Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

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isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range, then you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so you wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check for that first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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Becoming clearer. Thanks for the help.

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range, then you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so you wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check for that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range, then you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so you wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check for that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range, then you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check for that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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Yes it works for me on a new book.
No merged cells.....that I know of.
Have tried 'my' code with alternative books
and get the same results.

Will post tomorrow if I cannot reconcile.

Regards, and again, thanks.


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range, then
you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check for that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

It works on new empty workbooks, but fails on nearly all
my 'test' workbooks, with the message 'Unable to set the
Hidden property of the Range class'

If it's something in the sheets, then any pointers as to what
to look for, please?

Have noticed the following: normally When I click the Reset
button after running code to a Breakpoint, the VBE windows
cascade and leave me in an Event Class module. This is now
not always the case....sometimes I'm left in the module with
the break point.

There is also a Userform problem, but I will post that as a
separate issue.

Regards and thanks.



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range, then
you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check for that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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If you don't have merged cells and the worksheet isn't protected, I can't
think of anything that would cause that error.

make one of the troublesome sheets active. Go to the immediate window in
the VBE and do

Range("B9,D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True <CR

use a range that would be typical for one of your variables.

Another possibility, throw in

ActiveCell.Activate
If HideCols = True Then


Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

It works on new empty workbooks, but fails on nearly all
my 'test' workbooks, with the message 'Unable to set the
Hidden property of the Range class'

If it's something in the sheets, then any pointers as to what
to look for, please?

Have noticed the following: normally When I click the Reset
button after running code to a Breakpoint, the VBE windows
cascade and leave me in an Event Class module. This is now
not always the case....sometimes I'm left in the module with
the break point.

There is also a Userform problem, but I will post that as a
separate issue.

Regards and thanks.



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range, then
you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and
checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check for
that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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Have you tried Rob Bovey's code cleaner? Might be worth a try.

http://www.appspro.com

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"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Not too sure if ActiveCell.Activate makes a difference,
but can confirm that using
Range("D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
in the immediate window will successfully hide the range.

I put a break on "If HideCols = True Then"
and then typed into the Immediate window. It hid the
range.

I cannot seem to find one workbook/sheet that will
either consistently fail, or consistently work.
I'm beginning to wonder if there may be a situation where
it may be a lucky choice of workbook/sheet (first time
through) but that after that, then it will fail....whatever.

Should I consider going to a subroutine for the code
that sets the 'Exclude' ranges ....might that help?

Regards and thanks.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
If you don't have merged cells and the worksheet isn't protected, I
can't
think of anything that would cause that error.

make one of the troublesome sheets active. Go to the immediate window
in
the VBE and do

Range("B9,D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True <CR

use a range that would be typical for one of your variables.

Another possibility, throw in

ActiveCell.Activate
If HideCols = True Then


Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

It works on new empty workbooks, but fails on nearly all
my 'test' workbooks, with the message 'Unable to set the
Hidden property of the Range class'

If it's something in the sheets, then any pointers as to what
to look for, please?

Have noticed the following: normally When I click the Reset
button after running code to a Breakpoint, the VBE windows
cascade and leave me in an Event Class module. This is now
not always the case....sometimes I'm left in the module with
the break point.

There is also a Userform problem, but I will post that as a
separate issue.

Regards and thanks.



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a range,
then
you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and
checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so
you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check
for
that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds
more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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Thanks for all your help.
Will pursue

Regards,

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Can't tell you Stuart.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Not too sure if ActiveCell.Activate makes a difference,
but can confirm that using
Range("D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
in the immediate window will successfully hide the range.

I put a break on "If HideCols = True Then"
and then typed into the Immediate window. It hid the
range.

I cannot seem to find one workbook/sheet that will
either consistently fail, or consistently work.
I'm beginning to wonder if there may be a situation where
it may be a lucky choice of workbook/sheet (first time
through) but that after that, then it will fail....whatever.

Should I consider going to a subroutine for the code
that sets the 'Exclude' ranges ....might that help?

Regards and thanks.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
If you don't have merged cells and the worksheet isn't protected, I
can't
think of anything that would cause that error.

make one of the troublesome sheets active. Go to the immediate
window
in
the VBE and do

Range("B9,D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True <CR

use a range that would be typical for one of your variables.

Another possibility, throw in

ActiveCell.Activate
If HideCols = True Then


Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

It works on new empty workbooks, but fails on nearly all
my 'test' workbooks, with the message 'Unable to set the
Hidden property of the Range class'

If it's something in the sheets, then any pointers as to what
to look for, please?

Have noticed the following: normally When I click the Reset
button after running code to a Breakpoint, the VBE windows
cascade and leave me in an Event Class module. This is now
not always the case....sometimes I'm left in the module with
the break point.

There is also a Userform problem, but I will post that as a
separate issue.

Regards and thanks.



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a
range,
then
you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells and
checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range - so
you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to check
for
that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds
more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I
can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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One more thought.

give:
I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If


what do you expect this to do.

If
Global_ExclcolRng = Range("A1,C1")
and
Wkbk_ExclColrng = Range("B1:D1")
and
Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing

what would columns would you expect to have hidden.

