how could I use string to execute VBA. For example
x=10
mystring1="for i =1" & " to " & CStr(x)
mystring2="msgbox i"
mystring3 ="next i"
execute mystring1 & mystring2 & mystring1
Like this, I want to combine a VBA CODE string.
And use this string to execute VBA
Using Excel 2003 with WinXP. I'm trying to run macro code automatically whenever time = 9:30:01 (or whatever time I pick) for a stock market trading program, which is why the exact time matters so much. I've been able to get the time to update fine, but unless I click on the worksheet while the time condition is TRUE then my code doesn't run. The time actually is sent to me from the stock data provider and it shows up in a cell as a constantly updating value.
I've tried using the Workbook_SheetChange function and OnTime method, but without luck.
In both cases, unless I activate the sheet the code doesn't run. By activate, I mean that I have to click on the sheet when the values that trigger the code to run would be true. If I do that it works just fine, but sitting around and clicking on a worksheet defeats the purpose of automation. Since I'm trading stocks this has to be very exact, so I can't trust a macro scheduler to do this.
The code further below is what I'm trying to get to run. The time value is in cell L1. In cell L2 I have the following
Assume a cell -- say A1 -- has a long formula in it. If I select A1, press F2 to "Enter" the cell, then I have a blinking 'l' indicating the cursor/pointer position WITHIN the cell.
Is there any way to control the position of the blinking 'l' (or whatever it is called)? For instance, in a long formula, I would like to write a macro which could transport the blinking 'l' to midway into the formula string.
Alternatively, can I make a partial selection WITHIN a cell and run a macro on it. For instance, if cell B1 has a heading "Dec 2007" and I highlight just the "Dec" portion of the string, I would like to execute a macro to color it red. I have a simple macro that can do it to the entire cell, but not to only part of the cell contents. Is there any way for VBA to be active when I am WITHIN a cell.
Sub Font_Red()
'will add red color to ActiveCell font
Selection.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End Sub
I have below code to open DOS from excel. it is working fine.
I wanted to excecute some DOS command automatically after opening DOS, command is entered in the excel Sheet1 E5:E1000
Sub openDos()
Call Shell("cmd.exe " & dosCmd, vbNormalFocus)
End Sub
I want to execute the following code once for each day (Mon to Sun)
Dim Day As String
Dim DeletedDept As String
Set StartRange = Cells(Range("Cashiers").Row + 1, Range(Day & "_Date").Column + 1)
Set EndRange = Cells(Range("Cashier_Totals").Row - 1, Range(Day & "_Date").Column + 3)
Set EntryRange = Range(StartRange, EndRange)
For Each cl In EntryRange
If cl.Value = DeletedDept Then cl.Value = ""
Next
I have some code that launches a msgbox and I would like to have the code continue to execute with the msgbox displayed rather than wait for the user to click OK/Cancel.
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Current Code:
Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
ActiveSheet.Outline.ShowLevels RowLevels:=3
If Range("I62").Value = "0" Then
Rows("63:87").Hidden = True
End If
End Sub
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I have the following code:
[Code] .......
What do I need to change in order to make it execute the Call statement on EVERY item in the ListBox2, not the Selections.
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For icount = 1 To LenComputername
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Before
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4 NewYork Bad
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This code is not accepting the values which is starting from strings like this
for example
bearing 15/16 IN LG, 1-1/16 IN OD, 11/32 IN THK,21/128 IN ID
19/128 IN LG, 2-3/64 IN OD, 1/2 IN THK, 5/64 IN ID
steel 15/16 IN LG, 1-1/16 IN OD, 11/32 IN THK,21/128 IN ID
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[Code] .....
I have come across this wonderful piece of code that kind of accomplishes what I am after, to a point. Though I would like the output string to be displayed with a few extra characters.
Code:
Function Concat(rng As Range, Optional sep As String = " , ") As String
Dim rngCell As Range
Dim strResult As String
For Each rngCell In rng
If rngCell.Value "" Then
strResult = strResult & sep & rngCell.Value
End If
[code].....
I want the output to be:
["cell1" , "cell2" , "cell3" , "cell4" , "cell5"]
Junior Fit Softstyle T-Shirt
Antique Cherry Red
Junior Fit Softstyle T-Shirt
Antique Cherry Red
Softstyle T-Shirt
Antique Heliconia
Softstyle T-Shirt
Antique Heliconia
Softstyle T-Shirt
Antique Heliconia
This is column a and b. Looking at b I am looking for a formula that will pull the first capital letter out of each word like ACR to create color codes.
I would like to extract competition naps from the competition entries and then remove the string ending "nap" from the data so it can be pasted to another sheet in it's 'clean' format.
on the example sheet column B will always be the first column and the range will extend to either G,H or I (always the max range as there are always 6 to 8 races)
i would like the code to search through these columns of data and find the cell ending in 'nap' then to return this in column i, once done remove 'nap' ending from both the source cell and column i.
once done to then go through all the rows and do similar
the end result would be all naps returned into cell j and all the 'nap' endings through the data range B to I (max) to be removed to leave the horses name only.
in book 3 the first row nap was sommersturm so i have shown the outcome i would like with the nap ending in I1 removed and the horse name returned in J1 again minus 'nap' ending.
the data will always be clean with no leading/trailing/excessive spaces and always be lower case too. sometimes a space is not in between horse name and nap but it's always last 3 characters i want removed still.
