Excel VBA Case not recognizing value of cell - vba

Im trying to use VBA to hide/show a group of rows on a separate sheet within the same workbook named Invoice
To do this, on the InputForm sheet, there is a cell (N14) which uses =ISBLANK(D53) to check if D53 contains anything and obviously returns TRUE/FALSE
From this im trying to run an If Statement in VBA to hide/show rows based on whether the cell N14 contains TRUE/FALSE
The code i've tried works ok if i manually type TRUE/FALSE but not if it is automatically entered by the formula.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address(False, False) = "N14" Then
Select Case Target.Value
Case "TRUE": Sheets("Invoice").Rows("57:123").Hidden = True:
Case "FALSE": Sheets("Invoice").Rows("57:123").Hidden = False:
End Select
End If
End Sub
The format of Cell N14 is "Text"

As I mentioned in comments, Worksheet_Change doesn't fires when result of your formula changes. It fires only if you change value of cell itself. You should look into Worksheet_Calculate event instead:
Private Sub Worksheet_Calculate()
Application.EnableEvents = False
Sheets("Invoice").Rows("57:123").Hidden = Range("N14").Value
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

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If Cells A1:C1= "No", All cells in the risk of the row will be blocked from input

Anyone know how to block cells from input (also gray it out) if for example cells A1:C1 = "No" then the rest of the row up to a say F1 is grayed out and blocked from input? I was hoping to do this in VBA but if there are other easier ways, please let me know! Thank you!
Didi
Just to show a different approach:
Put this in the sheet-code-tab:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not (Intersect(Target, Me.Range("D1:F1")) Is Nothing) And Me.Evaluate("AND(LOWER(A1:C1)=""no"")") Then Me.Range("A1").Select
End Sub
And to grey them out, best will be conditional formatting:
Range: =$D$1:$F$1
Formula: =AND(LOWER($A$1:$C$1)="no")
Using the conditional formatting allows to change the cells as you like without the need to alter the VBA code (this also will be faster)
The VBA part itself, just sets the selected cell to A1 if A1:C1 is "No" and a range is selected which also includes any of the cells of D1:F1
The LOWER can be skipped if you want it to be case sensitive
The only con is: if A1:C1 is "no" you still can paste a range to a cell (not any of D1:F1 directly) which also include the locked cells.
The biggest pro is: this also works for shared workbooks (as there is no need to lock/unlock sheets)
EDIT
If the cells need to be protected then something like this will do:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim a As Boolean
a = Me.Evaluate("AND(LOWER(A1:C1)=""no"")")
If a <> Me.Range("D1").Locked Then
Me.Unprotect
Me.Range("D1:F1").Locked = a
Me.Protect
End If
End Sub
as was mentioned in the comments, look to use a workbook change event with the following sub
Sub test()
If Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = "no" And Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B1").Value = "no" And Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1").Value = "no" Then
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D1:F1").Interior.Color = RGB(220, 220, 220)
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D1:F1").Locked = True
Worksheets("Sheet1").Protect
End If
End Sub

Locking cell based on value on other cell

Please find the below code. I am not sure where am I going wrong in my code.
My purpose is to check the value in D44 cell(drop down list) and based on the value lock/unlock D45 cell.
Values in D44 are NO,13 fracto,18 fracto,Any Other Fracto"
User should be able to edit the cell D45 only if the D44 cell value is set to "Any Other Fracto".
Sub TheSelectCase()
Select Case Range("D44").Value
Case "Any Other Fracto"
Range("D45").Locked = False
Range("D45").Activate
Case = "NO"
Range("D45").Locked = True
Range("D45").Clear
Case <> "NO" Or "Any Other Fracto"
Range("D45").Locked = True
End Select
End Sub
Unless the dropdown is an ActiveX control, you'll need to do this via Worksheet_Change event handler, and also, you only have two cases: 1) A case where user is allowed to edit ("Any other fracto") and 2) any other value in which the user is not allowed to edit.
Assuming you're using a Validation List, do this in the worksheet's Worksheet_Change event:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Exit on any other cell
If Intersect(Target, Range("D44")) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Application.EnableEvents = False
Dim inputCell As Range
Set inputCell = Range("D45")
Select Case Trim(LCase(Target.Value))
Case "any other fracto"
inputCell.Locked = False
inputCell.Activate
Case Else
'This handles **ANY** other value in the dropdown
inputCell.Locked = True
InputCell.Clear
End Select
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

