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Setting the Options of the Find method
I use this statement to create a range of cells from the 'InColumn' column
Set rFound = Columns(InColumn).Find(findIt) Things were working fine, then all of a sudden, it stopped finding anything regardless of what I set 'findIt' equal to. It was driving me crazy and I finally tried to record a whole macro and start over. Problem was I couldn't record a 'Find' macro. But in the process of trying, I looked at the options for the find and saw that the "Match entire cell contents" was selected. I turned that off and, since findIt will only be found as a substring, when went back and ran the replace macro, it magically worked again. Jeez, this lesson took hours. So this is how I am trying to think of this VBA stuff, and please help me out here, "Find" is a method(?) that belongs to a range object(?) the Find method has parameters(?)/setting(?)/options(?) If those parameters (or whatever they are called) are already set, the method uses whatever those are set to So, here are my questions: 1) How do I access those settings values? Seems polite to store these before simply changing them. 2) How do I change them? So I can clean things up after I am done, like I was taught in Kindergarten ;-) 3) Is there a way to use the Find method and just specify my desired settings, without changing them? Thanks for any help and insights. Ken Loomis |
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Ken,
I'll start to answer a few basic questions. If you're in the Excel VBE, hit the F2 button which exposes the Object Browser window. On the left hand pane enter "r" to get down the list and locate "range". Over on the right hand pane you'll see a list of properties and methods of the range object. The green bricks are methods. The hand with the page are properties. Even though I've been programming in Excel since 1997, I still rely on the Object Browser a lot. Geof. -----Original Message----- I use this statement to create a range of cells from the 'InColumn' column Set rFound = Columns(InColumn).Find(findIt) Things were working fine, then all of a sudden, it stopped finding anything regardless of what I set 'findIt' equal to. It was driving me crazy and I finally tried to record a whole macro and start over. Problem was I couldn't record a 'Find' macro. But in the process of trying, I looked at the options for the find and saw that the "Match entire cell contents" was selected. I turned that off and, since findIt will only be found as a substring, when went back and ran the replace macro, it magically worked again. Jeez, this lesson took hours. So this is how I am trying to think of this VBA stuff, and please help me out here, "Find" is a method(?) that belongs to a range object(?) the Find method has parameters(?)/setting(?)/options(?) If those parameters (or whatever they are called) are already set, the method uses whatever those are set to So, here are my questions: 1) How do I access those settings values? Seems polite to store these before simply changing them. 2) How do I change them? So I can clean things up after I am done, like I was taught in Kindergarten ;-) 3) Is there a way to use the Find method and just specify my desired settings, without changing them? Thanks for any help and insights. Ken Loomis . |
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Setting the Options of the Find method
Ken,
The other two things I rely on a lot is Help and Intellisense. Click anywhere in the word "Find" on your line of code and hit the F1 key. It should show all of the arguments and all of the values that each argument can take. The Intellisense helps as you're filling in the arguments (in Excel 97 and up, I believe). Geof. -----Original Message----- I use this statement to create a range of cells from the 'InColumn' column Set rFound = Columns(InColumn).Find(findIt) Things were working fine, then all of a sudden, it stopped finding anything regardless of what I set 'findIt' equal to. It was driving me crazy and I finally tried to record a whole macro and start over. Problem was I couldn't record a 'Find' macro. But in the process of trying, I looked at the options for the find and saw that the "Match entire cell contents" was selected. I turned that off and, since findIt will only be found as a substring, when went back and ran the replace macro, it magically worked again. Jeez, this lesson took hours. So this is how I am trying to think of this VBA stuff, and please help me out here, "Find" is a method(?) that belongs to a range object(?) the Find method has parameters(?)/setting(?)/options(?) If those parameters (or whatever they are called) are already set, the method uses whatever those are set to So, here are my questions: 1) How do I access those settings values? Seems polite to store these before simply changing them. 2) How do I change them? So I can clean things up after I am done, like I was taught in Kindergarten ;-) 3) Is there a way to use the Find method and just specify my desired settings, without changing them? Thanks for any help and insights. Ken Loomis . |
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Setting the Options of the Find method
Geof, thanks, that helps a lot.
