I am looking some suggestions for a good book i can buy online to learn about writing VBA for excel. I find this forum very useful for help on solutions to write VBA code but i would like to learn the basics so i can understand what it is i am adding into my excel files. Moderators... If this breaks the forum rules (i've read them and can't see anything).
View 3 RepliesI made the following code to merge 2 workbooks together.
The code is to be executed when the user has Workbook A opened. (All sheets in workbook KPISWD are supposed to be moved after all worksheets in workbook KPICustomers).
I keep getting a debug error on the code that is supposed to do the actual move and loop until it is finished with all of the sheets in Workbook B.
Code:
Dim KPICustomers, KPISWD As String
KPICustomers = ActiveWorkbook.Name
Workbooks.Open Filename:= _
"W:FacturatieKPI per periode SWD.xls"
KPISWD = ActiveWorkbook.Name
[Code] ..........
I have the below code, which now looks to see if a file is open or not, if it is, then copy and past 'Data' and if not open the book and copy 'Data'.
I think the code is sort of right, but im missing something, as i keep getting runtime error when i try and copy. Here is the
Sub PrintSaveKPIUpdate()
Dim sFilName As String
sFilName = "C: estCashSales_KPI.xls"
Set Main = ThisWorkbook
If IsOpen(sFilName) Then
' Book is Open.
Worksheets("Setup Data"). Range("Data").Activate
i have done a search on this topic and found many similar answers to many similar questions. All specify using Application.Run "workbookname.xls!macroname".
In my code, the filename has an assigned value as the master code goes out to many secondary files - the user selects the particular one they want at the start of the macro. The variable assigned is called "UpdateKAMsFile".
how do i get the macro called KAMsRandomColour to run in the workbook designated by UpdateKAMsFile?
so to start off im not able to attach things due to security reasons, what i need is either 1 of 2 macros. if its possible, both are related. one possible is as follows: i need it to go through a certain column (say I for example) and look at the information in it, this information can vary from peoples names along with dates and other stuff, i want it to look through these and if anything has a date today and prior i need the cell to be highlighted. problem is sometimes it might have 2 dates, or no dates. it should have todays date, their name, other information, and future date of something. but not everyone does, this is the macro i dont think that can exists.
2nd macro possibility the other macro uses the first sheet, AFTER been highlighted, normally by hand, and takes it to another workbook and puts in in certain spots. so the first sheet has names of everyone in column K. what i need is it to look at column I and if its highlighted take entire row to other book, and put into sheet under the person name in their tab. the second book has a tab for each person (at this time 18 tabs) which can fluxuate, and each tab is the persons first and last name, without spaces. since when i put sums on main page it didnt want to work with the spaces i had to omit them. again im not sure this is possible.
I would like to know if there is a way to copy a spreadsheet and paste it into a new tab on another spreadsheet. We currently download 2 lots of spreadsheets from SAP and would like to create another spreadsheet to act as a 'central' preadsheet. What I would like to happen is that the data from the 2 downloaded spreadsheets will be automatically pasted into 2 new tabs on the central spreadsheet, then run some formatting macros (which I can do fine).
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a large amount of data on NBA teams and players that is extracted from external web pages. In order to have the data shown on separate sheets to do comparisons I have to use many array formulas and from what I have read that takes up a large amount of memory. I'm now at the point where I'm receiving a message that says "Excel cannot complete this task with available resources" when I open the workbook.
Is there any plausible way that I can resolve this situation? I have thought about converting the lookup formulas from arrays (index/match) to vlookups and hlookups.
I'm not as advanced with using Excel as most of you, and I realize I may be at a point to where I will need to use different software to analyze my data, but I would prefer to stick with Excel as it would be difficult to start from scratch and learn how to use a different program.
I Have been working on a spreadsheet for attendance recording. I will be keeping a new one for each month. I need to be able to take accumulated data from one book and put it in the new one. I have the Following
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhat do I need to do to get my vlookup formulas to look into another workbook(or excel file) without having to open it up.
Here is a sample of formula that I have:
[=IF(C13="","",VLOOKUP(C13,Data,21,))]
I have data like this:
Sammi Alvarez-Vegan
1201 E. Ponce De Leon Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Angie Penns
6870 SW 44th Street
Building G28- #110
Miami, FL 33155
Some names and addresses are 3 lines and some are 4 lines. All have a blank line between. There is a double blank between different name blocks.