(VBA) Putting ComboBox + macroevent on cell change

I'm trying to put a combobox inside active worksheet (but not activeX combobox), choose a list to fill and linked cell. It is an easy task, for example:
Sub make_combobox()
ActiveSheet.DropDowns.Add(69.75, 1.5, 79.5, 40.5).Select
Selection.Name = "combo"
ActiveSheet.Shapes("combo").Select
With Selection
.ListFillRange = "$A$1:$A$3"
.LinkedCell = "$D$1"
.DropDownLines = 8
.Display3DShading = False
End With
End Sub
I tried to put macro in worksheet containing this combobox, which will show msgbox whenever chosen linked cell is changed according to the chosen option in combobox. I wrote this in Worksheet section:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("D1")) Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "It works!"
End If
End Sub
Unfortunately, it doesn't work (Actually, it works when I change a value in D1 manually, but not work as a result of change in combobox).
Just assign a macro to the control using the OnAction property. It will run after every change made to the Combobox's value.

Use VBA to render cell containing drop down list, read only if range has value

how do I, using VBA, make a G1 read only if any cell in a range say like A4:E50 has a value? My intent is to disable the option in G1 which is a drop down list, as soon as the user populates any of the cells in range A4:E50. If the users deletes all the values in the range, only then will the options in G1 be available. How do i achieve this?
This is a quick solution I just came up with... Not pretty, but it'll do the trick:
First run this macro just once:
Sub LockOneTime()
ActiveSheet.Cells.Locked = False
ActiveSheet.Range("G1").Locked = True
End Sub
Then put this in your worksheet code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("A1:E40")) > 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Protect contents:=True
Else
ActiveSheet.Protect contents:=False
End If
End Sub
It's a quick and dirty way to get what you're looking to achieve...
EDIT Based upon Other cells being Locked:
Given you can't use worksheet protection to avhieve your goal, just put this code in your worksheet's code module (You no longer need the first LockOneTime macro):
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not (Intersect(Target, Range("G1")) Is Nothing) Then
If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("A4:E50")) > 0 Then
Application.EnableEvents = False
MsgBox "You cannot change the value in cell G1"
Application.Undo
Application.EnableEvents = True
End If
End If
End Sub
This won't let a change happen to cell G1, BUT its draw-back is, assuming you changed a lot of cells and G1 was one of them, it won't let any changes happen... In other words, if G1 is one of the cells being changed, then none of the cells will be allowed to be changed.
Hope this is ok by you, otherwise, the code gets a bit more complex and involved....

Excel - Run-time error '1004': Unable to set the hidden property of the range class

I am new to scripting and I am trying to improve a existing Macro. I recorded a macro to remove duplicate and added it in a Main function which calls some other functions, but I am getting this error when I add the macro I recorded:
Run-time error '1004': Unable to set the hidden property of the range class
The code looks like
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim changed As Range
Set changed = Intersect(Target, Range("J15"))
If Not changed Is Nothing Then
Range("A48:A136").EntireRow.Hidden = True
Select Case Target.Value
Case "Agriculture"
Range("A48:A96").EntireRow.Hidden = False
Case "Commercial"
Range("A97:A136").EntireRow.Hidden = False
Case "MDP"
Range("A48:A61").EntireRow.Hidden = False
End Select
Range("J15").Select
End If
End Sub
Some possible answers:
You have a comment in one of the selected cells
You have some drawn objects which don't resize with text
Your worksheet is protected
When you set a breakpoint on the first line of the event handler, and then press F8 to step through the macro, I'm assuming it crashes on the line:
Range("A48:A136").EntireRow.Hidden = True
When people say "You have a comment in one of the selected cells", keep in mind that THE COMMENT CAN BE IN A DIFFERENT COLUMN.
If a comment box is over the column you're trying to hide (like if you're hiding every column to the right and you have comments in a completely different column), this is the error you'll get.
If you try to manually hide the column, you'll get a different confusing error which is something along the lines of "hiding this column will push an object off of the sheet."
The comment box a few columns over is the object.
^ This would have saved me about 40 minutes of debugging.
try this :)
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
ActiveWorkbook.Unprotect "password_here"
Dim changed As Range
Set changed = Intersect(Target, Range("J15"))
If Not changed Is Nothing Then
Range("A48:A136").EntireRow.Hidden = True
Select Case Target.Value
Case "Agriculture"
Range("A48:A96").EntireRow.Hidden = False
Case "Commercial"
Range("A97:A136").EntireRow.Hidden = False
Case "MDP"
Range("A48:A61").EntireRow.Hidden = False
End Select
Range("J15").Select
End If
ActiveWorkbook.Protect "password_here"
End Sub
This should work for you :)