Getting active cell address
 

Hi,

I am not an Excel VBA expert and have run into a roadblock in attempts
to create a VBA script to manipulate data in S/S cells. What I want
to do is retrieve the address of the active cell. From that I want to
get the row number so that I can go to other cell in that row to read
and modify cell values.

Reviewing all the Excel classes and help files I couldn't seem to
locate a method that returns an object that contains the currently
active cell address.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA ...

Mike

Getting active cell address
 

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I am not an Excel VBA expert and have run into a
roadblock in attempts
to create a VBA script to manipulate data in S/S cells.
What I want
to do is retrieve the address of the active cell. From
that I want to
get the row number so that I can go to other cell in that
row to read
and modify cell values.

Reviewing all the Excel classes and help files I couldn't
seem to
locate a method that returns an object that contains the
currently
active cell address.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA ...

Mike
.
Hi Mike

Use the ActiveCell.Address as:
Sub ActiveCellAddress()
Dim myCellAddress As String
myCellAddress = ActiveCell.Address
MsgBox "Active cell address: " & myCellAddress
End Sub

Getting active cell address
 

Hi Mike

You can read the row number directly:

ActiveCell.Row

(Likewise for .Column and .Address)
--
HTH. Best wishes Harald
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"bmwmcrider" skrev i melding
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Hi,

I am not an Excel VBA expert and have run into a roadblock in attempts
to create a VBA script to manipulate data in S/S cells. What I want
to do is retrieve the address of the active cell. From that I want to
get the row number so that I can go to other cell in that row to read
and modify cell values.

Reviewing all the Excel classes and help files I couldn't seem to
locate a method that returns an object that contains the currently
active cell address.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA ...

Mike

Getting active cell address
 

Just to add to the previous answers...

You may also want to take a look at the Offset property.

Troy


Sub Test1()

'Change the cell 1 column to the right.
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Value = 123

'Change the cell 2 columns to the right.
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2) = 456

End Sub



"bmwmcrider" wrote in message
om...
Hi,

I am not an Excel VBA expert and have run into a roadblock in attempts
to create a VBA script to manipulate data in S/S cells. What I want
to do is retrieve the address of the active cell. From that I want to
get the row number so that I can go to other cell in that row to read
and modify cell values.

Reviewing all the Excel classes and help files I couldn't seem to
locate a method that returns an object that contains the currently
active cell address.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA ...

Mike

Getting active cell address
 

Hi Gregas, Harald

Thanks for yor help. After going back and studying the properties
some more I too eventually figured out how to achieve my objective.

I should get a book on writing VBA scripts for Excel rather than rely
on the help pages. Any recommendations?

Mike

(bmwmcrider) wrote in message . com...

I am not an Excel VBA expert and have run into a roadblock in attempts
to create a VBA script to manipulate data in S/S cells. What I want
to do is retrieve the address of the active cell. From that I want to

Getting active cell address
 

Here is a list of books on Excel.
http://www.contextures.com/xlbooks.html

John Walkenbach has written a bunch of books. I'd frequent a bookstore
and/or library before I made a decision.

HTH
Paul
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I should get a book on writing VBA scripts for Excel rather than rely
on the help pages. Any recommendations?