Excel VBA - How to select colums in a specific sheet? - excel

I need to select columns on a specific sheet. Somehow this is not working:
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = Worksheets("Mysheet")
ws.Columns("A:S").Select
Selection.EntireColumn.AutoFit
And simple Columns("A:S").Selectdoesn't activate the sheet I need

I tested your code and it works fine as follows.
Sub test()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Mysheet")
ws.Columns("A:S").EntireColumn.AutoFit
End Sub
No need to Select anything, so I put the two statements together without the Select.
I added ThisWorkbook to (more) fully qualify your ws declaration. Make sure the worksheet Mysheet is in ThisWorkbook otherwise change that to state which workbook the sheet resides in.

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Sum values from one Worksheet in another Worksheet

I am trying to sum values from my original worksheet in specific cells in my newly created worksheet, which has a template to fill out.
When I used macro recorder, it references the worksheet name, which would not be useful as the worksheet name changes depending on which worksheet I am working in when I run the code.
So I tried changing the worksheet name to a variable "XCXX".
The first argument works so I thought everything was okay, however, on the second argument, it keeps trying to open a file, when it should simply go back to XCXX and pull the values.
Is it a problem with my activesheet changing?
Sub AddWorkbooks()
Dim ChangeOrder As Range
Dim XCXX As Worksheet
Dim CoForm As Worksheet
Set XCXX = ActiveSheet
Set CoForm = Worksheets("+CO Form+")
'Set wbNew = Workbooks.Add
CoForm.Copy After:=Sheets(ActiveSheet.Index)
With CoForm
Range("A6:D6").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = XCXX.Range("D2").Value
Range("AD81").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "='XCXX'!R[-64]C[-24]+'XCXX'!R[-64]C[-23]"
End With
End Sub
This should be close:
Sub AddWorkbooks()
Dim ChangeOrder As Range
Dim XCXX As Worksheet, wb As Workbook
Dim CoForm As Worksheet, CoFormCopy As Worksheet
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
Set XCXX = ActiveSheet
Set CoForm = wb.Worksheets("+CO Form+")
CoForm.Copy After:=XCXX
Set CoFormCopy = XCXX.Next 'the copy of "+CO Form+"
With CoFormCopy 'assuming you want to work with the copy?
.Range("A6:D6").Value = XCXX.Range("D2").Value
.Range("AD81").FormulaR1C1 = _
Replace("='<nm>'!R[-64]C[-24]+'<nm>'!R[-64]C[-23]", "<nm>", XCXX.Name)
End With
End Sub
Note when using With you need to use a period to link (eg) Range() with the object used in the With statement, otherwise it defaults to the active sheet.
Also generally there's no need to select a range to do something with it.

Formula to Value Macro [duplicate]

I am trying to copy data from one worksheet to another. I have a workbook that has about 62 worksheet tabs.
The part that is especially tricky for me is that the worksheet the data needs to be copied to will not always be the same.
I have a dropdown menu that lists 62 different pieces of equipment. This is shown in G1 in the worksheet named "HOME". I want the text to copy over to the correct tab based on the selection.
I figured out how to copy over specific text, when I do this I see the word "TEXT" show up on the specified worksheet.
Sheets(Range("g1").Value).Activate
Range("a1").Value = "TEXT"
I cannot figure out how to copy over G4:G24 from my "HOME" worksheet to another worksheet based on the same drop-down menu.
This is what I tried.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Worksheets("HOME").Range("g4:g24").Copy
Sheets(Range("g1").Value).Activate
Range("a1").Value = "TEXT"
Sheets(Range("g1").Value).Activate
Range("f4").PasteSpecial
End Sub
Be explicit about workbook and worksheets - never use Range/Cells without qualifying a worksheet (though you can get away with it in a worksheet code module if you're referring to the associated worksheet).
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet
Set wb = ThisWorkbook 'or ActiveWorkbook?
With wb.Worksheets("HOME")
Set ws = wb.Worksheets(.Range("G1").Value) 'create a worksheet reference
ws.Range("A1").Value = "TEXT" '...and use it
.Range("g4:g24").Copy ws.Range("f4")
End With
End Sub
See for example: What is the default scope of worksheets and cells and range?
Generally speaking you have a good start there, but it can be accomplished in much fewer lines with much more speed like this:
Sub ExampleSub()
Dim SheetName As String
SheetName = Worksheets("HOME").Range("A1").Value
Worksheets("HOME").Range("G4:G24").Value = Worksheets(SheetName).Range("G4:G24").Value
End Sub
It's not even necessary to use the variable SheetName, but it can help keep things simple, it can also now be reused later in the subroutine.
An alternative to reference sheets is to make the variable a worksheet:
Sub ExampleSub()
Dim SheetName As Worksheet
Dim HomeSheet As Worksheet
Set HomeSheet = Worksheets("HOME")
Set SheetName = Worksheets(HomeSheet.Range("A1").Value)
HomeSheet.Range("G4:G24").Value = SheetName.Range("G4:G24").Value
End Sub

