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Reading in cell values as long as they is something there and naming it.

Starting at cell B1, there is a value there. I would like to read that value and name it for future use. Move one cell to the right, check it for a value, if one is there read the value, name it, and move to the right as long as there is a value.

Example: B1 is 123_456, name that Finish1, cell C1 is 456_789, name that Finish2 and so on until it finds a blank cell.

I need to use Finish1, Finish2 .... in a different procedure, but wanted to read all the values at once and name them.

How would I do this is VBA?

Saqib Husain

Try

Sub Macro1()
Dim cel As Range
For Each cel In Range(Range("B1"), Range("B1").End(xlToRight))
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="Finish" & cel.Column - 1, RefersToR1C1:="=Sheet1!" & cel.Address(, , xlR1C1)
Next cel
End Sub

Rgonzo1971

Hi,

pls try this with trailing zeros

Sub Macro()

cellCount = Range(Range("B1"), Range("B1").End(xlToRight)).Count
Idx = 1
For Each cell In Range(Range("B1"), Range("B1").End(xlToRight))
    ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="Finish" & Format(Idx, WorksheetFunction.Rept("0", Len(cellCount))), _
    RefersTo:="=" & ActiveSheet.Name & "!" & cell.Address
    Idx = Idx + 1
Next
End Sub

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Regards

RWayneH

ASKER

Not sure how to words this.

Is there a way the include a spot for my procedure that I need to do on each Finish? Perhaps I do not need to name each one? I need to gather some data on each one of the Finishx values. And at the end delete the name/s from the Name Manager. I need the name stored in a cell or in a name to grab it, but I also need to get back to it and check the next one.

Or perhaps a For Selection loop might work better? Does a For Selection work on a horizontal range? Range starts at B1, but I need to know what name was assigned to the selection when reading it, so I can write that name out when gather data on it. Hope this makes sense.

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RWayneH

ASKER

I am just not sure how to write out to a cell the value the For loop is on, so I can use to again when grabbing the data I need for it.

RWayneH

ASKER

to grab a value and bring it into SAP I was grabbing an absolute cell value.

session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_MBDAT-LOW").Text = Worksheets("ZSHORTV2DataPrevious").Cells(2, 8)

row 2 column 8 of sheet ZSHORTV2....

Norie

To get the value of the cell in the code I posted all you need is cl.Value.

For example if you wanted to replace the hard-coded value in the code you just posted.

session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_MBDAT-LOW").Text = cl.Value

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RWayneH

ASKER

Worked!! Thanks for the help.

RWayneH

ASKER

I can write the value to SAP and it is taking it, however how come I can not work cel.Value to another part of the worksheet? How is what I ended up with.

Dim cel As Range
'For each parsed off finish code, goto the finish db and gather data
For Each cel In Range(Range("B1"), Range("B1").End(xlToRight))
'    ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="Finish" & cel.Column - 1, RefersToR1C1:="=CatcodeFinishCodes!" & cel.Address(, , xlR1C1)
    
session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[0]/btn[3]").press
session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[0]/btn[3]").press 'send SAP session back to main menu
session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[0]/okcd").Text = "/nZGMEG017_FMAT"  'finish db tcode
session.findById("wnd[0]").sendVKey 0  'Enter
session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/ctxtSCREEN_DATA-FCODE").Text = cel.Value
session.findById("wnd[0]").sendVKey 0  'Enter

Range("A3").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = cel.Value  'Input FINISH_CODE that the For loop is working on.


'now you are in the finish code in the finish db
'writer the gather CH_ info and data sub
    
    
    
Next cel

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