function to extract background color from one cell to another
 

Hi all,
Doe's anyone know if a function/addin etc exists that will enable me to get
the background color from a cell and then copy it to the current cell

eg someting like in sheet 1 cell A put the formula =backgroundcolor(sheet2!
A1) then replicate to other cells

I can't use the normal method of copy/paste special as I need to do it for a
LOT of cells

Lotus 123 used to have an addin called @setstyle ....I'm after something
similar

Thanks to all who have helped me on previous posts.....even if you didn't
know you had !

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function to extract background color from one cell to another
 

VBA?

iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To iLastRow
Cells(i,"C").Interior.Colorindex = Cells(i,"A").Interior.Colorindex
Next i

this copies the colour from A to C

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Bob Phillips

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Hi all,
Doe's anyone know if a function/addin etc exists that will enable me to
get
the background color from a cell and then copy it to the current cell

eg someting like in sheet 1 cell A put the formula
=backgroundcolor(sheet2!
A1) then replicate to other cells

I can't use the normal method of copy/paste special as I need to do it for
a
LOT of cells

Lotus 123 used to have an addin called @setstyle ....I'm after
something
similar

Thanks to all who have helped me on previous posts.....even if you didn't
know you had !

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function to extract background color from one cell to another
 

Bob Phillips wrote:
VBA?

iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To iLastRow
Cells(i,"C").Interior.Colorindex = Cells(i,"A").Interior.Colorindex
Next i

this copies the colour from A to C

Hi all,
Doe's anyone know if a function/addin etc exists that will enable me to get
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
Thanks to all who have helped me on previous posts.....even if you didn't
know you had !





Hi Bob,

Thanks for the very quick reply.

The destination cells for this 'function' are on a 'status' worksheet, which
lists data from several other worksheets, so I don't believe that I could use
VBA easily.
I found this from Chip Pearsons site but I'm having trouble getting it to
work (I'm sure it's me)


Function CellColorIndex(InRange As Range, Optional _
OfText As Boolean = False) As Integer
'
' This function returns the ColorIndex value of a the Interior
' (background) of a cell, or, if OfText is true, of the Font in the cell.
'
Application.Volatile True
If OfText = True Then
CellColorIndex = InRange(1,1).Font.ColorIndex
Else
CellColorIndex = InRange(1,1).Interior.ColorIndex
End If

End Function

But when I put the range in (A1:T90) or whatever I got some sort of
compile/syntax error on the Function line.
as I say , I know it's me but as you may guess I'm not clued up on much of
VBA

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function to extract background color from one cell to another
 

You have to use VBA, you cannot set the colour on another sheet using a
function. Chip's function just returns the cell colorindex, it does not set
any others.

My code easily adapts to another sheet

iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To iLastRow
Worksheets("Status").Cells(i,"C").Interior.Colorin dex =
Cells(i,"A").Interior.Colorindex
Next i


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Bob Phillips

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"Francois via OfficeKB.com" <u18959@uwe wrote in message
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Bob Phillips wrote:
VBA?

iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To iLastRow
Cells(i,"C").Interior.Colorindex =
Cells(i,"A").Interior.Colorindex
Next i

this copies the colour from A to C

Hi all,
Doe's anyone know if a function/addin etc exists that will enable me to
get
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
Thanks to all who have helped me on previous posts.....even if you
didn't
know you had !





Hi Bob,

Thanks for the very quick reply.

The destination cells for this 'function' are on a 'status' worksheet,
which
lists data from several other worksheets, so I don't believe that I could
use
VBA easily.
I found this from Chip Pearsons site but I'm having trouble getting it to
work (I'm sure it's me)


Function CellColorIndex(InRange As Range, Optional _
OfText As Boolean = False) As Integer
'
' This function returns the ColorIndex value of a the Interior
' (background) of a cell, or, if OfText is true, of the Font in the cell.
'
Application.Volatile True
If OfText = True Then
CellColorIndex = InRange(1,1).Font.ColorIndex
Else
CellColorIndex = InRange(1,1).Interior.ColorIndex
End If

End Function

But when I put the range in (A1:T90) or whatever I got some sort of
compile/syntax error on the Function line.
as I say , I know it's me but as you may guess I'm not clued up on much of
VBA

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function to extract background color from one cell to another
 

Bob Phillips wrote:
You have to use VBA, you cannot set the colour on another sheet using a
function. Chip's function just returns the cell colorindex, it does not set
any others.

My code easily adapts to another sheet

iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To iLastRow
Worksheets("Status").Cells(i,"C").Interior.Colorin dex =
Cells(i,"A").Interior.Colorindex
Next i

VBA?

[quoted text clipped - 40 lines]
as I say , I know it's me but as you may guess I'm not clued up on much of
VBA


Thanks for your patience Bob, but I get a 'subscript out of range' on the
worksheet row

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function to extract background color from one cell to another
 

That is probably because your worksheet is not named Status.

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Bob Phillips

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"Francois via OfficeKB.com" <u18959@uwe wrote in message
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Bob Phillips wrote:
You have to use VBA, you cannot set the colour on another sheet using a
function. Chip's function just returns the cell colorindex, it does not
set
any others.

My code easily adapts to another sheet

iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To iLastRow
Worksheets("Status").Cells(i,"C").Interior.Colorin dex =
Cells(i,"A").Interior.Colorindex
Next i

VBA?

[quoted text clipped - 40 lines]
as I say , I know it's me but as you may guess I'm not clued up on much
of
VBA


Thanks for your patience Bob, but I get a 'subscript out of range' on the
worksheet row

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function to extract background color from one cell to another
 

Bob Phillips wrote:
That is probably because your worksheet is not named Status.

You have to use VBA, you cannot set the colour on another sheet using a
function. Chip's function just returns the cell colorindex, it does not set
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
Thanks for your patience Bob, but I get a 'subscript out of range' on the
worksheet row




Oops,

Thanks a load

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