vba value special paste values all sheets same place in specific range

I am beginner in Excel VBA
I need to to do some specific range to make value in my all worksheet at once
I am using this code but it's taking a long time and not working for all sheet at once
can anyone correct this code
Sub Saveasvalue()
'Updateby Extendoffice
Dim wsh As Worksheet
For Each wsh In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
Range("B11:F40").Value = Range("B11:F40").Value
Next
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub
Perhaps this is what you want to do:-
Sub Saveasvalue()
Dim Wsh As Worksheet
For Each Wsh In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
If Not Wsh Is ActiveSheet Then
Wsh.Range("B11:F40").Value = Range("B11:F40").Value
End If
Next Wsh
End Sub
Watch out for the ActiveSheet in two ways.
If you don't specify a sheet the ActiveSheet is presumed by default. In your code Range("B11:F40").Value = Range("B11:F40").Value copies the range from the ActiveSheet to the ActiveSheet on each loop. Therefore nothing will ever change.
If you loop through all sheets in the workbook one of them will be the Activesheet. In the above code that sheet is excluded from the action.
So, the above code loops through all the sheets and copies the specified range from the active sheet to each called sheet. But it will omit that action when the called sheet is the ActiveSheet.

Declaring variable workbook / Worksheet vba

I know this might come off as a trivial question, but I can't seem to declare a workbook or a worksheet as a variable in VBA. I have the following code, but I can't figure out what I am doing wrong, it should be straight forward. Normally I don't have any problems declaring variables such as Dim i As Integer etc.
sub kl()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws = Sheet("name")
wb.ws.Select
End Sub
When I run the above code, I receive a type missmatch error.
Use Sheets rather than Sheet and activate them sequentially:
Sub kl()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws = Sheets("Sheet1")
wb.Activate
ws.Select
End Sub
If the worksheet you want to retrieve exists at compile-time in ThisWorkbook (i.e. the workbook that contains the VBA code you're looking at), then the simplest and most consistently reliable way to refer to that Worksheet object is to use its code name:
Debug.Print Sheet1.Range("A1").Value
You can set the code name to anything you need (as long as it's a valid VBA identifier), independently of its "tab name" (which the user can modify at any time), by changing the (Name) property in the Properties toolwindow (F4):
The Name property refers to the "tab name" that the user can change on a whim; the (Name) property refers to the code name of the worksheet, and the user can't change it without accessing the Visual Basic Editor.
VBA uses this code name to automatically declare a global-scope Worksheet object variable that your code gets to use anywhere to refer to that sheet, for free.
In other words, if the sheet exists in ThisWorkbook at compile-time, there's never a need to declare a variable for it - the variable is already there!
If the worksheet is created at run-time (inside ThisWorkbook or not), then you need to declare & assign a Worksheet variable for it.
Use the Worksheets property of a Workbook object to retrieve it:
Dim wb As Workbook
Set wb = Application.Workbooks.Open(path)
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = wb.Worksheets(nameOrIndex)
Important notes...
Both the name and index of a worksheet can easily be modified by the user (accidentally or not), unless workbook structure is protected. If workbook isn't protected, you simply cannot assume that the name or index alone will give you the specific worksheet you're after - it's always a good idea to validate the format of the sheet (e.g. verify that cell A1 contains some specific text, or that there's a table with a specific name, that contains some specific column headings).
