiveWindow.ScrollRow lScrollColumn = ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn..................
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' HourGlass
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Sub OpEksInitNu() Select Case ActiveSheet. Name Case ARK With OpEks 'more stuff Case VVS 'more stuff Case KON 'more stuff End Sub
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"Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)"
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Compile Error: Ambiguous name detected: Worksheet_Change
How can I resolve this? Is there a way to combine these two (2) statements?
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) If Target.Address = "$O$3" Then Range("B2:L13").ClearContents Range("A17:A27").Copy Sheets("Letter").Range("A16:A26").PasteSpecial xlValues Application.CutCopyMode = False End If
End Sub
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) If Target.Address = "TextBody" Then Range("A17:A27").Copy Sheets("Letter").Range("A16:A26").PasteSpecial xlValues Application.CutCopyMode = False End If