On 8 Jan., 00:02, dbKemp wrote:
I am creating an addin that works with user created 'databases'.

Assume there is a 'database' *that looks something like:

* Name | Phone | Address | City | State
* Dave * | * * * * * | * * * * * * *| * * * *|
* Thom *| * * * * * | * * * * * * *| * * * *|
* Mary * | * * * * * | * * * * * * *| * * * *|
* Joe * * | * * * * * | * * * * * * *| * * * *|
* Beth * | * * * * * | * * * * * * *| * * * *|
* Sue * * |12345 | Home * * |Town |NY

It can be anywhere on a given worksheet, the only requirement is that
is have no blanks in the first row.
The 'database' is user created so the code doesn't know how many
columns or rows, or where the upper left corner is.

When the user clicks on a cell within the bounds of the 'database' and
then clicks on a menu button provided by the addin, some action is
taken on the database.

When the database is not sparse using activecell.currentregion works
fine. *When the 'database' is sparse activecell.currentregion doesn't
work. *e.g. user clicked on Mary's Address above.

Any suggestions on how to define the database (CurrentRegion) with
sparse data?

Try

Activecell.end(xltoLeft).currentRegion

//Per

On Jan 7, 6:29 pm, Per Jessen wrote:
On 8 Jan., 00:02, dbKemp wrote:



I am creating an addin that works with user created 'databases'.

Assume there is a 'database' that looks something like:

Name | Phone | Address | City | State
Dave | | | |
Thom | | | |
Mary | | | |
Joe | | | |
Beth | | | |
Sue |12345 | Home |Town |NY

It can be anywhere on a given worksheet, the only requirement is that
is have no blanks in the first row.
The 'database' is user created so the code doesn't know how many
columns or rows, or where the upper left corner is.

When the user clicks on a cell within the bounds of the 'database' and
then clicks on a menu button provided by the addin, some action is
taken on the database.

When the database is not sparse using activecell.currentregion works
fine. When the 'database' is sparse activecell.currentregion doesn't
work. e.g. user clicked on Mary's Address above.

Any suggestions on how to define the database (CurrentRegion) with
sparse data?

Try

Activecell.end(xltoLeft).currentRegion

//Per

Thanks. Good suggestion, poor example provided (on my part). There
could be a row with no name, but have a value in the state column.
Using a Activecell.end() function could end up 'finding' a 'island'
cell that has a value, but no other cells around with a value so the
CurrentRegion still wouldn't work.