Thanks much David. I just don't remember ever having had this issue before
and I've done a LOT of coding.

I bookmarked your web page. Thanks again.

"David McRitchie" wrote:

Nothing would have changed in this regard from earlier versions, or in later
versions of Excel (well when something later than your Excel 2003 comes out).

There is a better description of the problem and the reason why you want to
refer to cell that the formula has been moved to and then offset back one
row on my page http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/offset.htm

If you have a formula such as in

A12: 100
A13: 50
A14: =SUM(A$2:A13)

if you insert a row before row 13 the reference on A15 gets changed
to A14 because the cell that was A13 is now A14 - no problem.

If you insert a row before row 14 the reference on A15 still refers
to the same cell on A13 -- you've got a problem.

If you change the original formula as Dave Peterson indicated to
A14: =SUM(A$2:OFFSET(A14,-1,0)
you will see that A14 gets change to A15 same row as the formula
as before and the OFFSET to the row before works same as before.

You might want to look at both of these pages:
Using OFFSET to maintain formulas
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/offset.htm

Insert a Row using a Macro to maintain formulas
Why must we use that funny looking OFFSET Worksheet Function (#offset)
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel...row.htm#offset

In fact you probably want to look at the entire insrtrow page
because you indicated you were doing things programmatically

Please use your first and last name when posting, it makes it a lot easier
and more friendly for everyone concerned.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"quartz" wrote ...
Thanks Dave, but wasn't this sort of thing a non-issue in earlier versions of
Excel? Is Microsoft moving backwards?

I worked out code to update the formulas, it's just too bad I have to code
something that should be automatic...

Thanks also for the tip about "Extend data range" this doesn't have any
bearing on my issue.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Maybe you can just change the formula.

If the =sum() formula goes in A19, then something like this:
=SUM(A4:OFFSET(A19,-1,0))
should work.

And take a look at what happens when you turn on (or off):
Tools|options|edit tab
Extend data range formats and formulas


quartz wrote:

I am using Office 2003.

A new row is inserted in a sheet programmatically. When this is done the sum
formulas (that have also been entered programmatically) do not update to
include the row inserted, unless a value is entered on the newly inserted
row.

NOTE: This only occurs when the row inserted causes the row containing the
sum formulas to shift down. For example, row 14 contains sum formulas. My
code inserts a row on row 14. The sum formula, shifted to row 15, now
excludes row 14.

If a value is entered into row 14, then the sum formula in that column
sometimes updates to include row 14, but sometimes it doesn't update (don't
know why).

The sheet has split windows on and some cells are locked, but my function
unprotects the sheet while inserting the row.

How can I correct this behavior programmatically so that the formulas will
include all rows to begin with [e.g. =SUM(A4:A18)] ?

Thanks in advance for your assistance. I hope my description is
understandable...

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Dave Peterson