Running an Excel formula in Access VBA
I am trying to run an Excel statistical formula in Access using VBA. Help in VBA says you can do this, but they do not give the syntax for running a formula. I already have the formula working properly in Excel, so I know how to feed the formula, just not how to run an Excel formula in VBA. Any thoughts?
Yes, I am referencing the Excel Object Library.
Yes, I am referencing the Excel Object Library.
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You are getting distracted by the formula. I am talking about all of them. For example, type "Median" in your code area. Press F1. You get "Using Microsoft Excel Worksheet Functions in Visual Basic". Fine, but "MyVar = Application.WorksheetFunct
Do I have to declare applications, worksheets, etc.? I have been trying that, but NoJoy so far.
Do I have to declare applications, worksheets, etc.? I have been trying that, but NoJoy so far.
You can only use the Excel functions in relation to an Excel worksheet. The following is copied from the Visual Basic Help for the WorksheetFunction Object:
Used as a container for Microsoft Excel worksheet functions that can be called from Visual Basic.
Using the WorksheetFunction Object
Use the WorksheetFunction property to return the WorksheetFunction object. The following example displays the result of applying the Min worksheet function to the range A1:A10.
Set myRange = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range
answer = Application.WorksheetFunct
MsgBox answer
Used as a container for Microsoft Excel worksheet functions that can be called from Visual Basic.
Using the WorksheetFunction Object
Use the WorksheetFunction property to return the WorksheetFunction object. The following example displays the result of applying the Min worksheet function to the range A1:A10.
Set myRange = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range
answer = Application.WorksheetFunct
MsgBox answer
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Apologies, PDB. I has skipped over your links too quickly. They give the explicit difference of calling the Excel library directly vs using an object variable... So the only original content is the Array vs Range tip.
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I am going to give you (and Harfang) points for your answer because it appears to be the correct one. I even get a list of worksheet functions when I type a period after the word “worksheetfunction”. Sadly, the one I select, NormSInv, does not work. Instead, I get an error: “Unable to get the NormSInv property of the WorksheetFunction class”.
Since other functions, like Average and Median do work, I know you have answered the question I asked. And so it goes. Thanks for your help, Bicman
Since other functions, like Average and Median do work, I know you have answered the question I asked. And so it goes. Thanks for your help, Bicman
Thanks for the points and grade. Don't understand why your function did not work....did you assign correct data type?,etc. as shown in the Fabalou web link I gave you.
Bicman
The following works for me in the immediate pane:
? Excel.WorksheetFunction.No
2.32634192798287
However, I do get your error message when the argument is invalid (<= 0 or >=1). The function expects a probability (a number between 0 and 1) and overflows if it's too close to 0 or 1 (the answer would be -infinity or +infinity). The meaningful range seems to be 0.000001—0.999999.
I hope it works for you as well. It seems to be a bug in the error message, not in the function itself.
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The following works for me in the immediate pane:
? Excel.WorksheetFunction.No
2.32634192798287
However, I do get your error message when the argument is invalid (<= 0 or >=1). The function expects a probability (a number between 0 and 1) and overflows if it's too close to 0 or 1 (the answer would be -infinity or +infinity). The meaningful range seems to be 0.000001—0.999999.
I hope it works for you as well. It seems to be a bug in the error message, not in the function itself.
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Harfang,
Good info! Thanks for that explanation.
Good info! Thanks for that explanation.
If you show us the Formula, then we can help you adopt it in Access VBA
jaffer