Sub test()
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = 20
End Sub
This simple code is giving error when I compile it.
activesheet. works fine.
I want to know whats resulting in an error and how to fix it...
looks like it's not identifying the sheets, workbook etc.
The answer depends on which error you get. There can be 2 issues:
1. Workbook not specified
You have more than one workbook and Excel is looking in the wrong workbook for your sheet named "Sheet1", then you need to specify the workbook.
Workbooks("my-workbook").Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = 20
or if it is in the workbook where the code is running at it is better to use
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = 20
Note that you should avoid ActiveWorkbook which is not very reliable.
2. Wrong worksheet name
There is no worksheet named Sheet1. Check your worksheet names. Note that there are different ways to specify a worksheet.
Specify by number
Worksheets(1).Range("A1")
This uses the position of the worksheet in the tab bar below the worksheets. Note that is not very reliable because position can easily be changed by moving the tabs around.
Specify by tab name
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
This is probably the most common method. The worksheet is specified by its tab name. This is more reliable than by number.
Specify by VBA name
Sheet1.Range("A1")
Here the VBA name of the sheet is used. This name can only be changed in the VB editor and is not visible to the user, and has nothing to do with the tab name. Using this ensures that the VBA code still works on the desired worksheet even if a user changes the tab name of the worksheet.
So if the tab name is Sheet1 its VBA name can be Sheet5 and it can be on position 3 in the tab bar.
Using this example …
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
Sheet5.Range("A1")
Worksheets(3).Range("A1")
… are all 3 accessing the exact same worksheet just by different names. So better to use meaningful names (and no numbers) here to not confuse.
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I have an excel spreadsheet with a very complex macro. The spreadsheet takes a file (imported through a button on the sheet), and runs statistics on it. is there any way to automate the macro to run on multiple files in a folder?
Thanks in advance
The macro identifies the worksheets from which it draws data and these sheets are in a workbook, which is also identified. Hence, by changing the name of the source(s) in the code, perhaps even dynamically, you can make the same macro perform its magic on other workbooks.
With that said, since VBA absolutely needs a workbooks to identify a worksheet and must have a worksheet in order to identify a cell, VBA will provide a default for either if the code doesn't mention another. Therefore the innocent Cells(1, 1) or Range("A1:B10") you may see in your code in fact stand for ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1) or ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range("A1:B10"). Therefore, if you want to change the default workbook for another the process is to first introduce a variable to specify the workbook and worksheet and then change the object assigned to that variable.
In a less generic way, let me presume that you don't have syntax like Range("A1:B10") in your code at all but Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:B10"), identifying the worksheet but not the workbook. Let me further presume that the sheet names are the same in all the workbooks on which you want to run the code. In that case you would make the change as shown below.
Dim Wb As Workbook
Set Wb = ActiveWorkbook 'or perhaps ThisWorkbook (=the one having the code)
' and then change all applicable instances to
Wb.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:B10")
Now you can change the code to specify another workbook simply with:-
Set Wb = Workbooks("My workbook.xlsm")
How can I select worksheet in excel using vba even when sheet name and sheet position changed constantly?
I was using sheet index to avoid vba fail to select worksheet after changing the worksheet name, however, if I change relative position of the ws, its index changes.
I noticed that sheet name in vba project browser, there is a item called (name) which is a fixed sheet number (I guess it was named by the sequence that I created the ws.) Is it possible to select ws based on this fixed name?
Thank you
You can use Name in VBE to specify your name for Worksheet. This will allow you to rename your Worksheet in Excel according to your needs.
In VBA you can then use something like:
Option Explicit
Sub Test()
MyWorksheetName.Activate
End Sub
This is where you edit your Name:
So I've been fussing with the Microsoft Support answer to this question but their code is simply not working. I'm confused about how they do not define x, or maybe x always equals a variable in VBA? Anyway, I am trying to copy all named ranges in one workbook and bring them over to another workbook. I have to do this for 50-odd workbooks and there are 30-40 named ranges in the base workbook. I really do not want to have to copy-paste these buggers manually. Here's the code they gave for this problem:
Sub Copy_All_Defined_Names()
' Loop through all of the defined names in the active
' workbook.
For Each x In ActiveWorkbook.Names
' Add each defined name from the active workbook to
' the target workbook ("Book2.xls" or "Book2.xlsm").
' "x.value" refers to the cell references the
' defined name points to.
Workbooks("trial run.xlsm").Names.Add Name:=x.Name, _
RefersTo:=x.Value
Next x
End Sub
Running this gives me the following error:
and highlights the following code:
"trial run.xlsm" is just a blank workbook and is saved as macro-enabled; this is my target workbook. Seems silly to have to ask for help debugging a macro that microsoft wrote, but I'm kinda at the end of my rope here.
For the original page I got this from, see here: Microsoft Support
This is what my named ranges look like:
Hard to tell but I suspect that your RefersTo string is >256 characters: If so it will fail because VBA cannot handle refersto strings>256 characters.
I am trying to print the active worksheet and another worksheet with general information (in the same workbook) at the same time. (Recto verso, which my printer does automatically, no code needed for that)
In my workbook I have multiple sheets that use the same code for printing. Now I would like to add the sheet with general information called "Huurvoorwaarden" to an array so it is printed automaticaly and at the back side of the active sheet.
I have tried multiple sollutions like dim / set activesheet.name, and codes which I have found on the web. nothing works.
I know that when I would change "activesheet" to Sheet1, that would work, but only for sheet 1.
Could you please help me?
Here is what I have got: (all my older attempts are deleted)
'Print Active Sheet and sheet Huurvoorwaarden
Worksheets(Array("activesheet.name", "Huurvoorwaarden")).PrintOut
The name of the active sheet is not the string literal "ActiveSheet.Name", it is the property ActiveSheet.Name.
So you need to use
Worksheets(Array(Activesheet.Name, "Huurvoorwaarden")).PrintOut
I am new to excel vba and I have some questions regarding referencing a worksheet
I noticed that when I used
Worksheets(3)
The worksheet would be obtained according to the sequence of the worksheet in the workbook
When I used
Worksheets("Name")
It would be retrieved according to the name of the worksheet
However, I found that both approach is troublesome because for method 1, I need to fix the sequence of the worksheet. Once I dragged the worksheet around, the reference would become incorrect.
Method 2 would need me to fix the work sheet name , which is not that flexible.
I noticed that at the left panel of VBA editor, under the Microsoft Excel Objects, whenever the worksheet is created, a new sheet like
Sheet1 (Name) would be created.
Is there any way that I could reference the worksheet based the the Sheet1 variable, which I could fixed it so that I could freely drag the sheet around or change the worksheet name?
Thanks.
The name you refer to is called the CodeName. You can refer to a sheet by this name.
Eg, for your example Sheet1 (Name) can be referenced as
Worksheets("name")
or
Sheet1
Eg Worksheets("name").Activate or Sheet1.Active would both work
Note that you can change this name to something meaningful in the Properties window of the VBA IDE, but you can't change it at run time