I am trying to create a hotkey shortcut for the "Center Across Selection" functionality. The "Merge Cells" functionality looks nice and all, but is horrid to use in practice because of the problems it creates with Macros and such. So, naturally, center across selection is the go-to tool. I use the keyboard to navigate in Excel, so it would be very nice to have a custom shortcut to make this selection easier and faster, since it is used often.
I have some code for this, which I believe should work, but for some reason, it is not:
In PERSONAL.XLSB - Module 1
Private Sub WorkBook_Open()
Application.OnKey "^q", "center_across_selection"
End Sub
In PERSONAL.XLSB - Module 3
Sub center_across_selection()
With Selection
'converts centered text to regular format
If .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenterAcrossSelection Then
.HorizontalAlignment = xlGeneral
'converts regular text to centered across selection
Else
Selection.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenterAcrossSelection
End If
End With
End Sub
Then, once I save this, exit out of the workbook (and all other workbooks as well), reopen the workbook, and try to use the Ctrl+Q shortcut, nothing happens to my cells! Please help me find where I am going wrong.
Move Private Sub WorkBook_Open() from MODULE 1 to the workbook code area.
You've implemented the macro in a standard module; Workbook_Open means to handle the Workbook object's Open event, but a standard module doesn't do that (the ThisWorkbook class/Excel object module does, as shown in Gary's (well, his student's anyway) answer).
So either you move the macro to ThisWorkbook's code-behind, or you rename the macro to Excel4-compatible Auto_Open:
Private Sub Auto_Open()
Application.OnKey "^q", "center_across_selection"
End Sub
Note that this Auto_Open macro will run regardless of the state of Application.EnableEvants when the workbook is opened.
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I need help to check this macro that intends to copy and paste without formatting. It doesn't work fine.
Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)
On Error Resume Next
Target.PasteSpecial xlPasteFormulas
Application.CutCopyMode = True
End Sub
How do I make Ctrl-V to paste without any format? I want to keep the excel clean and tidy, so users can copy and paste values and formulas without formatting.
Thanks!
If you want to make your own, custom Ctrl-V, well, you can achieve it this way:
' Code Module ThisWorkbook
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.OnKey "^v", "ThisWorkbook.PasteWithoutFormat"
End Sub
Private Sub PasteWithoutFormat()
If Application.CutCopyMode Then Application.Selection.PasteSpecial xlPasteFormulas
End Sub
Try this: Assigning Macros to Short-Cut Keys in Excel
You'll need to work out how users have access to the macro - there are a few ways to do this and I'm not so sure what will work in your environment, nor your access level to make these options work.
I suppose I'd build a very simple ADD-IN in which I'd embed the macro and there also, assign the macro shortcut to override CTRL + V. Then deploy the ADD-IN according to your company policies.
However, we need more details from you to fully implement the solution.
I went for the easiest way. I set up Ctr-v (in macro's options) to run the following code:
Sub Pstfrmul()
Selection.PasteSpecial xlPasteFormulas
End Sub
Many many thanks for all your answers and comments. Best,
Gerónimo
first question here. I've been racking my brains all morning for the simplest thing to do in Excel's VBA: get the value of what a user types into a text box (list box, etc.) in a custom dialog box and copy that, via a macro, into a cell. Not sure why it has to be so ridiculously tough. I've tried the .Value property, the .Text property, everything, but it all comes up blank.
I'd post an image of my dialog box, but I don't have the reputation yet to do so. At any rate, just assume it's a banking dialog box with an Amount text box and two buttons: Ok and Cancel.
And here's my code, cut down to the necessary bit:
Sub AddTransaction()
frmAddTransaction.Show
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Range("A1").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = frmAddTransaction.txtAmount.Value
End Sub
Private Sub cmdCancel_Click()
Unload frmAddTransaction
End Sub
Private Sub cmdOk_Click()
Unload frmAddTransaction
End Sub
As I've said, I've tried the .Value and .Text properties and everything else that came to mind. I've tried throwing it up into a MsgBox or just sticking it into a cell and, at this point, I'm racking my brains not only to find the answer but to figure out why Microsoft made is so tough just to take a value from one thing and put it into a cell.
Same thing with the buttons: I'd like to know how to tell a macro what button was pushed. I've tried using any property that even remotely looks promising, as well as adjusting the .Top property so I can compare that number. Everything. Nothing is working.
Any help would be great. I've been stuck on this literally all morning.
You want to add the buttons to the form, not to the sheet.
So you have 1 button on the sheet that says "Enter Amount" which runs the following:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
frmAddTransaction.Show
End Sub
and the user form has 3 elements: an input box (txtAmount) and two buttons.
Private Sub Cancel_Click()
Me.Unload
End Sub
Private Sub OK_Click()
'modify this to add it to the correct cell
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 0).Value = txtAmount.Value
Me.Unload
End Sub
I have created a cricket sheet in excel. I have also created a macro which is used to display a message when overs bowled are equal to 20 (A T-20 Match). My problem is that when the over get to 20 no message is shown unless I press the shortcut key. Is there anything which I can do so that whenever overs reach to 20 a message automatically displays.
My code is:
Sub Innings()
If Range("H43") = 20# Then
MsgBox "Innings Completed"
End If
End Sub
Include the following macros in the worksheet code area:
Private Sub Worksheet_Calculate()
Call Innings
End Sub
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("H43")) Is Nothing Then
Call Innings
End If
End Sub
Because they are worksheet code macros, they are very easy to install and automatic to use:
right-click the tab name near the bottom of the Excel window
select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
paste the stuff in and close the VBE window
If you have any concerns, first try them on a trial worksheet.
