Oops, just noticed the mistake in my last post. It's ACCESS that outputs to
an Excel 5.0/95 format file, NOT Excel 2000.

Anyone know how to save in a later Excel format from Access?

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"Ian" wrote in message
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Hi Bob

I already had some code modifying cells using activecell, so I modded your
suggested code to suit (to try to keep some consistency). I've since
figured out what the problem was. I hadn't added the line Const
xlExpression As Long = 2.

Stepping thorugh the code I can see everythign working as it should, but
when I save the file using objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save, the conditional
formatting is lost. I'm assuming this is because Excel 2000 outputs to an
Excel 5.0/95 format spreadsheet. Do you know if there's a way to force the
saving in Excel 2000 format?

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"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Two thoughts spring to mind.

Why are you suddenly using Activecell?Using the code you originally
supplied, I created this little test in Word, and it worked fine

Sub test()
Dim oXL As Object
Dim oWB As Object
Dim oWS As Object
Const xlExpression As Long = 2

Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXL.Visible = True
Set oWB = oXL.workbooks.Open("c:\Testfolders\Some book 1.xls")

Dim strRange As String
Dim strCondition1 As String
Dim x, i As Long
For x = 2 To 7
strRange = "L" & x
Debug.Print strRange
strCondition1 = "=DAY(RC1)=DAY(R[+1]C1)"
Debug.Print strCondition1
With oWB.Worksheets("Time sheet for submission").Range(strRange)
For i = 1 To .FormatConditions.Count
.FormatConditions(i).Delete
Next i
With .FormatConditions.Add(xlExpression, , strCondition1)
.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End With
Next

Set oWS = Nothing
Set oWS = Nothing
oXL.Quit
Set oXL = Nothing

End Sub


Second, are you late binding or early binding?

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"Ian" wrote in message
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Bob & Doug

Thanks for your combined effort. I can get the code to work perfectly as
a standalone macro in Excel. Unfortunately I'm trying to use it as part
of an Access macro to add formulae and formatting to an Excle sheet.
Most of the other code I've used has easily transferred, but this isn't
working out.

If I use:
objExcel.activecell.FormatConditions.Add(xlExpress ion,,strCondition1)
I immediately get a VB compile error saying "Expected: =" when trying
to leave the line.
If I use:
objExcel.activecell.FormatConditions.Add Type:= xlExpression, Formula1:=
strCondition1
the code appears to compile correctly, but when I run it I get
"Run-time error '5' Invalid procedure call or argument"

I'm using strCondition1 = "=DAY(RC1)=DAY(R[+1]C1)" and I've also tried
"=DAY(A2)=DAY(A3)"

The earlier code produces the spreadsheet so there are no pre-existing
conditions applied, but I've added the line
objExcel.activecell.FormatConditions.Delete before the line above and
this runs fine.

Any ideas?
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"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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No good reason Doug, that is a better idea. I was trying it out on
2007, and I got bogged down thinking about more than 3 conditions. Your
suggestion works just as well in 2007 also.

Bob



"Doug Glancy" wrote in message
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Bob,

Is there a reason not to just use:

.FormatConditionsDelete

I tried it on a few tests, including ranges with different numbers of
FormatConditions, and it worked. But knowing you, there's a good
reason for the way you did it.

thanks,

Doug

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Forgot to mention, best to clear any exsiting conditions down, just
in case

Sub test()
Dim strRange As String
Dim strCondition1 As String
Dim x, i As Long
For x = 2 To 7
strRange = "L" & x
Debug.Print strRange
strCondition1 = "=DAY(RC1)=DAY(R[+1]C1)"
Debug.Print strCondition1
With Worksheets("Time sheet for submission").Range(strRange)
For i = 1 To .FormatConditions.Count
.FormatConditions(i).Delete
Next i
With .FormatConditions.Add(xlExpression, , strCondition1)
.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End With
Next
End Sub



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"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Use RC notation

Sub test()
Dim strRange As String
Dim strCondition1 As String
Dim x
For x = 2 To 7
strRange = "L" & x
Debug.Print strRange
strCondition1 = "=DAY(RC1)=DAY(R[+1]C1)"
Debug.Print strCondition1
With Worksheets("Time sheet for
submission").Range(strRange).FormatConditions.Add( xlExpression, ,
strCondition1)
With .Font
.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End With
Next
End Sub



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"Ian" wrote in message
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This code is supposed toset a conditional format to "hide" the
contents of a cell if the following line has the same date:

Sub test()
Dim strRange As String
Dim strCondition1 As String
For x = 2 To 7
strRange = "L" & x
Debug.Print strRange
strCondition1 = "=DAY(A" & x & ")=DAY(A" & x + 1 & ")"
Debug.Print strCondition1
With Worksheets("Time sheet for
submission").Range(strRange).FormatConditions.Add( xlExpression, ,
strCondition1)
With .Font
.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End With
Next
End Sub


I set sthe Debug.Print lines to try to understand where the code is
going wrong, but I still can't figure it out. On the face of it,
the code should work, especially given the output I got in the
Immediate window:
L2
=DAY(A2)=DAY(A3)
L3
=DAY(A3)=DAY(A4)
L4
=DAY(A4)=DAY(A5)
L5
=DAY(A5)=DAY(A6)
L6
=DAY(A6)=DAY(A7)
L7
=DAY(A7)=DAY(A8)

This is as expected, but the forumlae in the spreadsheet reference
the wrong lines after the first instance as below.

Conditional format contents:
L2 refers to A2 A3 as expected but
L3 refers to A4 A5 instead of A3 A4
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-
L7 refers to A12 A13

Can anyone suggest a cure for what's happening here?

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