I tried to Concatenate so all parts would be in B1 cell. =A1&","&A2&","&A3&","&A4&","&A5&","&A6&","&A7
That did what I wanted for B1, and when I copied it down, B2:B8 was part of an address.
It was not until B9 did the actual next name come into play.
I know there must be a better way
I am using WindowsXP and Excel2007
I am generating Excel reports (with different names) using VBA. The problem I'm having is that for a certain macro, it needs to create a new book, and then activate the original window. But because all the new reports have new names (but using same macros), the name written in code doesn't equal the book's new name. How can I set a variable to be the book name? I do know that the name of the original book will be equal to two letters plus the value in A7. The problem is this: I have written a macro that shows the following
Worksheets("Sheet2").Select
Workbooks.Add
Windows("FT Bi Test.xls").Activate
I need something more like this (though this exact code doesn't work):
Worksheets("Sheet2").Select
Workbooks.Add
Windows("FT " & Range("A7").Value ".xls").Activate
Or something like this:
Worksheets("Sheet2").Select
Workbooks.Add
Windows("FT " & Variable ".xls").Activate
I have only the basic knowledge of the VBA programming. Are there any books you can recommend?
View 2 Replies View Relatedhow to get excel to open a work book in my c drive if i have given it the location in cell m2
eg: the cell is M2
C:AVERAGE PRICE (update 2009) 240809
i need the macro to open this workbook when i click the button in the workbook i have open that has the above in cell M2
I have a workbook with two worksheets. I have an "E-Mail" button within the workbook that, when clicked, emails the entire workbook (using Outlook). The button essentially triggers a macro that makes a copy of the file, opens the dupilcate, mails it, then deletes the duplicate ... all the while the original is still open and not changed at all.
Everything works fine, however I would like to know if there's a way to have the "E-mail" button to just email one of the worksheets. For example, I have two worksheets entitled "WFS" and "CAR". When the email button is clicked, I would like to only have the "CAR" sheet emailed. Here's the code I currently have in place:
I have a workbook that contains two worksheets. The columns are the same between the two, column A is the Employee ID in both worksheets. The other column headings are: Name, address1, address2, city, state, zip, EmgerName, EmgerType, Cell, Address1, Address2, City, State, Zip.
What I'm looking to do is compare WS1 with WS2 and in WS2, what ever is different from WS1, the font color changes to RED. For example let say for employee number 1234, everything is the same expect for EmgerName and Cell, then these fonts are changed to RED in WS2 so I can identify them quickly.
Hi everybody, I'm doing my first excel application program and everything is going good,
but I have one problem.
I want to click on a command button in one workbook that is supposed to lead me to a specific sheet in another workbook and to close the first workbook.
I used the following ....
This is the error i get by doing> edit> move or copy sheet
A formula or sheet you want to move or copy contains the name 'HTML', which already exists on the detination worksheet. Do you want to use this version of the name?
I want to do is copy a sheet into the same book. If I click yes, two more errors pop up.
got work book that has about 20 sheets in it.....there are links throught the workbook. ......one sheet in particular when i go to it, it freezes up...and i get the dreaded "Send Error Report to Microsoft" window"...and we all know what happens next.....excel shuts right down.
I can open the workbook and click on ANY sheet....but when i click on this one particular sheet in the book i get the error message
This work book is a template....its the estimating work book i use at work...and whenever i get a new job to estimate i open up this template.....put in my data and save the workbook as the job title.....so basically i have about 50 of these workbooks......and it doenst matter which one i open.......whenever i go to this one same sheet in any workbook i get the freeze
and the freaky thing about this is it does it randomly....I make save this template (as a new work book) when i get a new job to estimate.....and i never have any problems.......but today for some crazy reason its doing what i mentioned above......it did this about a month ago too.......same exact problem.
when it happened the first time i tried all kinds of stuff, and the only thing that worked was i had to go to windows explore...save all the files to a memory chip.......go to a different pc with my version of windows (XP)....open each file up......re-save it.......go back to my pc...reload it
I have designed a spreadsheet that updates automatically and shows the company's perfomance on several sheets.
To add to the use of the sheet I would like to offer the user a preference set up. So they choose the sheet it opens on for example.
I am happy with how to do all the above except for the fact that the sheet is required to be available to all staff! so only one employee can have it open in read/write everyone else will eb read only!