If you save the workbook, the macros will be saved with it.
If you are using a version of Excel later then 2003, you must save
the file as .xlsm rather than .xlsx
To remove the macros:
bring up the VBE windows as above
clear the code out
close the VBE window
To learn more about macros in general, see:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm
and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee814735(v=office.14).aspx
To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm
Macros must be enabled for this to work!
Gary's Student's code is working well. You just need to write Worksheet_Change and Worksheet_Calculate to the List1 not to the Module1. I add a picture.
I found this code online, and it works like a charm:
Sub Auto_Open()
Application.OnKey "{F1}", "WorkbooksHandler"
End Sub
Sub WorkbooksHandler()
On Error Resume Next
If ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Count <= 16 Then
Application.CommandBars("Workbook Tabs"). _
ShowPopup 500, 225
Else
Application.CommandBars("Workbook Tabs"). _
Controls("More Sheets...").Execute
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub
I press F1 and it opens a dialogue with all the sheets. I can select the sheet I want and it goes there.
If I change the code just slightly, and use:
Sub Auto_Open()
Application.OnKey "^{m}", "WorkbooksHandler"
End Sub
Now control-m opens with dialogue showing me the sheets, but when I click on the sheet I want excel doesn't navigate there. Why should the trigger make any difference, and make the execution not work?
Edit: By the way, the code also works fine when I run it manually with F5 as well, just not with the onkey control-m.
The problem appears to be that the Control key, when used with OnKey persists through the whole command even though you've no doubt released the key. This has no effect on most things that you do, but inexplicably effects the More Sheets popup. Take this code
Sub Auto_Open()
Application.OnKey "^m", "WorkbooksHandler"
End Sub
Sub WorkbooksHandler()
SendKeys "{RIGHT}"
End Sub
All that does is press the right arrow key. But it has the effect of pressing Ctrl+Right which takes you to the edge of you worksheet (for a blank worksheet). So the Control part of ^m is sticking around through the execution of WorkbooksHandler.
This happens manually also. Hold down the control key, right click on the sheet navigation buttons, select More Sheets, select a sheet. It doesn't move to that sheet when you have Control held down.
I tried all manner of SendKeys, OnTime, and DoEvents, but couldn't trick Excel into releasing the Control key. I'll bet you could find a Windows API that would do the trick, but it's probably easier to simply pick a key combination that doesn't use Control.
Make sure
Sub WorkbooksHandler()
On Error Resume Next
If ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Count <= 16 Then
Application.CommandBars("Workbook Tabs"). _
ShowPopup 500, 225
Else
Application.CommandBars("Workbook Tabs"). _
Controls("More Sheets...").Execute
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub
is pasted in Modules,
Then
Compile and Run the Auto_Open() manually then try the shortcut
I would like to test an Excel VBA app I made.
However the VBA code messes around with the visibility of cells and that's a pest when editing the sheet.
Is there an option is enable and disable macro's on the fly without having to
Close the sheet
Change the macro settings
Reopen the sheet
Close the sheet
Change the macro settings.
etc.
As far as I know, you can't enable / disable macros from an opened workbook on the fly.
Yet, you shouldn't have to because macros are only triggered thanks to a user click.
The only case I would see is for the Event Procedures (Worksheet_Change or else).
You could then create procedures to activate / deactivate events and call them from buttons in your worksbook:
Sub enableEvents()
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
Sub disableEvents()
Application.EnableEvents = False
End Sub
You can also try these tips from Chris Pearson website using global vars you would change depending on your needs:
Public AbortChangeEvent As Boolean
And check if afterwards:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If AbortChangeEvent = True Then
Exit Sub
End If
'
' rest of code here
'
End Sub
To disable macros on the fly, use "Application.EnableEvents = False" via the Immediate window in the VBA editor (and "Application.EnableEvents = True" to turn them back on).
You can also hold down SHIFT when you open a document to disable macros.
As of Excel 2010* there's actually an option on the "Developer" tab which allows you to disable macros as easy as ABC. Design Mode lets you do just that!
*Maybe even earlier versions.
I often fire Macros when opening a workbook but sometimes I don't want the Macro to fire so I can work on the code. So what I put a Macro in a separate workbook that does the following:
Disables macros
Opens the workbook in question
Enables macros
Then closes the original workbook
Leaves the second workbook open
Here's the code:
Sub OpenClose()
'Opens Workbook below with Macors disabled
'After it is open Macros are enabled
'This Workbook then closes without saving changes, leaving only the workbook below open
'************************************************************
'User only needs to change the workbook name on the next line
WorkbookToOpenNoMacros = "Gaby.xlsm"
'************************************************************
Dim wb As Workbook
Set wb = Application.ThisWorkbook
Application.EnableEvents = False
Application.Workbooks.Open (ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\" & WorkbookToOpenNoMacros)
Application.EnableEvents = True
wb.Saved = True
wb.Close SaveChanges:=False
End Sub
I have Office 2013 and I found a button on the VBA window that did this for me very easily.
There's a play, pause and stop button on the toolbar. In Excel, they are actually called, Run Macro, Break and Reset.
Click the Break button (pause) and any running macros should stop running. I only tested it on one macro but seems reasonable to presume that this will work in general.
Also, I believe those buttons were there for many versions of Excel, so it's worth checking earlier versions.