Dynamically changing Excel cell value based on active sheet's name - excel

I have 5 sheets in the Excel file, the sheet names are Main, Production, Outflow, Inflow, Options.
Is there a way I can set up a formula in the Options sheet to reference the name of the sheet I'm currently viewing?
So if I'm viewing the Production sheet it'll put Production in A1 of the Option sheet, then if I click to view the Outflow sheet it'll change the A1 in the Option sheet to show Outflow.
Tried searching but couldn't find anything like this anywhere. Thanks for any help.

Assuming that you don't want anything to happen if Options is selected, the following subroutine should work:
Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
If Sh.Name <> "Options" Then
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Options").Range("A1") = Sh.Name
End If
End Sub
If you want to still show Options when Options sheet is selected, just remove the IF-THEN block. :)
Make sure to copy and paste the above to the ThisWorkbook code area.
Let us know if this helps.

In the ThiwWorkbook module add
Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
Sheets("Options").[a1] = Sh.Name
End Sub
Which will put the current sheet name in cell A1 of a sheet called Options

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Detect ComboBox Change Excel VBA

I have a sheet with a bunch of ComboBoxes(form control) and I want to detect when a user changes any one of them and write text in a cell. Using Worksheet_Change on the target cells doesn't work. I have tried a bunch of things that don't work. I'm not sure what needs to be in the private sub line or the if statement.
Private Sub DropDowns_DropButtonClick()
If ActiveSheet.DropDowns.Value > 1 Then
Cells(13, 5).Font.Bold = True
Cells(13, 5).Font.Color = vbRed
Cells(13, 5).Value = "!!! Selections have been changed. !!!"
End If
End Sub
I have tried
ComboBox_AfterUpdate()
ComboBox_Change()
DropDowns_AfterUpdate()
DropsDowns_Change()
and anything else I could find. I've also tried a few different things in the if statement with no luck.
I appreciate any help.
Chris
If I'm reading you correctly, you're comboboxes are in a userform. If I'm correct, simply open your userform in 'Visual Basic' and double click on the relavant combobox. This will open the code pane and create an empty Private Sub routine called 'Private Sub <Combobox Name> ()'.
Enter your code to place your data in the sheet (or whatever else you want) into the subroutine and Bob should be your uncle.
Apologies in advance if there's something I've missed.
RannochRob
Edit...
OK, my mistake, it's a form control.
My first comment is that it's easier to use an activex control if you can... however, with a form control, should (a) Use the cell link box in the 'Format Control' drop down ('Control' tab) to place the result in a cell... however, that result will not be the content of the box but an integer equal to the position of the selected entry on the list of entries in the combobox. You then need to (b) assign a macro to the combobox which will pick up the result and use it to get the required information from the range containing the list of entries. Like I say, much easier with an activex control...
RannochRob
Here's how you can do it by assigning a macro to the combobox (right click on the combobox>assign macro) as #BigBen mentioned in the comments section:
Option Explicit
Sub DropDown1_Change()
Dim sht As Worksheet
Dim dd As DropDown
Set sht = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Name of your Worksheet") 'Name of the worksheet in which the combobox is located
Set dd = sht.DropDowns("Drop Down 1") 'name of your combobox
sht.Range("G1").Value = "The selected value is: " & dd.List(dd.Value) 'dd.value returns the index of the selected value
End Sub
You can use the same code for each one of your comboboxes.
For demonstration purposes i have used the following set-up:
You can easily modify the code to best fit your needs.

How to get the last sheet created in excel?

How to get the last sheet created in excel ?
I used GetSheets.Last, and it work but he found me the last sheet what it is in queued, it’s right, but if my last sheet doesn’t follow the order of the queued for example it is in the middle, the function GetSheets.Last doesn’t work.
Exist some function where the robot can found or understand which sheet has been created for last ?
Thank you very much
best regards
On the workbook, there is a NewSheet event that can help you get the sheet at the very moment it is created. The complete signature is Private Sub Workbook_NewSheet(ByVal Sh As Object)
Once you close/reopen the workbook, the information will be lost though, so you need to save the sheet's name in some cell for future use.
It can be:
Private Sub Workbook_NewSheet(ByVal Sh As Object)
Worksheets(1).Cells(1, 1).Value = Sh.Name
End Sub

Change active sheet based on selected item from a dropdown list

I have an Excel WorkBook with several Sheets. I would like to be able to select from a drop down list in the "Home" Sheet and after selection is made, automatically switch to the proper Sheet and select a specific Cell.
It appeared to be easy, but I have failed time and again to make it work.
Here is an example of what I would like to do:
The only code that I managed to have a little success with is the following:
Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
With Sheets("Home")
If Cells(6, 3).Value = "A" Then
Sheets("A").Select
ActiveSheet.Range("B7").Select
End If
End With
End Sub
The problem with it is that it will not check for the value until the user moves to another sheet. Then when it comes back, it will check for it, and will take it to the correct one, but the user will be stuck in a loop without being able to go back to "Home". (I know that it will only work on cell C6, but I just wanted to try if it worked before changing the Range)
You need the worksheet change event, rather than activate. Try this, in the Home sheet module.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$C$6" Then
Application.Goto Sheets(Target.Text).Range("B7")
End If
End Sub

