I'm just starting to learn VBA and I've tried to find solutions here but to no avail. I'm seeking a VBA macro for this:
I have a sheet in my workbook called LOG that gets a timestamp in column A when I start to fill the row. Once I've completed a task I use =CONCATENATE in column I to summarize the rows A through H. Column I has the formula content filled down to row 300 or more. Column A is blank until I enter a time-stamp
( "ctrl + :" ).
What I am seeking to do is run a macro through a command button where it will find the last timestamped row in column A, and then select and copy contents (not the formula) of that row in column I to clipboard.
I've tried to modify so many different suggestions I've found in stackoverflow but with little success. I'm not sure really what I'm doing wrong and I've tried so many of them I don't know which I would share with you for an example. Any help would be very appreciated! Thanks again!
1) Define a function to copy some text to the clipboard:
Sub CopyText(Text As String)
'VBA Macro using late binding to copy text to clipboard.
'By Justin Kay, 8/15/2014
Dim MSForms_DataObject As Object
Set MSForms_DataObject = CreateObject("new:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
MSForms_DataObject.SetText Text
MSForms_DataObject.PutInClipboard
Set MSForms_DataObject = Nothing
End Sub
Then something like this:
Sub GetLastTimestampAndCopy()
dim ws as worksheet
dim strValue as string
dim lngLastRow as long
set ws = Activeworkbook.Worksheets("LOG")
' Get the last populated cell in the first column
lngLastRow = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
' Get corresponding value in the same row but in column I
strValue = ws.Cells(lngLastRow, 9).Value
CopyText strValue
End Sub
Execute the second SUB and you should have the value on your clipboard.
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I am having troubles with a VBA code I want to write. I have looked through different questions here and in other forums but I cant find something that will help my needs.
My problem is about a table named "TableLaw", with about 43 columns and over 10000 rows.
Practically, my need can be divided in two parts:
Verify all fields in column [Comments] from TableLaw. Meaning, I want to see if all data fields in that column are not empty. So I will need to check over 10000 rows. Please note: the fields I am verifying have a formula in them, so they are not really empty. The formula concatenates some cells to form a comment. I need to see if there is a comment or not in each cell
If there are empty fields in the column [Comments], I want to block the workbook from saving. I would like to also highlight the cells that are 'empty' in the column to help the user see which field in the column he needs to work on.
I have no problems with the blocking from saving part, but I am having serious trouble with even forming a For Each or something that will iterate from cell to cell in the column [Comment] checking if the cell is empty or it has a formula only and highlight those cells which are empty.
It is important to use structure names like [Comments] because the user might add new columns to the table.
Thanks, and sorry for the trouble. I am relatively new to VBA and my prior knowledge in programming is few.
I have seen lots of complicated code snippets that I just can not understand, but I got this and I am sure all of you will laugh at my incompetence and doubt if I really did something:
Sub TableTest()
Dim tbl As ListObject
Dim tRows As Long
Dim tCols As Long
Dim lo As ListObject
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim lr As ListRow
Dim lc As ListColumn
'I used this to get the column number and then use it in a For cycle to go through all cells in the column
col = WorksheetFunction.Match("COMMENTS", Sheets("Orders").Range("5:5"), 0)
Set tbl = ActiveSheet.ListObjects("TableLaw")
With tbl.DataBodyRange
tRows = .Rows.Count
tCols = .Columns.Count
End With
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Orders")
Set lo = ws.ListObjects("TableLaw")
For Each lr In lo.ListRows
Cells(lr, col).Interior.ColorIndex = 37
Next lr
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
'I added the range like this because I do not know how to add the column name.
If WorksheetFunction.CountA(Worksheets("Orders").Range("AM6:AM10500")) <> "" Then
MsgBox "Workbook will not be saved unless all comments are added"
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub
You can check it with the .Value function
ie.
If (Range("A1").Value = "") Then
''' PROCESS CODE
End If
Please find my requirement below for which I am unable to find any solution:
1. Iterate over workSheet from workbook
2. Find all the columns containing date values using current format/type of column (Here is a trick. Worksheet is not static, it can contain any number of columns containing date values. Columns containing date values may have any name. And such worksheets can be more than one in number)
3. Apply macro on date columns for date formatting (below macro) if "Flag" value is "y"
<code>
Sub FormatDate()
If wksSecDist.Range("Flag").value = "y" Then
LastRowColA = Range("X" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
' Here I am finding total number of rows in column X
wksSecDist.Range("X2", "X" & LastRowColA).NumberFormat = "dd/mmm/yyyy"
' Here applying specified date format to Range("X2", "X10") [if last row index for column X is 10]
End If
End Sub
</code>
I am just a beginner to VBA.
Thanks in advance.
I suspect you didn't find a solution on the internet because you looked simply for a solution and not the parts needed to build your own solution.
You mention you are a VBA beginner, please take the below answer to be of educational use and begin you in getting you where you need your tool to be. Note, if it doesn't answer your question because of information that was not included, it has still answered your question and the missing information should form part of a new question. That said, lets get this function up and running.
From what you have written I have interpreted the requirement to be: -
Look over all worksheets in a workbook ('worksheets can be more than one in number')
Check every column to see if it holds a date value
If it does, set the whole column to a specific format
What is needed to accomplish this is iteration(loops), one to loop through all worksheet, and another to loop through all columns: -
The is pseudo code of the target: -
.For each Worksheet in the Workbook
..For each Column in the Worksheet
...If the Column contains dates then format it as required
..Process next column
.Process next Worksheet
We achieve this using a variable to reference a Worksheet and using a loop (For Each) to change the reference. The same goes for the columns.
