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VBA Error when cell is selected

Asked by: xrimson77

I have a COM addin for Excel and it writes values to some cells.  When a cell is selected and has the blinking I cursor in it (you can do this by double clicking a cell) and the Addin tries to write to the cell, I get the good old 1004 Application-definied or Object-defined error.

I tried to reproduce the error by wrting a macro that does someting like:

Range("A1").FormulaR1C1 = "Some Value"

but if a cell has an I cursor in it, you can't even run a macro, they are disabled.

So is there some way using VBA to escape the selection so I can write to the cell?  Or skip the writing if the cell has an I cursor?

I know I could just select a different cell first, but I don't want the users selection to be lost.  I know I could turn screen painting off and select a different cell, then the original cell and turn it back on, but I feel this is a hack and I am looking for another way.... anybody know of one?

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2005-02-22 at 11:25:38ID21324728
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by: roos01Posted on 2005-02-22 at 11:35:11ID: 13375046

is this function called using a button on a sheet? in this case the button could still having the focus.
try to set the focus first on the workbook for instance by range("A1").select

just reading your comments again then if the cell has a blinking cursor then the sheet is in edit mode. if the sheet is in edit mode you first have to get out of edit mode like pressing F2 and then call the macro.

you might even think of using vba to select the cell which makes it go out of edit mode

regards,
jeroen

 

by: mgh_mgharishPosted on 2005-02-22 at 11:40:40ID: 13375100

Hi xrimson77,
    Can you please send your code?

Bye
---
Harish

 

by: xrimson77Posted on 2005-02-24 at 11:13:45ID: 13395885

I figured it out... I used Range.FormulaR1C1 = "some value" instead of Range.Value = "some value"... using FormulaR1C1, just ignores the set.

I know I had .ForumlaR1C1 in my code above, but i was initially using .Value which is where the error was occuring.

 

by: roos01Posted on 2005-02-24 at 12:11:28ID: 13396456

Good to hear it is solved.
Since you solved it yourself you might ask for refund and closing this question on:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Community_Support/

regards,
Jeroen

 

by: matthewspatrickPosted on 2005-10-05 at 05:43:23ID: 15021183

No comment has been added to this question in more than 21 days, so it is now classified as abandoned.

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by: NetminderPosted on 2005-10-22 at 08:50:17ID: 15138456

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by: matthewspatrickPosted on 2005-10-24 at 05:41:53ID: 15145959

Netminder,

This question seems to still show up as open :)

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