Is there a way to determine if a cell is selected? I tried to use the
onchange event, but that only works when something is changed. If a certain
cell is selected, I would like to test and make sure another cell has data
in it.

For example, the user must choose a value from a data validation drop down
list in cell C7 before the cascading list in cell D8 is populated. If they
try to select cell D8 first, I want to display a message and then set cell
C7 as the active cell.

I'm not sure if there is a way to capture a cell select versus a change???

Thanks,

Tom

Use the selectionchange event in xl97 and later

See Chip Pearson's page on events
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/events.htm

Also, if you change the selection within the SelectionChange event, you
should disable events (reenable them at the end) within the event to prevent
recursive calls.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Tom Melosi" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to determine if a cell is selected? I tried to use the
onchange event, but that only works when something is changed. If a
certain
cell is selected, I would like to test and make sure another cell has data
in it.

For example, the user must choose a value from a data validation drop down
list in cell C7 before the cascading list in cell D8 is populated. If
they
try to select cell D8 first, I want to display a message and then set cell
C7 as the active cell.

I'm not sure if there is a way to capture a cell select versus a change???

Thanks,

Tom

Try the worksheet select event

'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.


Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$D$8" Then
With Target
'do your stuff
End With
End If
End Sub


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HTH

RP
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"Tom Melosi" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to determine if a cell is selected? I tried to use the
onchange event, but that only works when something is changed. If a
certain
cell is selected, I would like to test and make sure another cell has data
in it.

For example, the user must choose a value from a data validation drop down
list in cell C7 before the cascading list in cell D8 is populated. If
they
try to select cell D8 first, I want to display a message and then set cell
C7 as the active cell.

I'm not sure if there is a way to capture a cell select versus a change???

Thanks,

Tom

Thanks, worked great!

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Try the worksheet select event

'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.


Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$D$8" Then
With Target
'do your stuff
End With
End If
End Sub


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HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

The selectionchange event is what I was looking for - Thanks!

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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Use the selectionchange event in xl97 and later

See Chip Pearson's page on events
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/events.htm

Also, if you change the selection within the SelectionChange event, you
should disable events (reenable them at the end) within the event to
prevent
recursive calls.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

Use

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'Target will be the range of the selected cell
If target.row = [row number] and target.column = [column number
then
[your code]
End If
End Sub

or something like tha

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