How can I make a cell mandatory?
 

Hello,

I searched the forums and were able to find similar things but canno
make it work for the action that I need.

I am trying to make B1 a mandatory cell if user puts data in A1. So i
there is data in A1 and B1 is empty, an error message should b
displayed on Save. I am sure it is not very hard but I am not much o
an Excel programmer.

Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Thanks in advance..

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How can I make a cell mandatory?
 

Add this code to the ThisWorkbook code module:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As
Boolean)
With Worksheets("Sheet1")
If .Range("A1").Value < "" And .Range("B1").Value = "" Then
MsgBox "Mandatory cell not filled. No Save"
Cancel = True
End If
End With
End Sub

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"alche" wrote in message
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Hello,

I searched the forums and were able to find similar things but cannot
make it work for the action that I need.

I am trying to make B1 a mandatory cell if user puts data in A1. So if
there is data in A1 and B1 is empty, an error message should be
displayed on Save. I am sure it is not very hard but I am not much of
an Excel programmer.

Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Thanks in advance...


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How can I make a cell mandatory?
 

Why wait until the user tries to do a save?

Why not just use an adjacent cell and give the user a message:

=if(and(a1<"",b1=""),"Please enter a value in B1","")

As a user, I think I would appreciate the immediate feedback.

alche wrote:

Hello,

I searched the forums and were able to find similar things but cannot
make it work for the action that I need.

I am trying to make B1 a mandatory cell if user puts data in A1. So if
there is data in A1 and B1 is empty, an error message should be
displayed on Save. I am sure it is not very hard but I am not much of
an Excel programmer.

Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Thanks in advance...

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How can I make a cell mandatory?
 

Thank you very much! I inserted both and it is even better than
thought :

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