vba macro list box not letting editing some macros - vba

I have an Excel project with a lot of macros.
What I want is assign macros to buttons in the ribbons.
For that I created macros like:
Sub R10_parallel_device()
help.helpON ("parallel_device ")
Call sub_novelty_claims("parallel_device")
End Sub
So the three conditions are met:
a) the macro SUB R10_parallel_device() do not accept parameters
b) it is not private
c) It is not hide
when I go to the list of macros I see all the list of macros named Rnn but all THE BUTTONS ARE GREY OUT EXCEPTFOR CREATE.
Now if I click in that sub for instance SUB R10_parallel_device() I can not edit it and if I click "create" excel sends me to a new created module where
Sub R10_parallel_device()
End Sub
appears.
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When I go to file/options/ribbon if I want to add that macro to a button it is listed and it is possible to assigne the macro to a button but it would not run, giving the error that such a macro is not found.
NOTE: I checked which macro are listed thisworkbook/all/ etc.
note2: this did not help me. this neither
thx

Confirmed it's the macro names - go to Developer -> View Code (or type Alt + f11), then select the module with your code in it and rename them. For whatever reason it's that R# syntax:

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Excel Form pops automatically when sheet opens

I have a specific worksheet with 2 sheets(Sheet1 & Sheet2). For Sheet2 I have implemented a form for the table (Using the basic Excel Form from the top bar).
My problem is that I have to make the form appear automatically every time I open Sheet1 (even if the data from the form will be completed in Sheet2).
Is this possible? Or how can I do it? (I can also use VBA)
To show the DataForm associated with a Worksheet, you use the command Worksheet.ShowDataForm (MSDN Article)
To show the DataForm for Sheet1 whenever you go to Sheet2, you can use the Worksheet_Activate event in Sheet2, like so:
Option Explicit
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Sheet1.ShowDataForm
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Hi GUYS , I will explain my problem:
1- I use object command in excel to bring another excel file see image(1)object_image
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Pop up charts in VBA Excel
I was very curious with the answer in the above link.
My question is, Can I pop up a graph with click of button(The button is on Sheet1) and when i go bach to
Sheet thr graph is gone
Pertinent to your question as it is worded in the Title (i.e. 'Can i launch userform from a button in a Sheet'), you can implement this functionality in two simple steps:
1). From Excel 'Developer' tab select Insert -> Button. By default, it will create a new Button1 and corresponding Click event handle will be added to the Module1
Sub Button1_Click()
End Sub
2). Provided that you have a User Form named UserForm1, add a single statement in that event handle that will open the UserForm1 on Button click:
Sub Button1_Click()
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
In case you are trying to implement additional functionality, please include your code snippet highlighting the problematic part.
Hope this will help. Best regards,
Let's do it by point and basing on the answer you have posted.
Can I pop up a graph with click of button(The button is on Sheet1)?
Yes, you can. You need to:
Put a Button on Sheet1 and associate to it a macro, let's say popUpChart;
Create and show the chart:
Sub popUpChart()
Dim ch As UserForm1
Set ch = New UserForm1
'ch.CommandButton1_Click()
'a) Uncomment the line above if you want to invoke the button press before to show the chart
'b) If you decide to uncomment, remember to change the sub from "Private" to "Public"
ch.Show
End Sub
when i go bach to Sheet thr graph is gone
I don't understand well what you mean here. Do you mean "I want the graph to be gone when I go back to the sheet" or "I would like the chart to stay here but actually it's gone?
a) In the first case, it's enough to remove the image from the Image control of the form;
b) In the second case, it's enough to remove the Set statement from the button's macro.

