I have a cell whose value is constantly changing through a feed. I want to develop a macro which when activated records the cell value at that instant and pastes it in another cell. Tried finding some formula to do that but no success.
You won't be able to do that with a formula. However, you can write a macro that checks if your cell was changed:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
...
End Sub
If you don't want this type of automation, you could simply add a button to your worksheet which triggers a macro when clicked and does what you are looking for.
To copy the value of a cell into another one, you could use this simple solution:
Range("B1").Value = Range("A1").Value
This will copy the value of cell A1 into cell B1.
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I am trying to code my spreadsheet to react to changes to a specific cell in my spreadsheet. This cell contains a formula so the programing is not recognizing any change to the cell although the number is updating the formula is not. I am looking for a way to return the results of the cell containing the formula into another cell as a value so the change can be recognized by the code.
The change event isn't firing because the contents of the cell aren't changing, just what it displays (the formula result) is. You could use the Worksheet_Calculate event and check the value against another static value. If it's changed, then update it and trigger your other code.
It sounds like there's a better way to design your sheet though.
Private Sub Worksheet_Calculate()
Dim watchCell As Range ' set to something
Dim checkCell As Range ' set to something
If checkCell.Value = watchCell.Value Then Exit Sub
' Value has changed. Update the check and trigger action.
checkCell.Value = watchCell.Value
Call SomeOtherResponse
End Sub
I am having a list of names in a Range A2:A77, in the worksheet name called Manual. whenever i choose a name, that is when a cell gets selected from the range, that active cell value should get reflected in the cell C1. Also, the macro should not work incase if i selected else where, other than the given worksheet or range.
I have googled alot but nothing seem to be matching my criteria, so i'm here, hoping for a better solution. You may ask me to achieve this by using data validation, but for that i will have to do multiple clicks and scrolling work to be done everytime. so to avoid that i'm looking for vba code to minimize the work and time.
Thank You.
I am only just learning VBA at the moment so this could be some very horible code but here goes.
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim cells As Range
Set cells = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:A27")
If Not (Intersect(Target, cells) Is Nothing) Then
ActiveSheet.Range("C1").Value = Target.Value
End If
End Sub
Worksheet_SelectionChange is called if the selected cell in the sheet changes then using the test from InRange that I found here: VBA test if cell is in a range test if the cell is within the defined range then set the values.
Edited as sugested by #Vitaliy Prushak in comments.
I've seen a couple of spreadsheets over the years that had a blank, unpopulated, non-formula cell, that would populate when another cell was populated correctly. I am wondering if there is a way to do this without using add-ons, or VBA.
Scenario:
User is asked to enter a value in cell A1.
If the value is X, cell B1 populates with a value.
If the value is Y, cell B1 remains blank.
I know that this can be done with a formula such as =IF(A1="","",IF(A1=1234,"Hello 1234","")).
However, I am wondering if it is possible to do this without a formula in cell B1, but still have cell B1 populated?
From your description, it sounds like this might be what you witnessed. Macros can be set to trigger automatically given a certain event & criteria met. In this instance, the macro will fire when you make a Worksheet_Change in cell A1.
Note that the change to A1 must be manual to fire macro - a change due to formula will not suffice to trigger macro
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A1")) Is Nothing Then
If Target = "X" Then
Range("B1") = "X Result"
ElseIf Target = "Y" Then
Range("B1") = "Y Result"
End If
End If
End Sub
How to Copy/Paste a value from 1 cell to 2nd Cell using a 3rd Cell which holds the address of the 2nd Cell. I want to trigger the copy/past action by a 4th Cell going 'true'. I do not want to use VB as I am not competent with it.
You will need to use VBA I think. The only way to get a cell to show a value other than by programming is to enter a formula into your 2nd cell - but by definition you don't know what that is. Assume that A1 holds the value to copy, A3 is the cell holding the cell address and A4 is the true/false cell. Then you need this code in the module page of the sheet you wish to affect:
Private Sub Worksheet_Calculate()
If range("a4") then
range(range("a3").text).value = range("a1").value
End If
End Sub
Note this will error if A3 doesn't hold a valid cell address
A bit of context:
I recently discovered that the following formula returns the address of the cell that is currently selected (or if a range is selected, returns the address of the upper-left most cell in the range):
= CELL("address")
At first, I thought this formula would be useful for conditional formatting, since it could be used as part of a condition to only format the cell that is selected (e.g. the conditional formatting rule could be something like = CELL("address")=ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN())), but I am facing an obstacle.
The formula is volatile, but volatile functions only update either when:
A cell in the worksheet is changed
F9 is pressed on the keyboard
All that said, my question is: Is there a way to have a cell automatically recalculate whenever a different cell is selected with a mouse click? Even volatile cells won't update from this condition, because selecting a different cell, in itself, won't cause any data in the cells to change.
Of course, it could be updated manually by pressing F9 after selecting a different cell, but I am wondering if there is a way to automate this.
You can use the Worksheet_SelectionChange() event in VBA.
Open your VBE (Alt+F11), find your workbook in the VBAProject pane (upper left) and double click your worksheet.
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'Force this cell to recalculate any time any cell is selected/highlighted
Range("A1").Calculate
End Sub
Now anytime moves around on the worksheet Cell A1 will recalculate.
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Range("A1:D4"), Target) Is Nothing Then
Range("A1:D4").Interior.Color = xlNone
Target.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
End If
End Sub
This will now highlight the cell chosen only if the cell chosen is in A1:D4