Not sure if relevant for solution, but just so you see the workflow, file is set up as follows:
One sheet is called "Template".
User enters info on another sheet called "Enter Info".
Click on cmdbutton "open client" and the assigned macro copies the sheet "Template" and renames it using certain data (client name) from the "Enter Info" sheet.
This all works fine.
In the "Template" sheet (which gets copied) I have 2 command buttons and have assigned a macro. The macro is saved "in this worksheet".
Example: "Filename.xls!macro_do_something"
This has worked for 2 years now, but all of a sudden every single button in every single sheet (not just new copies) has been assigned to the macro:
"Filename comp.xls!macro_do_something"
When I click to execute the command I get the message that the file could not be found, which makes sense as it does not exist and never has.
I have never copied the file to a different location, I have never changed the file name. It worked fine and correct for 2 years.
Any ideas how this can happen?? Why would the file name just randomly get changed??
As you've been cloning sheets for two years, the workbook could have reached some maximum number of sheets. Some magical 32, 64, 512 etc. Perhaps reaching such a limit would produce an unexpected behaviour, like changing the file name in the buttons assignment.
One other thing you could check for is the presence of a special character in the sheet names the workbook assigns after the client names.
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Is there a way to rename an active workbook in VBA? The workbook name (MTD_Truck_October2017.xls) will change every month I run a big macro on, and it references the name at one point. I'd like to rename it at the beginning to say MTD_Truck_Current.xls, then I can reference that name which will then be consistent for every month.
Also, the macro will need to run on several users computers. I originally just saved to my desktop as a certain name, but now that others will be using this, the path to their desktop is different, so I either rename the workbook at the beginning, or I have to change the path in the macro for every user.
Any ideas? Thanks!
The workbook that holds a macro can be referred to as ThisWorkbook. It has a path and Name property. Rather than hold the name of the workbook as anything, use
ThisWorkbook.Name
I've been working on an independent project for a client of mine. They wanted to produce a button that, upon the user-click, it would open up a user-form and have a variety of macro-related options to choose from: a drop-down list, checkbox, option select button, etc.
I created a test formula and submitted it to the client; they enjoyed it thoroughly and decided to sent me a file to 'copy & paste' my original code within their excel file.
Problem is; because I'm a tad bit inexperienced with VBA I've run into a problem where once I click the button - the user form doesn't show up.
Below is a Dropbox link of the original file I created and it's original code; as well as the file that I am trying to copy.
Any help would be all welcome and appreciated.
Link to dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l1t37lz8uritrua/AAAdWPGvw0GDZ6hW4SwmbBdRa?dl=0
OriginalProject.xlsm has a form named honor_roll_form which contains 100 lines of code.
CopyOfOriginal.xlsm has a form named UserForm1 which contains no useful code.
I do not believe there is any method of directly copying user forms from one workbook to another. Instead
Within VB Editor of OriginalProject.xlsm, select honor_roll_form.
Click File then Export File and save the form on your desktop or where ever you like.
You will now have two files on your desktop; one with an extension of frm and one with an extension of frx.
Within VB Editor of CopyOfOriginal.xlsm, click File then Import file.
Import honor_roll_form.frm
When I try clicking button "Honor Roll", I get "Method or data member not found" for project1Box. I will investigate after dinner (18:57 here) unless you tell me you already know why I am getting this error.
Extra comments in response to request from OP
It is late here but I have started looking down sub execute_button_Click within the second CopyOfOriginal.xlsm. I will comment on what I see even if it is not directly relevant to the non-execution of the macro.
If you open the VB Editor and look on the left you will see the Project Explorer. Near the top you will see:
Microsoft Excel Objects
Sheet1 (Sheet1)
I have always found this confusing. The first “Sheet1” is Excel’s Id for the worksheet and cannot be changed. The second “Sheet1” is the default name for the worksheet which can be changed. You can write Sheet1.Range("A1") or Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1"). That is: you can reference a worksheet by its Id or its name. You have named a variable of type Worksheet as Sheet1. Using Excel’s names as variable names can lead to bizarre errors so it is important to avoid doing anything like this.
It is better to always use meaningful names. At the moment, you know what Sheet1 means but if you come back to this macro in six or twelve months will you remember. I would use a variable as you have but I would name it WshtCis208 or WshtVBAProg or something similar.
Set ID = Range(Sheet1.Cells(2, 1), Sheet1.Cells(52, 1)) could be written as:
With WshtCis208
Set ID = Range(.Cells(2, 1), .Cells(52, 1))
End With
Using With statements produces faster code and, almost always, code that it easier to read.
