Question

now "sheets" will not activate

Asked by: robinbernett

I just had a question answered by rorya - I was having a problem where files would not activate even if open, and the adding of the .xls file extension cured the problem as in Windows("newworkbookfordecslatest.xls").Activate

Now sheets will not activate
Sheets("Sheet1").Select

this must be a problem with the settings on this laptop as this code runs perfectly well every day on my pc.

A speedy reply would be much appreciated thanks, as I'm in an airport lounge!

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2009-11-03 at 11:32:32ID24868454
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Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software

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Answers

 

by: saurabh726Posted on 2009-11-03 at 11:35:05ID: 25732605

Use this way...

Saurabh...

Dim wb As Workbook
 
Set wb = Workbook("newworkbookfordecslatest.xls")
 
wb.Activate
 
wb.Sheets("sheet1").Select

                                              
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by: roryaPosted on 2009-11-03 at 11:43:29ID: 25732695

Robin,
Do you get an error (and if so, what) or does nothing happen? There is no setting that would cause that that I can think of.
Rory

 

by: robinbernettPosted on 2009-11-03 at 11:43:45ID: 25732700

Thanks Saurabh, and for being so quick!

Ok I could do that, but there are many occurrences and several different workbooks each with different sheets - it's going to take me ages I think

Is it possible to address why exactly the same code is causing these problems on the laptop whilst it runs perfectly well on my pc.  I have this idea that changing a setting somewhere will solve the problem?

Robin

 

by: saurabh726Posted on 2009-11-03 at 11:45:58ID: 25732720

Robin,

The method that i gave to you is safe a method and always work in all the PC's no matter what, The problem that i can think is that even when the workbook is activated, Your command is still trying to select sheet1 of the workbook from which you are running it so the only way to fix it is to declare the workbook for which it need tobe selected and like rory said there is no way to fix it, So you need to go this way to fix it.

Saurabh...

 

by: robinbernettPosted on 2009-11-03 at 11:46:13ID: 25732722

Rory,I get the same error message as before, Run time error 9, subscript out of range

 

by: saurabh726Posted on 2009-11-03 at 11:47:12ID: 25732737

Do you have sheet1 in that workbook..?? and its exactly named as sheet1 no spaces or something..?? and is it visible..??

 

by: robinbernettPosted on 2009-11-03 at 12:01:09ID: 25732918

Saurabh, good thinking!  for some reason sheet1 is not there
think I've really got gremlins in this laptop.  I've run this code daily for years without such problems

Thanks you guys

 

by: saurabh726Posted on 2009-11-03 at 12:02:21ID: 25732926

Happens sometimes, Glad your problem is solved.

Saurabh...

 

by: roryaPosted on 2009-11-03 at 12:02:41ID: 25732933

Robin,
If that code is in the ThisWorkbook module, then the Sheets collection defaults to that workbook, not the activeworkbook. If it is in a normal module, then it will default to the active workbook.
The error means that there is no Sheet1 in the workbook that is being assumed as the reference.
Rory

 

by: robinbernettPosted on 2009-11-03 at 12:03:08ID: 31649600

Cheers, both, so grateful for help, even when it is pointing out the obvious

 

by: robinbernettPosted on 2009-11-03 at 12:11:14ID: 25733010

Ok Rory, thanks
No it wasn't in thisWorkbook module, I've found the fault elsewhere.  But that is good because it has made me think it through, and hopefully I'll understand a bit quicker next time.
Cheers

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