Public Sub Sample()
Dim WkSht As Excel.Worksheet
Dim LngCols As Long
Dim LngCol As Long
'This loop will process the code inside it against every worksheet in this Workbook
For Each WkSht In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
'Go to the top right of the worksheet and then come in, this finds the last used column
LngCols = WkSht.Range(WkSht.Cells(1, WkSht.Columns.Count).Address).End(xlToLeft).Column
'This loop will process the code inside it against every column in the worksheet
For LngCol = 1 To LngCols
'If the first cell contains a date then we should format the column
If IsDate(WkSht.Cells(2, LngCol)) Then
'Set right to the bottom of the sheet
WkSht.Range(WkSht.Cells(2, LngCol), WkSht.Cells(WkSht.Rows.Count, LngCol)).NumberFormat = "dd/mmm/yyyy"
End If
Next
Next
End Sub
Hopefully that has all made sense, this does work on the premise that the header row is always row 1 and there are no gaps in the columns, but these are separate issues you can approach when you're ready to.
Column 1 is in Sheet1 and column 2 is in Sheet2. If the value is not found , then highlight that cell. I am trying to do a vlookup comparing two columns. I think the Syntax is incorrect. Please see my code I was trying below:
Option Explicit
Sub VlookupColoums()
' declarations
Dim lookFor As Range
Dim srchRange As Range
Dim I As Long
Dim vtest As Variant
' start
Set lookFor = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A13").End(xlUp)
Set srchRange = Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A2").End(xlUp)
vtest = Application.VLookup(lookFor.Rows.Count, srchRange.Rows.Count, 2, False)
' process
For I = 1 To lookFor.Rows.Count
If IsError(vtest) Then
srchRange.Interior.Color = 4
Else
Exit Sub
End If
Next I
End Sub
Assuming you have data on Sheet1!A1:A15 and Sheet2!A1:A10.
Also assuming you want to highlight unique cells (ones withouth at least one identical in the other list) on Sheet2.
Basically you want to format all the cells that if counted on the other list comes up with 0. The steps:
Select all the cells to be evaluated on Sheet2
Go to Home/Styles/Conditional Formatting
Select New Rule, then Use a formula to determine...
Enter this formula: =COUNTIF(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$5,A1)=0
Click on the Format button, and set up a formatting for the unique cells
OK
Profit. :)
The variable tablelength counts how many items are in a table of mine. I want to select my entire table, but it varies in sizes so my range has to include a variable. I've googled a lot and searched this site (Using variables in Excel range <- that method looked promising but didn't work). Below is a snippet of my code, but includes everything that is relevant.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim shSource As Worksheet
Dim shDest As Worksheet
Dim tablelength As Integer
Set shDest = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet2")
'here comes some code that determines the value of tablelength, which is 8 in this case
shDest.Range("L" & "4" & ":" & "M" & tablelength).Select
End Sub
I appreciate the help.
edit: the debugger highlights the shDest.Range code.
Unless you need tablelength variable somewhere else in the code, you could try using:
shDest.Range("L4").CurrentRegion.Select
CurrentRegion.Select will select all cells starting from "L4" until it reaches a blank row and column, so providing your tables are surrounded by blank cells this should select the whole table regardless of the size
Here you go, try this:
ActiveSheet.Range(Cells(2, 3), Cells(10, 4)).Select
Taken from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291308
The first parameter to Cells is the row and the second is the column as a number.
So for you it would look something like this:
shDest.Range(Cells(4, 12), Cells(tablelength, 13)).Select
If it's a proper Table on the spreadsheet, and not just cells formatted to look like a table, you can directly refer to the 'live' size of the table in your code without jumping through all these hoops.
In your VBA code,
The 'Table' is referred to as a ListObject
You can declare a new ListObject, and look up its DataBodyRange.Rows.Count
This should work:
Sub MyMacro()
Dim Tabl As ListObject
Set Tabl = Worksheets("Sheet1").ListObjects("Table1")
MsgBox Tabl.DataBodyRange.Rows.Count
End Sub
You can also set a range variable to refer to the 'Data' range. You need to use the following code.
Dim Rng As Range
Set Rng = Worksheets("Sheet1").ListObjects("Table1").DataBodyRange
Now Rng.Cell(1,1) or Rng.Range("A1") refers to the top left cell of the data body and so on and so forth...
I am trying to create an "Insert Column" macro in Excel.
The workbook uses formulas and conditional formatting to display progress along a timeline. I need to provide users with a way to add additional columns to the timeline.
The macro I am trying to build locates the last column and copies the entirety of column lastColumn into column newColumn. However, everything that I find online and try to adapt either gives me an object error or doesn't do anything. Please help me figure out how to do this.
Here's my code so far.
Sub InsertColumn()
Dim lastColumn As Long
Dim newColumn As Long
With ActiveSheet
lastColumn = .Range("A1").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).column
End With
newColumn = lastColumn + 1
Selection.AutoFill Destination:=Columns(lastColumn & ":" & newColumn), Type:=xlFillDefault
End Sub
If you are simply trying to copy the one column to another then this will work:
Sub InsertColumn()
Dim lastColumn As Long
lastColumn = ActiveSheet.Range("A1").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Column
Columns(lastColumn).Copy Destination:=Columns(lastColumn + 1)
End Sub