“52” is the current bottom row for this table. Will you amend the macro for them every time they add or remove a student? There are several techniques for finding the last row, none of which is perfect in every situation. The technique that is the most convenient most of the time is:
Const ColCis208Id as Long = 1
Const ColCis208MidTermExam as Long = 5
Dim RowCis208Last as Long
RowCis208Last = .Cells(.Rows.Count, ColCis208Id).End(xlUp).Row
At the moment, column 1 is the Id column. It is perhaps unlikely that the Id column will move but it is very likely that some of the others columns will move when some new column is identified as useful. Do you want to scan the code trying to decide which 5s refer to the MidtermExam column when a Project3 column is added?
Constants allow you to name literals that might change. It makes your code easier to read and saves so much pain when a value changes.
.Rows.Count gives the number of rows in a worksheet for the current version of Excel so .Cells(.Rows.Count, ColCis208Id) identifies the bottom cell of column 1. End(xlUp).Row says go up until you hit a cell with a value and returns its row number. It is the VBA equivalent of Ctrl+Up.
The next statement subjectCount = … fails because projectBox does not exist on the form. You have changed the captions but not the names.
As far as I can see the form fails to execute because you have started updating it but have not finished.
I have a doubt about my program to the VBA/EXCEL
I made a file called "MASTER WORKSHEET" with various data from a client, my goal is: To create a VBA to open any file in Excel and that I import chosen cells to fill out all data of the "MASTER WORKSHEET", for example, all excel file I open with the button "IMPORT DATA", it will automatically capture only those cells that I choose, but my program it captures but is with configuration problems on VALUE or NUMBER.
If your question is simply "how do I copy a cell from one place to another", an example would be:
Workbooks("Input Workbook").Worksheets("Input Worksheet").Range("J1").Copy(Workbooks("Master Workbook").Worksheets("Master Worksheet").Range("A4"))
If you just want to copy the value, without the formula and formatting, you could use
Workbooks("Master Workbook").Worksheets("Master Worksheet").Range("A4").Value = Workbooks("Input Workbook").Worksheets("Input Worksheet").Range("J1").Value
Obviously, the workbook, sheet, and range names need to be changed to your particular situation.
I'm uploading an excel file that contains sheets, to my server which encodes to base 64 so I decode it as required and process it by adding data in sheet 5 as column1 and column2 with certain number of rows. At the time of uploading, this sheet has some specific formulas on sheet 5 that makes changes in other sheets. So on opening the file which I send as response after editing from server, There comes this prompt that reads
"Excel Found unreadable content in 'MyDownloadedExcelData.xlsx'. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook?If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes', with Yes and no buttons
and when I click on yes and open the sheet, all the formulas are deleted.
I see something like
Excel was able to open the file by repairing ot removing the unreadable content.
Removed Records :Formula from /xl/calcChain.xml Part
Repaired Records : Cell Information from /xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml part etc
So, How do I make sure my formulas in the sheet are retained?
Using VBA you could have an on close event that pastes values and an on open event that recreates the formulas. Your file would essentially save with static data, but then be used with functions intact.
If this solution is of interest I can help provide some coding framework.
An excel question for you gurus. I've tried searching high and low and haven't come up with an effective solution.
I'm trying to create a formula that will lookup a value in an external sheet. I'm using the SUMPRODUCT formula and it works perfectly. Formula is below:
=SUMPRODUCT(--('File\Path\[file.xlsx]SheetName!$D$1:$D$1000=$B3), --('File\Path\[file.xlsx]SheetName'!$O$1:$O$1000=$A3), 'File\Path\[file.xlsx]SheetName'!$Q$1:$Q$1000)
The issue I'm running into, however, is that the source file is updated every day. Although the workbook name stays the same, the sheet name changes. A random string gets assigned to the source sheet name each time it is updated. As such SheetName becomes SheetName ase341.
Is there a way to have the formula read the external sheet number instead of the name? I want the formula to update regardless of the sheet name. If there's no way to read the sheet position is there a way to change the sheet name via a formula in an external workbook?
Usage Example
I have a workbook (analysis) and it pulls data from another workbook (source). Source is updated every day with new data. The data in Source is updated by downloading a report from the internet and saving over the old source file. As such, the file name stays the same but whatever is inside the file is always different (including the sheet name). There is always only ever one sheet in the Source with the same number of columns, always in the same position.
There is a really neat way to refer to a block of cells in an external workbook in which the sheetname or even the block address may vary. Say we have:
=SUM('C:\Users\James\Desktop\[Book1.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$2:$B$9)
however the sheetname may vary. First assign a Defined Name to the block in Book1 (say XXX)
Then we can use:
=SUM('C:\Users\James\Desktop\Book1.xlsx'!XXX)
It does not matter if the sheetname changes, the Defined Name will change with it!
Your issue would be most efficiently solved with VBA, but if you're just getting started this might not be the best route.
You can get the sheetname or filename with just a formula, though:
http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/return-sheet-name.htm