If you say columns A,B,C,D you would be wrong. Only column A and C would be
hidden - is that what you intended?

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Stuart wrote in message
...
Thanks for all your help.
Will pursue

Regards,

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Can't tell you Stuart.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Not too sure if ActiveCell.Activate makes a difference,
but can confirm that using
Range("D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
in the immediate window will successfully hide the range.

I put a break on "If HideCols = True Then"
and then typed into the Immediate window. It hid the
range.

I cannot seem to find one workbook/sheet that will
either consistently fail, or consistently work.
I'm beginning to wonder if there may be a situation where
it may be a lucky choice of workbook/sheet (first time
through) but that after that, then it will fail....whatever.

Should I consider going to a subroutine for the code
that sets the 'Exclude' ranges ....might that help?

Regards and thanks.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
If you don't have merged cells and the worksheet isn't protected, I
can't
think of anything that would cause that error.

make one of the troublesome sheets active. Go to the immediate
window
in
the VBE and do

Range("B9,D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True <CR

use a range that would be typical for one of your variables.

Another possibility, throw in

ActiveCell.Activate
If HideCols = True Then


Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

It works on new empty workbooks, but fails on nearly all
my 'test' workbooks, with the message 'Unable to set the
Hidden property of the Range class'

If it's something in the sheets, then any pointers as to what
to look for, please?

Have noticed the following: normally When I click the Reset
button after running code to a Breakpoint, the VBE windows
cascade and leave me in an Event Class module. This is now
not always the case....sometimes I'm left in the module with
the break point.

There is also a Userform problem, but I will post that as a
separate issue.

Regards and thanks.



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng =
Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng =
Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a
range,
then
you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the cells
and
checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell range -
so
you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to
check
for
that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable holds
more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but I
can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run, the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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If Global_ExclColRng
is
Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range

then this variable refers to a specific range on a specific worksheet in a
specific workbook.

It doesn't apply to the activesheet unless that is where it was set.

If sounds like if you are looping through sheets or even workbooks you want

for each sh in Worksheets ' just representing a loop
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
sh.Range(Global_ExclcolRng.address). _
EntireColumn.Hidden = True

this uses the address of the chosen cells, but works on the intended sheet
rather than the original (to which Global_ExcelcolRng actually refers to).

I suspect if the sheet where it was set was protected, you thought you were
working on another sheet, but the code was trying to hide columns on the
original sheet (which was protected). When you unprotect the original
sheet, then you don't get the error because each time the columns on the
original sheet are being hidden (if you look at the intended sheet, the
columns would still be visible). Since you didn't get an error, you were
probably happy and didn't notice the columns intended didn't get hidden.

That would be my guess.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

Stuart wrote in message
...
I would have expected cols A and C to be hidden.

However, the code 'might' now be working!!!
Let me run this by you......

The initial sequences in the routine let the user choose
which workbooks to print, and builds a stringarray of
the names.
I then open the first workbook and set
Global_ExclColRng (if the user wants to hide the same
cols in every book to be printed) or Wkbk_ExclColRng
(if user wants to hide the same cols in each sheet of that
workbook) or Sheet_ExclColRng (if user wants to
control the hiding of cols at sheet level) I'm basically
trying to get user's options globally across all books
and sheets, or at workbook level or sheet level. So the
If sequence is constructed to expect one (at most)
option to be true.

Now the point is that user will set the variable with the
1st book active, and this is before the
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
sequence....where the sheets are UNPROTECTED.

I changed the code to Unprotect the ActiveSheet in
that first workbook, just before any of the ExclColRng
variables are set, and since then it appears to work.
I had noticed in the Locals window that after the
Global_ExclCol variable had been set, if you expanded
Global_ExclColRng, then some of the other elements
had that same message (unable to set the hidden
property of the range Class) and that set me thinking
about the protected/unprotected state of that sheet
where these variables were being set.

If this logic is correct, then apologies for insisting that
sheets were unprotected...they were. What I appear
not to have known might be that when the variable is
set, so must be the sheet against which it is set.

Probably way off, but...

Regards.


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
One more thought.

give:
I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If


what do you expect this to do.

If
Global_ExclcolRng = Range("A1,C1")
and
Wkbk_ExclColrng = Range("B1:D1")
and
Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing

what would columns would you expect to have hidden.

If you say columns A,B,C,D you would be wrong. Only column A and C
would
be
hidden - is that what you intended?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


Stuart wrote in message
...
Thanks for all your help.
Will pursue

Regards,

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Can't tell you Stuart.

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"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Not too sure if ActiveCell.Activate makes a difference,
but can confirm that using
Range("D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
in the immediate window will successfully hide the range.

I put a break on "If HideCols = True Then"
and then typed into the Immediate window. It hid the
range.

I cannot seem to find one workbook/sheet that will
either consistently fail, or consistently work.
I'm beginning to wonder if there may be a situation where
it may be a lucky choice of workbook/sheet (first time
through) but that after that, then it will fail....whatever.

Should I consider going to a subroutine for the code
that sets the 'Exclude' ranges ....might that help?

