Question

How do I include trace-dependents from other sheets

Asked by: hawkeye_zzz

The attached code from the previous related question answered by Ritesh creates a new sheet which lists all the dependents of the highlighted array.

(1) However it doesn't included dependents in other sheets, which I need it to do
(2) (Not essential) And it does include dependents more than one deep, which I don't want it to do (but not serious if this can't be removed) i.e. if B1 = A1 and B2=B1, and I highlight A1, this macro will list both B1 and B2, when I only want to know about B1

Can you help?

Sub TraceDeps()
 
Dim a, t() As String
Dim myrange As Range
Dim i, j, occ As Long
Dim cell, c As Variant
j = 2
Set myrange = Selection
Sheets.Add after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)
Cells(1, 1) = "Original Cell"
Cells(1, 2) = "Dependants"
Sheets(Worksheets.Count).Activate
For Each cell In myrange
        
        a = cell.Dependents.Address ' store dependents in a string
        occ = Len(a) - Len(Replace(a, ",", "")) + 1 ' count the occurence of , i.e. counting no of dependent ranges/ cells
        ReDim t(occ) ' redimension array since each time it could be samller or larger
        t = Split(a & ",", ",") ' split at every ,
        
        For i = 0 To UBound(t) - 1
   
            For Each c In Range(t(i)) ' twist here
                 Cells(j, 1) = cell.Address
                 Cells(j, 2) = c.Address ' used the output of t array as Range and again looped through the range and print individual cells' address
                 j = j + 1
            Next c
        
        Next i
 
Next cell
 
End Sub

                                  
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2009-09-05 at 08:32:32ID24709907
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Answers

 

by: roryaPosted on 2009-09-07 at 00:28:42ID: 25273254

2 is easy - just change line 15 to:

a = cell.DirectDependents.Address

1 will take a little more effort I think. Will be back!

 

by: roryaPosted on 2009-09-07 at 01:10:54ID: 25273439

Try this:

Sub ListDependents()
   Dim wks As Worksheet
   Dim rngFormulas As Range, rngCell As Range
   Dim objDict As Object
   Dim varDeps As Variant, varItem As Variant
   Dim lngRow As Long, x As Long, y As Long
   Dim wksOut As Worksheet
   Application.ScreenUpdating = False
   Set rngFormulas = Selection
   ' this Dictionary will hold the addresses
   Set objDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
   
   If Not rngFormulas Is Nothing Then
      For Each rngCell In rngFormulas
         ListCellDependents rngCell, objDict
      Next rngCell
      Set rngFormulas = Nothing
   End If
   Set wksOut = Worksheets.Add
   wksOut.Range("A1:B1").Value = Array("Original Cell", "Dependents")
   lngRow = 2
   For Each varItem In objDict.Keys
      varDeps = Split(objDict.Item(varItem), "|")
      For y = LBound(varDeps) To UBound(varDeps)
         wksOut.Cells(lngRow, "A").Value = varItem
         wksOut.Cells(lngRow, "B").Value = varDeps(y)
         lngRow = lngRow + 1
      Next y
   Next varItem
   Application.ScreenUpdating = True
   
End Sub
Sub ListCellDependents(rngCheck As Range, dict As Object)
   Dim lngSheetCounter As Long, lngRefCounter As Long
   Dim strKey As String, strAddy As String
   strKey = "'" & rngCheck.Parent.Name & "'!" & rngCheck.address(0, 0)
   lngSheetCounter = 1
   On Error Resume Next
   With rngCheck
      .ShowDependents False
      Do
         lngRefCounter = 1
         Do
            .NavigateArrow False, lngSheetCounter, lngRefCounter
            strAddy = "'" & Selection.Parent.Name & "'!" & Selection.address(0, 0)
            If Err.Number = 0 Then
               If strAddy = strKey Then
                  rngCheck.ShowDependents True
                  Exit Sub
               Else
                  If dict.Exists(strKey) Then
                     dict(strKey) = dict(strKey) & "|" & strAddy
                  Else
                     dict(strKey) = strAddy
                  End If
               End If
               lngRefCounter = lngRefCounter + 1
            Else
               Err.Clear
               Exit Do
            End If
         Loop
         lngSheetCounter = lngSheetCounter + 1
      Loop
   End With
End Sub
                                              
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by: hawkeye_zzzPosted on 2009-09-07 at 02:11:53ID: 25273650

Rorya,

That's brilliant. Thanks! works perfectly.

Charlie

 

by: hawkeye_zzzPosted on 2009-09-07 at 02:12:51ID: 31625299

I am just about to post a follow up question, I'll post a comment in this question when it's up.
Thanks, this is perfect

 

by: hawkeye_zzzPosted on 2009-09-07 at 02:33:03ID: 25273747

See Question ID:24712179 for follow on question

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