asked on 9/30/2015

Macro Excel - Activex Button that goes on a hidden sheet

Hello,

I have hidden all the sheets in a workbook except Sheet1, on which I have multiple Activex buttons.

When I click on Button1, it goes on the sheet2 and on sheet2 i have a "back" button that once i click on it, will bring me back to sheet1
I have 10 buttons like this.

Since I have hide all the sheets except Sheet1, i really don't know how I can activate a sheet, It does give me an error message.

Any suggestion how I can resolve that issue (work with hidden sheets but been able to access it when i press an activex button)

Thanks in advance,

/mld

Microsoft Excel

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mldaigle1

10/1/2015

byundt

9/30/2015

Are you saying that you want to activate a hidden worksheet? If so, you must first make it visible, then you can activate it. The following sub will make a hidden worksheet visible and activate it. If run again, it will make the worksheet hidden. If you used a Forms control command button (instead of ActiveX), you could write one sub like this one, and call it from buttons on both the Master worksheet and the one being hidden/unhidden.

Sub ToggleSheetVisibility()
Dim ws As Worksheet
With Worksheets("Sheet2")
    If .Visible = xlSheetVisible Then
        .Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
    Else
        .Visible = xlSheetVisible
        .Activate
    End If
End With
End Sub

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If your problem is that you are using recorded macros and they are activating worksheets and selecting cells, then the better solution may be to rewrite the macro so you don't need to activate or select anything. You can then keep hidden worksheets hidden, yet still let your macro run.

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mldaigle1

10/1/2015

ASKER

Hello byundt,

Your solution is just perfect for what i need.

You make my day,

xxx

/mld