I want to update a code of a macro-enabled excel file without changing anything on the sheets. The problem is upon opening the workbook, a userform automatically pops out which does something on a sheet upon filling up the form or just by closing it. The creator did not put some Admin button stuff to bypass the userform. How can I update a code inside the project and save it without altering the sheet contents or in other word, bypass the userform upon opening? Thanks in advance.
You need to open the file while pressing "SHIFT" held down. This way macros are not executed.
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We have an excel workbook (xlsm) which has an embedded VBA code, which looks up the distance between two points using the getgoogledistance module.
Since we have added this to the workbook, it take a very long time to open sometimes in excess of 10 minutes..
I suspect on opening the workbook, it is trying to update all of the entries, hence why it is slow to open.
Is there a way in which I could add a button to the worksheet and rather than on 'open' update the necessary cells, when this button is clicked it updated all the cells?
Yes, you need to go to the options, then customize menu and from the list on the right, check the Developer menu.
Back to Excel, you'll be able to add controls such as push buttons and attach macros to them.
I was given this Excel VBA form to fix. As soon as I open it, it jumps to the form and the tool bar and all menu buttons disappear. I need to access the VBA code behind the form to fix it(atleast try). How do I get to the guts of this form. I have passwords but do not know where to enter them. Thanks in advance.
I click the sheet and a dialog box pops up:
"The cell or chart you're trying to change is on a protected Sheet. To make changes, click Unprotect Sheet in the Review tab(you might need a password)."
The problem is, I cannot see the Review Tab or any other tab. Nothing.
Open the file without activating VBA. Just open Excel, and then, in Recent Workbooks, press SHIFT and the open the Workbook. That way, the macros should not activate, and you can check the code.
Or just move the Workbook to a non trusted root, and open it.
I have a vba code that calls my procedure whenever openning that excel.
Sub WorkBook_Open()
Call Sheets("Result").main
End Sub
My concern is , that main function will send email out. So in future if I want to edit that excel, how can i open it without triggering the call?
My initial intention was to use command line to run the vba function everyday and send that report automatically
Open the Excel Application.
Go to File ~ Open, or File ~ Recent.
Hold Shift while opening your file.
NB: This won't work by just selecting the Excel workbook to open.
You need to open Excel first and then open the workbook.
Edit:
My concern is , that main function will send email out.
Don't add your code to the Workbook_Open event, add it to the click event of a button instead - it'll never send out emails until you press the button then.
I've found the following works for me in Office 365 (maybe other versions of Excel too) -
Open Excel directly, do not double-click a workbook to start Excel
File/Open/Browse
Navigate to the workbook you want to open, single click on it
Click the dropdown next to Open, and Open in Protected View
If you want to edit further at that point, you'll have to click Enable Editing on the popup that should appear just under your menu bar. When I do that, I have macros that try to run right away, but they fail, and I can edit the VBA. YMMV there.
You do not need to open Excel first. Simply hold down the shift key while double-clicking the .xlsm file.
I created a custom ribbon tab on my Excel like Excel_app_v1.xlsm, and a button under this ribbon tab is connected to a macro. So when I click this button, the macro does some table importing applications.
The first strange thing is that I created this ribbon tab and the button for only this Excel file, but the ribbon tab and the button appear in all other Excel files, even if the original Excel file Excel_app_v1.xlsm is not open.
The second problem is that I created a second version of my previous Excel file with "Save-as" option. So the new Excel file is like Excel_app_v2.xlsm. When I click the button under the ribbon tab, it opens the first Excel file Excel_app_v1.xlsm, even if it is not open. I deleted the first Excel file, but then I got an error like "Couldn't find the Excel_app_v1.xlsm on the path".
So obviously the macro button under the customized ribbon tab is linked to the first Excel file, but I couldn't find the menu option to change this. I added ThisWorkbook before all the sheet expressions in the vba code, but it didn't solve the problem. The button-click is still trying to open the old excel file.
The VBA code is below. The button is linked to the Sub ImportTable. Firstly it asks the user if the user wants to continue with the process. It opens the previous Excel file right after clicking on the button, at the same time as the Message Box appears.
Sub ImportTable()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
YearMonth = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("tab1").Cells(11, 2).Value
' The Macro button opens the previous Excel file before clicking Yes or No on the message box
answer = MsgBox("Warning! Brings the newest source file. You want to continue?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "")
If answer = vbYes Then
RunSASCodeViaBatFile ' Another Sub which runs bat file to run a SAS-code. But it doesn't matter. Because the problem happens before I click on Yes or No.