Ken "Geof Wyght" wrote in message ... Ken, The other two things I rely on a lot is Help and Intellisense. Click anywhere in the word "Find" on your line of code and hit the F1 key. It should show all of the arguments and all of the values that each argument can take. The Intellisense helps as you're filling in the arguments (in Excel 97 and up, I believe). Geof. -----Original Message----- I use this statement to create a range of cells from the 'InColumn' column Set rFound = Columns(InColumn).Find(findIt) Things were working fine, then all of a sudden, it stopped finding anything regardless of what I set 'findIt' equal to. It was driving me crazy and I finally tried to record a whole macro and start over. Problem was I couldn't record a 'Find' macro. But in the process of trying, I looked at the options for the find and saw that the "Match entire cell contents" was selected. I turned that off and, since findIt will only be found as a substring, when went back and ran the replace macro, it magically worked again. Jeez, this lesson took hours. So this is how I am trying to think of this VBA stuff, and please help me out here, "Find" is a method(?) that belongs to a range object(?) the Find method has parameters(?)/setting(?)/options(?) If those parameters (or whatever they are called) are already set, the method uses whatever those are set to So, here are my questions: 1) How do I access those settings values? Seems polite to store these before simply changing them. 2) How do I change them? So I can clean things up after I am done, like I was taught in Kindergarten ;-) 3) Is there a way to use the Find method and just specify my desired settings, without changing them? Thanks for any help and insights. Ken Loomis . |
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Setting the Options of the Find method
Ken
As you discovered, the Find method will use the last used setting for any arguments that you omit. The last used setting is set in both VBA and the user-interface. "Find" is a method(?) that belongs to a range object(?) the Find method has parameters(?)/setting(?)/options(?) If those parameters (or whatever they are called) are already set, the method uses whatever those are set to So, here are my questions: 1) How do I access those settings values? Seems polite to store these before simply changing them. I believe the only way to change those is the through the arguments of the Find method and through the user interface. That seems to imply that you can't get/change those settings anywhere else. 2) How do I change them? So I can clean things up after I am done, like I was taught in Kindergarten ;-) 3) Is there a way to use the Find method and just specify my desired settings, without changing them? No. The best course, in my opinion, is to explicitly set every argument when using the Find method every time. Since these settings are easily viewed in the UI, don't worry that the user will have to change them. It's most likely that the user won't know what they were before. That may not pass the Kindergarten test, but I think it's the best option. See also http://www.dicks-blog.com/excel/2004...nd_method.html -- Dick Kusleika MVP - Excel Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel www.dicks-blog.com |
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Setting the Options of the Find method
Thanks for that confirmation.
If the anyway to store the settings for the Find method so I can set them back to what they were after I am with the find? Ken Loomis "Dick Kusleika" wrote in message ... Ken As you discovered, the Find method will use the last used setting for any arguments that you omit. The last used setting is set in both VBA and the user-interface. "Find" is a method(?) that belongs to a range object(?) the Find method has parameters(?)/setting(?)/options(?) If those parameters (or whatever they are called) are already set, the method uses whatever those are set to So, here are my questions: 1) How do I access those settings values? Seems polite to store these before simply changing them. I believe the only way to change those is the through the arguments of the Find method and through the user interface. That seems to imply that you can't get/change those settings anywhere else. 2) How do I change them? So I can clean things up after I am done, like I was taught in Kindergarten ;-) 3) Is there a way to use the Find method and just specify my desired settings, without changing them? No. The best course, in my opinion, is to explicitly set every argument when using the Find method every time. Since these settings are easily viewed in the UI, don't worry that the user will have to change them. It's most likely that the user won't know what they were before. That may not pass the Kindergarten test, but I think it's the best option. See also http://www.dicks-blog.com/excel/2004...nd_method.html -- Dick Kusleika MVP - Excel Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel www.dicks-blog.com |
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Setting the Options of the Find method
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-- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Ken Loomis" wrote in message ... Thanks for that confirmation. If the anyway to store the settings for the Find method so I can set them back to what they were after I am with the find? Ken Loomis "Dick Kusleika" wrote in message ... Ken As you discovered, the Find method will use the last used setting for any arguments that you omit. The last used setting is set in both VBA and the user-interface. "Find" is a method(?) that belongs to a range object(?) the Find method has parameters(?)/setting(?)/options(?) If those parameters (or whatever they are called) are already set, the method uses whatever those are set to So, here are my questions: 1) How do I access those settings values? Seems polite to store these before simply changing them. I believe the only way to change those is the through the arguments of the Find method and through the user interface. That seems to imply that you can't get/change those settings anywhere else. 2) How do I change them? So I can clean things up after I am done, like I was taught in Kindergarten ;-) 3) Is there a way to use the Find method and just specify my desired settings, without changing them? No. The best course, in my opinion, is to explicitly set every argument when using the Find method every time. Since these settings are easily viewed in the UI, don't worry that the user will have to change them. It's most likely that the user won't know what they were before. That may not pass the Kindergarten test, but I think it's the best option. See also http://www.dicks-blog.com/excel/2004...nd_method.html -- Dick Kusleika MVP - Excel Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel www.dicks-blog.com |
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