Comments on: Beginning VBA: Select and Activate http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pete http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-53205 Pete Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-53205 <p>Use R1C1 notation to apply conditional format with formulas in code (& not select cells).</p> Use R1C1 notation to apply conditional format with formulas in code (& not select cells).

]]> By: Tushar Mehta http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-18364 Tushar Mehta Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-18364 <p>A related link on this rather important topic:<br> Beyond Excel's recorder<br> <a href="http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/vba/beyond_the_macro_recorder/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/vba/beyond_the_macro_recorder/index.htm</a></p> A related link on this rather important topic:
Beyond Excel’s recorder
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/vba/beyond_the_macro_recorder/index.htm

]]> By: Steve http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-18341 Steve Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-18341 <p>Just kinda stumbled on to this site. Glad I did. I've been trying to understand how to write VBA code and one of the first questions I had was "Why and when do I select"? I understand the concepts, but the mechanics just are sinking in. Plan on visting your blog often. Thanks!</p> Just kinda stumbled on to this site. Glad I did. I’ve been trying to understand how to write VBA code and one of the first questions I had was “Why and when do I select”? I understand the concepts, but the mechanics just are sinking in. Plan on visting your blog often. Thanks!

]]> By: BeataR http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-15947 BeataR Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:46:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-15947 <p>Generally the only indication for an activation is to employ ActiveCell property and some other Range properties. The other cases waste "our keyboard" (not so expensive part of the computer, however)</p> Generally the only indication for an activation is to employ ActiveCell property and some other Range properties. The other cases waste “our keyboard” (not so expensive part of the computer, however)

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-12494 Dick Kusleika Wed, 25 May 2005 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-12494 <p>Alok: Me too. Selecting a lot when I first started out, that is. If you learn from the recorder, that's what you get.</p> <p>That conditional formatting issue you raise is legitimate. I thought I did a post once on how you can use Application.ConvertFormula to get the job done without changing the selection, but i can't find it now.</p> Alok: Me too. Selecting a lot when I first started out, that is. If you learn from the recorder, that’s what you get.

That conditional formatting issue you raise is legitimate. I thought I did a post once on how you can use Application.ConvertFormula to get the job done without changing the selection, but i can’t find it now.

]]> By: Alok Joshi http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-12491 Alok Joshi Wed, 25 May 2005 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-12491 <p>When I started out VBA I was doing a lot of it but I now realize the advantages of not selecting. However, the other day I was struggling with setting a Conditional Formatting in code (Formula related, not cell value) and found that the formulas that the code puts are modified/distorted by Excel unless the first cell in the range that I was trying to do conditional formatting for was selected? </p> <p>Alok Joshi</p> When I started out VBA I was doing a lot of it but I now realize the advantages of not selecting. However, the other day I was struggling with setting a Conditional Formatting in code (Formula related, not cell value) and found that the formulas that the code puts are modified/distorted by Excel unless the first cell in the range that I was trying to do conditional formatting for was selected?

Alok Joshi

]]> By: Gee http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-1418 Gee Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-1418 <p>Oh, Geeze...ignore that last comment...I'm an idiot.</p> Oh, Geeze…ignore that last comment…I’m an idiot.

]]> By: Gee http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/04/27/beginning-vba-select-and-activate/#comment-1417 Gee Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=500#comment-1417 <p>Thanks again...this is really helping me.<br> I'm saving all these in a Word doc and was wondering if you're going to do something similar...like a spot with all your VBA training sessions in one place for us to stalk.</p> Thanks again…this is really helping me.
I’m saving all these in a Word doc and was wondering if you’re going to do something similar…like a spot with all your VBA training sessions in one place for us to stalk.

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