InsertSASFileIntoExcel
Else ' Nothing happens if clicking No on the Message Box
End If
End Sub
The clue to fixing this quickly was posted below by roncruiser, with one slight twist.
Everyone on the web seems to feel that PERSONAL.XLSB is the key here — nope. In fact, playing with that file only confounded me for even longer. Here's what I did instead:
Right click the Ribbon and select Customize The Ribbon;
Navigate to the offending macros that you've installed with buttons;
Find and click on Import/Export;
Export your custom buttons (the macros will go right along just fine);
Open that resulting file, and edit out the offending references to the other file that's causing you so much grief — example:
<mso:button idQ="x1:HideRows_0_EA10D6" label="HideRows" imageMso="_3DPerspectiveDecrease" onAction="!HideRows" visible="true"/>
I took out everything after idQ-"x1... up to the actual name of the macro. I also took out the same external reference found in onAction="... Take everything up to the bang mark.
Save this under whatever name you wish, but with the same extension (for my setup, it was called ExportedCustomizations.exportedUI (yes, that long an extension));
Repeat the first few steps here, but this time import your edited file.
Voila, all is golden.
No messing around with wiping out existing work and starting all over. Worked a charm for me, so a big tip o' The Hat to roncruiser for the clue.
Just to confirm what sumgain have write above.
It works perfectly just do as he said : remove the part after the "x1:" that refers to a specific workbook until the begining of the maccro's name.
example :
When you export your custom ribbon with the maccro attached to it it will be write like below :
idQ="x1:C:_FolderName_Filename.xlsm_Fill_Formulas_Cells"
THen you remove the part mentionned and it will become like that :
idQ="x1:Fill_Formulas_Cells"
Same for onAction keep only the Maccro Name
Then it will works perfectly as long as you the maccro's name in the workbook stay consistent if you modified the Macros name then you have to modified it in the exportedUI file.
Then when you will reload the new file you can check in the Excel Options customize ribbon on the customize button if you put the pointer on you will see "Maccro: Name of your maccro"
And not the path of the file the maccro was from.
No need to use custom UI editor or any other things such as personnal maccro at least for that and if you are not bother to have custom ribbon in all of your woorkbook.
As well it is obvious but still good to remind it, you need to have the maccro in the workbook this procedure is just there to call the maccro that are associate to the workbook, it doesn't contain the code of the maccro.
Cheers
Romain
Does this still work? I have done this in the past with success but can't seem to get it to work now.
I export the file, edit it and import it back in.
it appears to work, but when i close the Ribbon options pane, my custom buttons disappear.
Same exact thing happened to me. There's a way to get around this.
By default, when you create a macro in Excel and run that macro through a custom ribbon button, that ribbon button macro works only in the workbook that contains it.
To get around this and have the button macros work in all workbooks, you'll need to create a Personal Macro Workbook. Then any macros that you store in your personal workbook on a computer become available to you in any workbook whenever you start Excel on that same computer.
Create a Personal Macro Workbook
To get the same ribbon button macros to work on another computer, you'll need to copy the Personal Macro Workbook to another computer and store it in the XLSTART folder. The link above has all the information you'll need.
Note: Delete the old ribbon button macros. Make sure you create new ribbon button macros that reference the macros from your Personal Macro Workbook.
When I user the user form, I have to:
1) Alt + F11
2) Choose the Form
3) Run
4) Close the Form
5) Go back to Excel
Excel will not allow me to do anything if the form is not closed. Is there anyway to let me put a little icon on ribbon? And keep the user form appear while I am working with Excel?
You've got two parts to your question:
Adding an icon to the ribbon: Do you want the macro to be available for all spreadsheets?
If so, follow this guide to save your macro as an Excel Add-in, and then attach it to the ribbon.
If you only need it in the current spreadsheet, you could simplify things by adding a button to the spreadsheet which activates the macro (use this guide), or you could use a shortcut key to invoke the macro directly (use this guide, Assigning a shortcut to an existing macro section)
Keeping the dialog open: One of the properties of the UserForm is ShowModal; you can simply set that to false. Alternatively, as per the other answer, you can open it with MyForm.Show vbModeless.
Note that the properties of the form also allow you to provide a specific screen position too, so that the form isn't in the way while you're working: change StartUpPosition to 0 - Manual, and provide a value for Top and Left.
You don't need to do that :) You can simply launch the form in modeless mode to keep it open and work with the Excel file at the same time
Try this to launch the userform.
Sub Sample()
Userform1.Show vbModeless
End Sub
I think you should have to create another module and call the userform in that module. After that just put that macro on the ribbon.It may help you.....