Regards and thanks.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
If you don't have merged cells and the worksheet isn't
protected,
I
can't
think of anything that would cause that error.

make one of the troublesome sheets active. Go to the immediate
window
in
the VBE and do

Range("B9,D12").EntireColumn.Hidden = True <CR

use a range that would be typical for one of your variables.

Another possibility, throw in

ActiveCell.Activate
If HideCols = True Then


Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I've tested the sequence:
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

It works on new empty workbooks, but fails on nearly all
my 'test' workbooks, with the message 'Unable to set the
Hidden property of the Range class'

If it's something in the sheets, then any pointers as to what
to look for, please?

Have noticed the following: normally When I click the Reset
button after running code to a Breakpoint, the VBE windows
cascade and leave me in an Event Class module. This is now
not always the case....sometimes I'm left in the module with
the break point.

There is also a Userform problem, but I will post that as a
separate issue.

Regards and thanks.



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Syntactically, it should go

This tests all the possibilities and it worked fine for me.

Sub Stuart()
Dim Global_ExclcolRng As Range
Dim Wkbk_ExclColrng As Range
Dim Sheet_ExclColRng As Range
Dim HideCols As Boolean
HideCols = True
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To 3
Set Global_ExclcolRng = Nothing
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng = Nothing
Set Sheet_ExclColRng = Nothing
If i = 1 Then _
Set Wkbk_ExclColrng =
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 2 Then _
Set Global_ExclcolRng =
Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")
If i = 3 Then _
Set Sheet_ExclColRng =
Worksheets("Sheet3").Range("C1,E5,G2:H20")

If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclcolRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColrng Is Nothing Then
Wkbk_ExclColrng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next
End Sub




It must have something to do with your sheets.

Do you have merged cells?

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
I may not have understood correctly.

I now have.....

'Set user's HideCols options
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not Wkbk_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
With ActiveSheet
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End With
ElseIf Not Sheet_ExclColRng Is Nothing Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
'' On Error GoTo 0
End If

In the above I'm setting up a test for the Wkbk_ExclColRng
option, but when the .Hidden line executes I receive the
following:

Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class

I first thought the sheet was protected....not so.

Can you help further please?

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
isempty works with a single variable or a single cell.

if you have a range variable, and it does not point to a
range,
then
you
test this state using

Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range
If Global_ExclColRng is Nothing then
' no referencing a cell
Elseif Global_ExcelColRng.count = 1 then
if isempty(Global_ExcelColRng) then
' one cell, its empty
Else
' multicell range
bEmpty = True
for each cell in Global_ExcelColRng
if not isempty(cell) then
bEmpty = False
exit for
end if
Next
if bEmpty then
' all the cells are empty

End if
End if

if a multicell range, an alternative to looping the
cells
and
checking
individually is to use the worksheet countA function

if application.CountA(Global_ExcelColRng) = 0 then
' all cells are empty
End if

It would work for both a multicell and single cell
range -
so
you
wouldn't
have to differentiate

However, if the variable is Nothing, you always need to
check
for
that
first
and not try to use it as a range if that is the case.



--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Am having problems in testing for the values held by
range
variables. As I understand it, if the range variable
holds
more
than 1 value then I should test using If IsArray, but
I
can't
get that to work, either.

At the point where the following sequence will run,
the
variables have the following values:
HideCols = True (Dimmed as Boolean)
Global_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
Wkbk_ExclColRng has the column 'D'
Sheet_ExclColRng has the value 'Nothing'
All 3 variables are dimmed as Range

If HideCols = True Then
On Error Resume Next
If Not IsEmpty(Global_ExclColRng) Then
Global_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Wkbk_ExclColRng) Then
Wkbk_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ElseIf Not IsEmpty(Sheet_ExclColRng) Then
Sheet_ExclColRng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End If

How do I get this to work, please?

Regards.


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You were absolutely correct,
sh.Range(Global_ExclcolRng.address). _
EntireColumn.Hidden = True
was the key.
I hadn't noticed the failure in the other sheets.

Thanks for all your help.

Regards.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
If Global_ExclColRng
is
Dim Global_ExclColRng as Range

then this variable refers to a specific range on a specific worksheet in a
specific workbook.

It doesn't apply to the activesheet unless that is where it was set.

If sounds like if you are looping through sheets or even workbooks you
want

for each sh in Worksheets ' just representing a loop
If HideCols = True Then
'On Error Resume Next
If Not Global_ExclcolRng Is Nothing Then
sh.Range(Global_ExclcolRng.address). _
EntireColumn.Hidden = True

this uses the address of the chosen cells, but works on the intended sheet
rather than the original (to which Global_ExcelcolRng actually refers to).

I suspect if the sheet where it was set was protected, you thought you
were
working on another sheet, but the code was trying to hide columns on the
original sheet (which was protected). When you unprotect the original
sheet, then you don't get the error because each time the columns on the
original sheet are being hidden (if you look at the intended sheet, the
columns would still be visible). Since you didn't get an error, you were
probably happy and didn't notice the columns intended didn't get hidden.

That would be my guess.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



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