Using the Sheets collection contains Worksheet objects, but can also contain Chart instances, and a half-dozen more legacy sheet types that are not worksheets. Assigning a Worksheet reference from whatever Sheets(nameOrIndex) returns, risks throwing a type mismatch run-time error for that reason.
Not qualifying the Worksheets collection is an implicit ActiveWorkbook reference - meaning the Worksheets collection is pulling from whatever workbook is active at the moment the instruction is executing. Such implicit references make the code frail and bug-prone, especially if the user can navigate and interact with the Excel UI while code is running.
Unless you mean to activate a specific sheet, you never need to call ws.Activate in order to do 99% of what you want to do with a worksheet. Just use your ws variable instead.
Third solution:
I would set ws to a sheet of workbook wb as the use of Sheet("name") always refers to the active workbook, which might change as your code develops.
sub kl()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
'be aware as this might produce an error, if Shet "name" does not exist
Set ws = wb.Sheets("name")
' if wb is other than the active workbook
wb.activate
ws.Select
End Sub
Just coming across the same problem.
What you need to do is to declare ws as Object
Also it should be:
Set ws = wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
And should not be:
Set ws = Sheet("Sheet1")
The code below are working to me.
sub kl()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim ws As Object
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Set ws = wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
MsgBox ws.Name
End Sub
Try changing the name of the variable as sometimes it clashes with other modules/subs
Dim Workbk As Workbook
Dim Worksh As Worksheet
But also, try
Set ws = wb.Sheets("name")
I can't remember if it works with Sheet
to your surprise, you do need to declare variable for workbook and worksheet in excel 2007 or later version. Just add single line expression.
Sub kl()
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("name")
ws.select
End Sub
Remove everything else and enjoy.
But why to select a sheet? selection of sheets is now old fashioned for calculation and manipulation.
Just add formula like this
Sub kl()
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("name")
ws.range("cell reference").formula = "your formula"
'OR in case you are using copy paste formula, just use 'insert or formula method instead of ActiveSheet.paste e.g.:
ws.range("your cell").formula
'or
ws.colums("your col: one col e.g. "A:A").insert
'if you need to clear the previous value, just add the following above insert line
ws.columns("your column").delete
End Sub
I had the same issue. I used Worksheet instead of Worksheets and it was resolved. Not sure what the difference is between them.
Dim ws as Object
Set ws = Worksheets("name")
when declaring the worksheet as worksheet instead of an ojbect I had issues working with OptionButtons (Active X) in this worksheet (I guess the same will be with any Active-X element. When declared as object everything works fine.
Lots of answers above! here is my take:
Sub kl()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = Sheets("name")
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
With ws
.Select
End With
End Sub
your first (perhaps accidental) mistake as we have all mentioned is "Sheet"... should be "Sheets"
The with block is useful because if you set wb to anything other than the current workbook, it will ececute properly

Updating multiple Excel Sheets

I am creating an excel workbook with multiple different sheets. I want to be able to add a row to any sheet and have it reflected on the first sheet. I am having trouble with this since I want to add them to different sheets based on a condition. Is there any easy way to do this.
Here is a template for having multiple worksheets in VBA and setting values b/w them
Sub test ()
Dim ws as worksheet
Dim ws2 as worksheet
Set ws = Worksheets(1)
Set ws2 = Worksheets(2)
ws2.Range("A") = ws.Range("A")
End Sub

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