I was thinking the only way around this would be to have a second sheet that saves their environ user name and preferences.
That would require using the sheet closed though would it not?
I have the following macro and it keeps coming up with syntax error.
Sub CopyIt()
Dim LasteRow As Long
Dim LastaRow As Long
LastaRow = Sheets("Sheet2").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
LasteRow = Sheets("Sheet2").Cells(Rows.Count, 5).End(xlUp).Row
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Sheets("Sheet2").Activate
Sheets("Sheet2").Range(Cells(2, 1), Cells(LastaRow, 1)).Copy
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues,
Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:= _
False, Transpose:=False
Sheets("Sheet2").Range(Cells(2, 5), Cells(LasteRow, 5)).Copy
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B2").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues,
Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:= _
False, Transpose:=False
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Sheets("Sheet1").Activate
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
It happens when it comes to the paste special bit on book 1.
I have an Excel form that requires the user to enter the name of their manager. Rather than entering the names manually I would like to use the Outlook address book but I've run into a dead end due to my limited knowledge.
Sub GetOutlookAddressBook()
Set appOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set CDOSession = appOutlook.CreateObject("MAPI.Session")
CDOSession.logon "", "", False, False, 0
Set Recipients = CDOSession.addressbook(Nothing, "Select Distribution List Members", False, True, 1, "To:", "", "", 0)
In Sheet 1 I have the Raw Data
with column headings
Name , Address , Station, Work Phone, Home Phone Mobile number
How can I make an address book in Excel
Suppose in the AddressBook Sheet
in A1 if we write the letter A the names starting with A will be displayed in Cell A2 Downwards along with the retreived information abt that recoreds Similarly In G1 if we write B then the recored starting with letter B should be retreived from the sheet 1 containing raw data in cell G2 downwards and this goes on in column M1=C S= D and so on
if I could find a good book on formulas, I might be able to raise the bar on my questions.
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View 4 Replies View Relatedspread sheet training matrix. The subjects to be trained on are plentiful so I have broken these down into different sheets. I produced this to my boss and the first thing he asked was "can we link the sheets so I can get information about one single employee" in other words I have a list of employees in the first column and this list is the same on each sheet, the headings on the sheets are different but instead of having a set of columns about forty headings wide I have split them down to ten headings on four sheets. The big question! Is it possible to print one sheet with one employee but all of the headings? When I say headings I mean the columns under the headings as well.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a macro that I would like to run on every worksheet in my book (over 100 sheets wide). As it takes about 20 secs to run on each sheet, and I don't want to click from sheet to sheet, how can I make it run on every sheet in the book? And no, they aren't named sequentially, either alphabetically or numerically.
is there a function in Excel to return the number of sheets in a book?
I'm using Excel 2003
I have done this once already, so I know its possible but I cannot remember what it is called and how to do it.
I have a "form", I open it up, fill out a few different things, and then save and print it. When I save it I want it to take a few different cells information and report it into a seperate workbook, without having to open the report workbook. I use this seperate workbook to reference when I fill out the form and who it was sent to.
I remember there was a wizard that I used to get it to do all this, but I can't for the life of me remeber what it was.
i have put together quiet a large work book that i can easly update with new info and it is working great thanks to alot of help i got from you all
Now i would like to have all this info go into a simpal user inter face so that my staff can use it i am thinking of somthing of making it like a sml application i would like to know if there is a program that i can download that would do this for me or if there is a simpal way to go about getting it done useing excell its self i know quite a bit about excel but how to take it that far not sure and i do learn fast once i know i will be fine so pls even if it means you useing a complicated awnser the do it as i will keep trying untill i get it working
I save a workbook, the location where I were last (ex cell Z42) is also saved and upon re-opening it again, it opens the sheet to the last location (Z42). So how could I make the workbook and all its worksheets to open at a defined location. ie. A1 for instance.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have twelve sheets in the book called "Jan", "Feb" to "Dec". Now I will use value in the two sheets by this format:
Row1 will contain columns, "jan", "feb", and etc.
Row2 should be like "=JAN!b2", "=FEB!b2", etc till "=Dec!b2".
Now the question is, how can I use reference, but not directly put in the sheetname such as "Jan!b2"?
In another word, what I want to use is like "=Worksheets(cells(...))!b2".