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User Input into Hyperlinks
Hi everyone,
Hoping someone can help me. I'm trying to make a macro which will prompt for user input (URL & link description), and create a hyperlink from the input. I would like the final hyperlink created in the cell selected by the user before activating the macro This will be used for multiple links, so referencing the cell isn't a practical workaround (as the hyperlink will change the next time anybody creates a new link & replaces cells Z9 and Z10) This is what I've managed so far: Sub HyperLink() ' ' HyperLink Macro ' Uservalue = InputBox("Paste URL:") Range("Z9").Value = Uservalue Uservalue2 = InputBox("Link Description:") Range("Z10").Value = Uservalue2 ' End Sub Sub Test() ' ' Test Macro ' ' ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=HYPERLINK(R[-6]C[21],R[-5]C[21])" Range("E15").Select Selection.NumberFormat = "@" Range("E15").Select End Sub The main problems with this are a) I can't seem to make the new hyperlink in the user-selected cell, rather it uses whichever cell I've used recording the macro b) any historical cell-referenced links will update to the newer URL's when Z9 & Z10 are updated Can anyone offer any assistance? Many thanks in advance, Nick |
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Not with you on all of this but the highlighted line is referring to the
Cell that was selected when the Test Macro was run. This may need to be set to what cell you need instead. wrote in message ps.com... Hi everyone, Hoping someone can help me. I'm trying to make a macro which will prompt for user input (URL & link description), and create a hyperlink from the input. I would like the final hyperlink created in the cell selected by the user before activating the macro This will be used for multiple links, so referencing the cell isn't a practical workaround (as the hyperlink will change the next time anybody creates a new link & replaces cells Z9 and Z10) This is what I've managed so far: Sub HyperLink() ' ' HyperLink Macro ' Uservalue = InputBox("Paste URL:") Range("Z9").Value = Uservalue Uservalue2 = InputBox("Link Description:") Range("Z10").Value = Uservalue2 ' End Sub Sub Test() ' ' Test Macro ' ' ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=HYPERLINK(R[-6]C[21],R[-5]C[21])" ' <===== ActiveCell. This will place the Hyperlink to what cell was selected when the Macro was run. If i am understanding correctly you may want to replace ActiveCell with Range("Z9").FormulaR1C1 ="=HYPERLINK(R[-6]C[21],R[-5]C[21])" Range("E15").Select Selection.NumberFormat = "@" Range("E15").Select End Sub The main problems with this are a) I can't seem to make the new hyperlink in the user-selected cell, rather it uses whichever cell I've used recording the macro b) any historical cell-referenced links will update to the newer URL's when Z9 & Z10 are updated Can anyone offer any assistance? Many thanks in advance, Nick |
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Hi Cory,
Thanks for the reply, I'm sorry I should have been clearer as to what I'm trying to achieve. Basically I want to have this macro linked to a button. The user could then select a cell where they'd like a hyperlink, click the button (and be prompted for the URL etc), and then have the link generated into the cell they initally selected. The problems with my macro above a 1) The 'final' cell is static... I need to add in something that takes the user's selected cell, and uses that cell for the final output 2) The formula is referencing cells Z9 & Z10. So next time someone updates these cells, the historic hyperlinks will change & all be the same. I was trying to do a macro (please don't laugh, I'm fairly new to this) which selected the text from the user-input cells, and then copied & pasted them into a Hyperlink formula. This didn't work for some reason, possibly because I had to break out from the formula to select & copy the required text. any ideas gratefully received :) |
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Nick,
Is this enough for the user ? Private Sub CommandButton4_Click() Application.Dialogs(xlDialogInsertHyperlink).Show End Sub NickHK wrote in message ps.com... Hi everyone, Hoping someone can help me. I'm trying to make a macro which will prompt for user input (URL & link description), and create a hyperlink from the input. I would like the final hyperlink created in the cell selected by the user before activating the macro This will be used for multiple links, so referencing the cell isn't a practical workaround (as the hyperlink will change the next time anybody creates a new link & replaces cells Z9 and Z10) This is what I've managed so far: Sub HyperLink() ' ' HyperLink Macro ' Uservalue = InputBox("Paste URL:") Range("Z9").Value = Uservalue Uservalue2 = InputBox("Link Description:") Range("Z10").Value = Uservalue2 ' End Sub Sub Test() ' ' Test Macro ' ' ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=HYPERLINK(R[-6]C[21],R[-5]C[21])" Range("E15").Select Selection.NumberFormat = "@" Range("E15").Select End Sub The main problems with this are a) I can't seem to make the new hyperlink in the user-selected cell, rather it uses whichever cell I've used recording the macro b) any historical cell-referenced links will update to the newer URL's when Z9 & Z10 are updated Can anyone offer any assistance? Many thanks in advance, Nick |
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Thank you Dave & Nick for the replies, you've sorted out my problems!!
Many, many thanks Nick |
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