#1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.programming
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1
Default VB macro


I made a VB macro for excel. I recorded the following "Find" function
and copied it into the macro:

Cells.Find(What:="Time", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas,
LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext,
MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Activate

When I run the macro I got an error message:
"Error 91
Objectvariable or blockvariable With not defined."

When I replace "LookAt:=xlWhole" by "LookAt:=xlPart", then the macro
runs well, but will find the wrong cell.
What's wrong?
I don't use any "With" function in the macro.

Thanks beforehand for your help.


*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.programming
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 35,218
Default VB macro

I think you'd be better served to use a variable to represent that foundcell.
Then you could check to see if the find was successful:

Dim FoundCell as range
set foundcell = cells.find(.....) 'drop the .activate
if foundcell is nothing then
msgbox "Not found
else
msgbox "found at: " & foundcell.address
end if

===
If your find fails, then you can't activate that cell--so your original code
blows up.



Gerrit Van Stempvoort wrote:

I made a VB macro for excel. I recorded the following "Find" function
and copied it into the macro:

Cells.Find(What:="Time", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas,
LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext,
MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Activate

When I run the macro I got an error message:
"Error 91
Objectvariable or blockvariable With not defined."

When I replace "LookAt:=xlWhole" by "LookAt:=xlPart", then the macro
runs well, but will find the wrong cell.
What's wrong?
I don't use any "With" function in the macro.

Thanks beforehand for your help.

*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***


--

Dave Peterson
  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.programming
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 6,953
Default VB macro

Your getting the error because it doesn't find a cell and then tries to
activate NOTHING. To avoid that:

Dim rng as Range
set rng = Cells.Find(What:="Time", _
After:=ActiveCell, _
LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False, _
SearchFormat:=False)
if rng is nothing then
msgbox "Time was not found"
else
rng.Select
msgbox "Found at " & rng.Address
End if

Make sure the cell you want to fine only contains Time - no leading or
trailing spaces or other characters. Check it with a formula

Assume it is in cell B9. In another cell
=len(B9)

If that doesn't return 4, it contains other characters.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Gerrit Van Stempvoort" wrote:


I made a VB macro for excel. I recorded the following "Find" function
and copied it into the macro:

Cells.Find(What:="Time", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas,
LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext,
MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Activate

When I run the macro I got an error message:
"Error 91
Objectvariable or blockvariable With not defined."

When I replace "LookAt:=xlWhole" by "LookAt:=xlPart", then the macro
runs well, but will find the wrong cell.
What's wrong?
I don't use any "With" function in the macro.

Thanks beforehand for your help.


*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Macro recorded... tabs & file names changed, macro hangs Steve Excel Worksheet Functions 3 October 30th 09 11:41 AM
Macro Help Needed - Excel 2007 - Print Macro with Auto Sort Gavin Excel Worksheet Functions 0 May 17th 07 01:20 PM
Need syntax for RUNning a Word macro with an argument, called from an Excel macro Steve[_84_] Excel Programming 3 July 6th 06 07:42 PM
macro to delete entire rows when column A is blank ...a quick macro vikram Excel Programming 4 May 3rd 04 08:45 PM
Start Macro / Stop Macro / Restart Macro Pete[_13_] Excel Programming 2 November 21st 03 05:04 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:18 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"