My ComboBox doesn't display the values I've added in VBA

I'm trying to add options to a combo box in a userform. When I run the code, Excel doesn't give any errors, however when the userform shows up it doesn't display the entities I have added to the combobox previously. That is, when I click on the combobox, it doesn't show any options, only one blank row, as if no items were added to it.
Here is the code I'm using:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
ComboBox1.AddItem "xxx"
ComboBox1.AddItem "yyy"
ComboBox1.AddItem "zzz"
End Sub
I am using the following code to call the user form within a macro:
UserForm.Show
The code given in the question works perfectly well. In my case the code didn't work because I manually entered this part of the code into VBA:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
If you make Excel create this module for you instead of writing it on your own, your code should work perfectly. Excel did not have "Initialize" as a default form so I tried "Activate" and it worked.
To create this module you have to do the following steps:
Right click on user form
Click on view code
On top you will see two categories you can pick, you should pick "Userform" and "Activate", after completing this step excel must add a new module to your code.
In this module you may code everything you want about the content of the combobox.
You should also be careful with the spelling of your combobox, if you spell it incorrectly, you may be unable to see the contents of the combobox.
Ensure that the code segment you have posted is in the userform.
Right click on the user form in the VBA view and choose "View Code". Is this where the code is?
Are you sure that the User Form is called 'UserForm' and not 'UserForm1'? 'UserForm1' is the default, similar to 'ComboBox1'.
The below works for me.
'in the UserForm1 code
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
ComboBox1.AddItem "xxx"
ComboBox1.AddItem "yyy"
ComboBox1.AddItem "zzz"
End Sub
The below will display the form.
UserForm1.Show
Is this the only form in the workbook? Create a new one and see if it does the same thing.
Same problem here, but I solved setting ColumnWidths property to -1 (it was set to 0).

Disable running macros from the "View Macro" screen until VBA project password is entered?

So first, when one clicks on the "View Macro" button, this pops up:
What I want to know is, is there some code that I can run on workbook open (and then "unrun" on workbook close) that grays out that run button (like the others underneath it are) ONLY until the password is entered in the VBA project (using Alt+F11 to open the editor)?
I don't want the users to be able to run any of these subs manually.
If you declare the sub so that it needs input, even optional input it will not show in the list either.
sub Test(optional a as string)
Declare the subs as private and they won't show up in the Alt+F8 dialog box.
Declare them as public (the default) and they will.
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Is it possible in Excel VBA to change the source code of Module in another Module
You can change one line or search through the lines and comment/uncomment whole blocks of code. Capturing the event when vba is unlocked may be the hard part. You may have to run a sub that does this after unlocking vba.
I think you have the wrong approach to this and it would be better to structure your code more properly.
The first two on that sheet are called from other macros that are run with buttons on my main worksheet.
OK. So attach these to a form control/button, and use Bigtree's suggestion to include an optional argument in these subs. They will not display in the Macros menu. YOU can run them at least three different ways:
either from the VBE by finding the procedure and pressing F5, or
by entering the name of the procedure in the Immediate window in the VBE, or
by pressing the buttons you have provided.
The middle two are called when the sheet opens and closes
Sounds like this should be a private subroutine (or, use the method above from Bigtree) and CALL these from the one or more of the appropriate event handlers (at the worksheet level perhaps: Worksheet_Activate, Worksheet_Deactivate; or at the workbook level SheetActivate and SheetDeactivate depending on your needs)
You can always run the procedure manually from the Immediate window in VBE, or by manually invoking the event procedure, etc.
and the last two I manually call when I want to edit my main sheet
Again, call from the Immediate window or manually from the VBE. You only have 6 subroutines here, it can't be that difficult to locate the ones you frequently need. Put them in a new module and organize your modules so you know where these are.
Alternatively, put some boolean in the subroutine like:
Sub SheetLock()
If Not Environ("username") = "YOUR_USERNAME" Then Exit Sub
'other code to do stuff is below...
End Sub
UPDATE FROM COMMENTS
The Immediate Window is like a console/command line, it is where the result of your Debug.Print statements would appear, etc. It is very handy for debugging and evaluating expressions.
There are several ways you could invoke the subroutine depending on whether it is public/private, including
Application.Run "MacroName" or simply MacroName if public
Application.Run "ModuleName.MacroName" or Call ModuleName.MacroName if private
I did not want to use a private sub,
I used the shape name to determine if from a button
On Error GoTo noshapeselected
shapeis = ActiveSheet.Shapes(Application.Caller).Name
' I manually set the shape name in the page layout tab selection pane
' below I test for the desired button
If shapeis = "your button name" then
goto oktogo
else
goto noshapeselected
endif
noshapeselected:
msgbox ("must run from a button")
goto theendsub
oktogo: 'continue if desired shape was selected
theendsub: 'a button was not pushed
For those macros without buttons, but called by another macro,
set a variable to 'OK' to run a macro, then the called macro tests for 'OK' ('OK' means initiated by another macro 'NOK' means not initiated by another macro)