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Adding colour to result in a cell?
Hi there,
I am developing a spreadsheet that uses data validation and a chooser box to select Y or N and depending upon the result drops a value in the adjacent box. This works as expected and depending upon the formula will enter a number from 1-5 when N is selected from the chooser. I would like to allocate different colours to result, i.e. If Y is selected I would like the Y to appear in green in the chooser to indicate an OK result. In this case there is no value dropped into the adjacent box when Y is chosen. If N is selected I would like the N to appear in Red in the chooser and the result that is dropped in the adjacent box to be coloured accordingly. For example if 5 is the value then this should be displayed in Red If a 1 is the result than display this in Cyan etc. As an example the formula I use to return the result is based upon the following; =IF(E19="N",1,"") Is this possible please? -- Thanks & regards, -pp- |
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This should get you started. It assumes the DV box is E5
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) On Error GoTo ws_exit: Application.EnableEvents = False If Not Intersect(Target, Range("E5, E19")) Is Nothing Then If Range("E5").Value = "Y" Then Select Case Range("E19").Value Case 1: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 1 Case 2: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 2 Case 3: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 3 Case 4: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 4 Case 5: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 5 Case Else: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 10 End Select Else Select Case Range("E19").Value Case 1: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 21 Case 2: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 22 Case 3: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 23 Case 4: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 24 Case 5: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 8 Case Else: Range("E19").Interior.ColorIndex = 3 End Select End If End If ws_exit: Application.EnableEvents = True End Sub 'This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be 'placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard 'code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select 'the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in. -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "Pheasant Plucker®" wrote in message ... Hi there, I am developing a spreadsheet that uses data validation and a chooser box to select Y or N and depending upon the result drops a value in the adjacent box. This works as expected and depending upon the formula will enter a number from 1-5 when N is selected from the chooser. I would like to allocate different colours to result, i.e. If Y is selected I would like the Y to appear in green in the chooser to indicate an OK result. In this case there is no value dropped into the adjacent box when Y is chosen. If N is selected I would like the N to appear in Red in the chooser and the result that is dropped in the adjacent box to be coloured accordingly. For example if 5 is the value then this should be displayed in Red If a 1 is the result than display this in Cyan etc. As an example the formula I use to return the result is based upon the following; =IF(E19="N",1,"") Is this possible please? -- Thanks & regards, -pp- |
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If you are not into VBA coding the easiest way to do this is with conditional formatting. Ed -- EdMac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EdMac's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30736 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=504334 |
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Not with 5 values it's not.
-- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "EdMac" wrote in message ... If you are not into VBA coding the easiest way to do this is with conditional formatting. Ed -- EdMac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EdMac's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30736 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=504334 |
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Agreed,Bob, but not clear exactly what is required. Ed -- EdMac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EdMac's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30736 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=504334 |
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Adding colour to result in a cell?
Thanks for the replies Bob & Ed,
That first reply from you Bob nearly blew my mind...where on earth does that lot go? Conditional formatting sounds like it might be easier - if I were to reduce the number of colours needed from 5 down to 3 or even 2 how would conditional formatting work? An example or two would be nice - please excuse my ignorance and bear with me - I am a complete idiot when it comes to Excel (and many other things besides! :-) Thanks & regards, -=pp= |
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I did explain at the end how to implement it. If you want CF
Select all the cells, starting at let's say A2 Menu FormatConditional Formatting Change Condition 1 to Formula Is Add formula of =AND(E5="Y",E19=1) Click Format Select Pattern tab Select red OK Click Add Change Condition 1 to Formula Is Add formula of =AND(E5="Y",E19=2) Click Format Select Pattern tab Select green OK OK obviously change the cells to suit. -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "Pheasant Plucker®" wrote in message ... Thanks for the replies Bob & Ed, That first reply from you Bob nearly blew my mind...where on earth does that lot go? Conditional formatting sounds like it might be easier - if I were to reduce the number of colours needed from 5 down to 3 or even 2 how would conditional formatting work? An example or two would be nice - please excuse my ignorance and bear with me - I am a complete idiot when it comes to Excel (and many other things besides! :-) Thanks & regards, -=pp= |
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Adding colour to result in a cell?
Bob's reply required you to be able to use VBA - that is fairly advanced stuff. With Conditional formatting (Formatconditional formatting), you can set the format according to what is in the cell OR what is in another cell in the same sheet. So if you want the the drop down box to be Red if there is 'N0' in it Condition1 Cell ValueIs equal to="No" Then select format and you gett he chance to select the coulour of the font, cell infill and border. Then select 'ADD' and you get the chance to set another format - e.g. for Yes. Repeat the process. You can use al the normal Excel rules like IF, AND etc to build up complicated setups. Hope this helps Ed -- EdMac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EdMac's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30736 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=504334 |
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