Automatically sum of new added Excel Sheet in Total Sheet

I have an Excel workbook in which I have tabs representing dates along with sum in each tab. Although I can take the sum of all these in the final sheet, I want a formula/macro to get the sum in the total named sheet, when a new spreadsheet is being added.
Note:- the cell in all would remain the same (E56)
I do not understand what you are attempting. Until the user has placed information in the new sheet that results in a value in E56, I see little point to adding the value of NewSheet!E56 to the total sheet.
However I suspect you need to use events. Below are a number of event routines which must be placed in the Microsoft Excel Object ThisWorkbook for the workbook. These just output to the Immediate window so you can see when they are fired. Note: several can be fired for one user event. For example, creating a new worksheet, triggers: "Create for new sheet", "Deactivate for old sheet" and "Activate for new sheet".
Do not forget to include
Application.EnableEvents = False
Application.EnableEvents = True
around any statement within one of these routine that will trigger an event.
Perhaps you need to use SheetDeactivate. When the users leaves a sheet, check for a value in E56. If present, check for its inclusion in the totals sheet. Have a play. Do what your users do. Add to these routines to investigate further. Good luck.
Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
Debug.Print "Workbook_SheetActivate " & Sh.Name
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
Call MsgBox("Workbook_BeforeClose", vbOKOnly)
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_SheetChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Source As Range)
Debug.Print "Workbook_SheetChange " & Sh.Name & " " & Source.Address
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_SheetDeactivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
Debug.Print "Workbook_SheetDeactivate " & Sh.Name
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_NewSheet(ByVal Sh As Object)
Debug.Print "Workbook_NewSheet " & Sh.Name
End Sub
Sub Workbook_Open()
Debug.Print "Workbook_Open"
End Sub
Extra section in response to clarification of requirement
The code below recalculates the grand total of cell E56 for all worksheets except TOTAL and stores the result in worksheet TOTAL every time the workbook is opened and every time the user changes the current worksheet.
It is difficult to get consistent timings with Excel but according to my experimentation you would need between 500 and 1,000 worksheets before the user would notice a delay switching worksheets because of this recalculation.
I am not sure if you know how to install this code so here are brief instructions. Ask if they are too brief.
Open the relevant workbook.
Click Alt+F11. The VBA editor displays. Down the left you should see the Project Explorer. Click Ctrl+R if you do not. The Project Explorer display will look something like:
.
VBAProject (Xxxxxxxx.xls)
Microsoft Excel Objects
Sheet1 (Xxxxxxxxx)
Sheet10 (Xxxxxxxxx)
Sheet11 (Xxxxxxx)
:
ThisWorkbook
Click ThisWorkbook. The top right of the screen with turn white.
Copy the code below into that white area.
No further action is required. The macros Workbook_Open() and Workbook_SheetDeactivate() execute automatically when appropriate.
Good luck.
Option Explicit
Sub CalcAndSaveGrandTotal()
Dim InxWksht As Long
Dim TotalGrand As Double
TotalGrand = 0#
For InxWksht = 1 To Worksheets.Count
If Not UCase(Worksheets(InxWksht).Name) = "TOTAL" Then
' This worksheet is not the totals worksheet
If IsNumeric(Worksheets(InxWksht).Range("E56").Value) Then '###
TotalGrand = TotalGrand + Worksheets(InxWksht).Range("E56").Value
End If '###
End If
Next
'Write grand total to worksheet TOTAL
' ##### Change the address of the destination cell as required
Worksheets("TOTAL").Range("D6").Value = TotalGrand
End Sub
Sub Workbook_Open()
' The workbook has just been opened.
Call CalcAndSaveGrandTotal
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_SheetDeactivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
' The user has selected a new worksheet or has created a new worksheet.
Call CalcAndSaveGrandTotal
End Sub
I know this is the programming forum, but this particular "need" seems to be solvable without all the plumbing.
I like the old hidden FIRST and LAST sheets trick.
Create a sheet called First
Create a sheet called Last
Place your current data sheets between these two sheets.
Hide the sheets First and Last
Now you can use 3D formulas to sum cells from all these sheets, like so:
=SUM(First:Last!E56)
Now just add sheets to your workbook AFTER the last visible data sheet and Excel will still slip it in ahead of the hidden LAST sheet, so your formula just expands itself that way

Hide Parent Page Hyperlink Excel

I would like to hide the current page that the user is looking at when they click a hyperlink within excel that takes them to a different worksheet within the same workbook. I tried using the following code
Private Sub Worksheet_FollowHyperlink(ByVal Target As Hyperlink)
On Error GoTo Cleanup
ActiveSheet.Visible = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
Target.Follow
Cleanup:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
because I assumed the activesheet would be the sheet that the hyperlink is on and not the target sheet, however, ActiveSheet is the target sheet. Any suggestions on how to hide the partnet sheet?
This is going to sound odd, but you need to replace
ActiveSheet.Visible = False
with
Target.Parent.Parent.Visible = False
Why?
The "Target" is the Cell being linked to.
The Parent of that cell is the cell that is the source of hyperlink
The parent of that cell is the worksheet
The best solution may be to create a list of sheets that can be visible when each sheet is active, then instead of using the FollowHyperlink event, use the Worksheet_Activate event to hide/unhide the necessary sheets.

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