SM Session-6&7

Examples
On
Ranges
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Ranges are the most often used objects
Its properties and methods could be grouped
into the following categories
Format
Color
Border
Font
Values
Clearing
Copy and PasteSpecial
Range: Color Format
To change the color of any range of cells, use the
Interior property, with a few sub properties
ColorIndex; value = numerical color index
3 = red
5 = blue
6 = yellow
4 = green
Color; value = VB Constant or RGB Function
vbRed, vbBlue, vbYellow, vbGreen
( 255, 0, 0) = red
( 0, 0, 255) = blue
( 255, 255, 0) = yellow
( 0, 255, 0) = green
Pattern, value = XL Constant
xlSolid, xlChecker,
Search for PatternColorIndex, Color Constants, RGB Function in VBA Help
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Ex.: Creating a solid, red range of cells
on the Welcome sheet
Range(A1:F12).Interior.ColorIndex = 3
Range(A1:F12).Interior.Color = vbRed
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Range: Border Format
One main property and One main method
Borders property
BordersAround method
The Borders property has several sub properties
LineStyle;
value =xlDashed, xlSolid,
Weight;
value =xlThick, xlThin,
Color;
value =VB Constant, RGB Function
XL Constants
xlInsideHorizontal, xlEdgeBottom,
The BordersAround method has several possible arguments
LineStyle:=
xlDashed, xlSolid,
Weight:=
xlThick, xlThin,
Color:=
VB Constant, RGB Function
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Ex.: To format a table on the Input sheet
Name the sub procedure
Borders()
Activate the Input
worksheet
Specify the range where the
table is to be located,
followed by the Borders
property
If we type another period
after the Borders property,
we see a list of its sub
properties
Ex.: To format a table on the Input sheet (contd.)
Make the LineStyle of the first row of the range
dashed instead of solid
Also modify the color of the second and third rows
borders by using the Color sub property
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Ex.: To format a table on the Input sheet (contd.)
Borders can also take predefined xl values to convey
which set of borders should be modified
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Ex.: To format a table on the Input sheet (contd.)
Specify a new range and set the Borders property to
xlInsideHorizontal so that each row of the range has a
line above and below it
Set the weight of this border to xlThick
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Use BorderAround method to set the line style and
weight
VBE provides a list of XL Constants for this arguments
values
Ex.: To format a table on the Input sheet (contd.)
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Ex.: To format a table on the Input sheet (contd.)
Combine these properties, sub properties, and
methods to format borders for several ranges of cells
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Values are assigned to Ranges in VBA
using the Value property
The value of a range or cell can be
Text string
Numerical value
Basic Formula
Variable value
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Ex.: Enter some values into a spreadsheet
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Range: Font Format
The Font property is used, with sub properties
Bold;
value = True or False
Size;
value = number
Color;
value = VB Constant, RGB Function
ColorIndex;
value = number
FontStyle;
value = style
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Ex.: Format the font of the values
created by modifying the code
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Range: Three Clearing Methods
Clear = clears everything
ClearContents = clears values or formulas only
ClearFormats = clears formats only
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Ex.: Apply these clearing methods to
the previously created table
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Range: Conditional Formatting
The FormatConditions object places conditional
formatting on a specified range of cells
Three main methods with several properties
Add method
Modify method
Delete method
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Ex.: Conditional formatting a Range
A cell with a value >10 becomes red:
Range(C1:C10).FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlCellValue, Operator:=xlGreater, Formula1:=10
Range(C1:C10).FormatConditions(1).Interior.Color = vbRed
A blank cell becomes yellow:
Range(C1:C10).FormatConditions.Add Type:= xlBlanksCondition
Range(C1:C10).FormatConditions(2).Interior.Color = vbYellow
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On
Referencing and Names
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Referencing and Names in VBA
Referencing ranges and cells
Naming ranges
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Referencing and Names in VBA
The most common way to name an object in VBA is
with the Name property
Several ways to reference ranges and cells using VBA
Offset
Cells
Rows
Columns
EntireRow
EntireColumn
End
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Offset vs Cells
The Offset property:
Considers the named range to be in the 0
th
row and 0
th
column
It then offsets the range selection by a certain row count to
above (if pos., below if neg.) and column count to the right
(if pos., left if neg.) of this named range
The Cells property:
Considers the named range to be in the 1
st
row and 1
st
column
It then finds the cell in the x-th position above (if pos., below
if neg.) and y-th position to the right (if pos., left if neg.) of
the named range
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Ex.: In the given airline survey data
compare highlighting certain columns
using Offset and Cells properties
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Columns and Rows, reference columns
and rows in a named range
Both
take a numerical index value to find the numbered
column within the named range
consider the first column or row in the range to be
indexed as 1
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Ex.: Modifying some table formatting
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EntireColumn and EntireRow, are used to
modify every column or row in the named
range for the length of the column or row of
the entire worksheet
EntireColumn property
affects every column in the named range and
EntireRowproperty
affects every row in the named range
for their entire respective length
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End is very useful in finding the end of
row or column of any range of data
End property can take four values:
xlDown and xlUp
for columns
xlToRight and xlToLeft
for rows
Do not name an entire data range to use this
property,
just one cell in the data range is enough
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Ex.: Copy and paste using End property
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Most common way to assign object
names is by using the Name property
Naming a range and formatting one of its cells
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On
Formulas in VBA
(using Range and Application Object)
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Formulas with the Range Object
Two main properties
Formula;
value = reference by column letter and row number
FormulaR1C1;
value = reference by R1C1 Notation
A cell or an entire range of cells, or array, can
be used with these properties
One more method that can be used with the
Range object concerning formulas
AutoFill;
arguments = Destination, Type
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Ex. Calculate sums and averages using both
the Formula and FormulaR1C1 properties
Since relative referencing is used, the formula will
automatically modify for each relative row of data
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Ex.: Using R1C1 Notation to calculate
the average age of passengers
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Ex. Using the AutoFill method to copy
and paste formulas
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Formulas with Application Object
The Application object uses the WorksheetFunction
property to set a function for a cell or range of cells
The WorksheetFunction property has several sub
properties for almost all of the Excel functions
Max
Min
Average
Sum
Count
VLookup
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Ex.: Using these sub properties of the
WorksheetFunction property
Thanks
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