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Creating an Alert Box
I would like to create an Alert box that would pup up when a specific event occurs. For instance if cell A2 1 , then a box would pop up, and state "a2 1" and require acknowledgement. Maybe even ding until click off. Is this possible? I would like to do it w/o VBA so it can be more flexible and can be created easier by an end user. Any advice? TIA Paul -- Paul987 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul987's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24850 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520206 |
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Use Data Validation with either a number <= 1 or a custom formula of
=A2<=1 No ding though. -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from email address if mailing direct) "Paul987" wrote in message ... I would like to create an Alert box that would pup up when a specific event occurs. For instance if cell A2 1 , then a box would pop up, and state "a2 1" and require acknowledgement. Maybe even ding until click off. Is this possible? I would like to do it w/o VBA so it can be more flexible and can be created easier by an end user. Any advice? TIA Paul -- Paul987 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul987's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24850 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520206 |
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Thanks, Bob. I didn't even know that feature existed. It's people like you that keep this site running! -- Paul987 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul987's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24850 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520206 |
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New problem. The cell I was going to use the data validation on is real time data. Therefore, the user isn't entering a value into the cell, it's changing automatically and the validation doesn't work. Any ideas? -- Paul987 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul987's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24850 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520206 |
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Here's another idea Paul.
Link a cell to the cell that gets update via the feed, with a simple =H10 say. Add this code, which should trigger when the linked cell, A1 in my example, goes below 1 Private Sub Worksheet_Calculate() Const WS_RANGE As String = "A1:H10" Static oldvalue If Me.Range(WS_RANGE) < oldvalue Then If Me.Range(WS_RANGE).Value <= 1 Then MsgBox "Alert" End If End If oldvalue = Me.Range(WS_RANGE).Value 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 email address if mailing direct) "Paul987" wrote in message ... New problem. The cell I was going to use the data validation on is real time data. Therefore, the user isn't entering a value into the cell, it's changing automatically and the validation doesn't work. Any ideas? -- Paul987 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul987's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24850 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520206 |
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Bob - Unless I'm misunderstanding something, I'm not sure the macro will work because the data will be constantly changing, several times a second, and the macro will only run on command or a time loop of some sort. Is this correct? Thanks for the help. -- Paul987 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul987's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24850 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520206 |
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one more question: How do I stop it, so I can modify the code? -- Paul987 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul987's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24850 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520206 |
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