Yes. That makes it "global" to the code module it is on and it will retain
its value after the subroutine that puts a value in it ends. If you declared
it inside the subroutine, then any values assigned to it would disappear
when the subroutine ended. Usually a variable is declared outside of a
subroutine or function in the (General)(Declarations) section of the code
window so that more than one subroutine and/or function can reference its
value. That is not how Gary''s Student is using it, though; rather, he is
using the fact that this kind of declaration preserves values while the code
windows remains active. Another way to have handled this would have been to
declare the variable as Static inside the subroutine itself... doing that
would insure no other procedures would be able to change it, but Static
variable retain their values from subroutine call to subroutine call.
Look up "Understanding Scope and Visibility" in the
VB help files for more
information on this. Also look up the "Static Statement" in the
VB help
files too.
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Rick (MVP - Excel)
"BG Lad" wrote in message
...
Does the 'Dim rowcount As Long' really go before the 'Private Sub ...'
statement?
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B Good Lad
"Gary''s Student" wrote:
Put this Event macro in the worksheet code area:
Dim rowcount As Long
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If IsEmpty(rowcount) Then
Else
If ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count = rowcount - 1 Then
MsgBox ("a row was deleted")
End If
End If
rowcount = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
End Sub
It relies on detecting that the number of rows in UsedRange has been
reduced
by one. Because it is worksheet code, it is very easy to install and
use:
1. right-click the tab name near the bottom of the window
2. select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window
If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it.
To remove the macro:
1. bring up the VBE windows as above
2. clear the code out
3. close the VBE window
To learn more about macros in general, see:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm
To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200823
"BG Lad" wrote:
Can anyone get me started on where I might put some code that runs when
a row
or any cell is deleted in the worksheet?
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B Good Lad