VBA named range scope not working through two closed workbooks
I am trying to do 2 things: Use 2 named ranges.. One works. The other doesn’t.
I have made a demo to help explain my problem
I have 3 Files: I have a Main Excel workbook file, usually open, and two other files, usually closed
_Main File is:- “Main.xls” https://app.box.com/s/u8yy4rcqg0eglvy362v13hyro8cgd9n7 – - This is usually open. It has all my codes in it
_A DataFile is:- “ClsdData.xls.” https://app.box.com/s/65w1hnih1vvay70vtdzk3da50we3gxvh – This is usually closed. It has 2 data ranges and one named range name object in it
ClsdDataDataRanges.JPG : https://imgur.com/vs0vX0G
_____ Workbook: ClsdData.xls ( Using Excel 2007 32 bit )
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_A third file is:- “NameObjectFile.xls” https://app.box.com/s/wsxycb3t2y1hmv0wr12cqav0qlcytzjn – This is usually closed, ( preferably ). It only has a named range name object in it
So the goal is to have a main file, “Main.xls” open whilst the files “ClsdData.xls.” and “NameObjectFile.xls” are closed, and from a code in the main file, “Main.xls” , put formulas of this sort of form in the first two cells of the main workbook.
NamedRangeReferrenceFormulasPutInMainFile.JPG : https://imgur.com/1wDM3ug
_____ Workbook: Main.xls ( Using Excel 2007 32 bit )
| Row\Col |
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= ' C: \ FolderPath \ [ClsdData.xls] DataSht_1 ' ! NameForDataSht_1A1 |
= ' C: \ FolderPath \ [NameObjectFile.xls] NameObjectsSht_1 ' ! NameForDataSht_1B1 |
Those formulas “go” to the name objects of the named ranges with string names:
“ NameForDataSht_1A1” referring to the range of data file first cell ,
and
“NameForDataSht_1B1” referring to the range of data file second cell
The result of those formulas should then be to have the actual seen values in those two cells as:
MainFileDataIn.JPG : https://imgur.com/vQlhedZ
_____ Workbook: Main.xls ( Using Excel 2007 32 bit )
| Row\Col |
A |
B |
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1 |
dataA1 |
dataB1 |
( I have determined that, contrary to much literature, you can actually access a named range from anywhere as long as you include the full path and full string range name: the so called “scope” only determines the default path that Excel uses if you only give the string range name )
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Demo Code:
(This code is in File: “Main.xls” )
With all the files in the same Folder, this code can be used to make the two named range Name objects. ( I put one named range Name object in the first worksheet of the file: “ClsdData.xls” and the other named range Name object in the first worksheet of the file: “NameObjectFile.xls” ).
The code also tries to access the first two cells values from the closed workbook using named ranges in these two code lines: The code lines put in those two long named range reference formulas
Code:
'_1
Workbooks("Main.xls").Worksheets.Item(1).Range("A1").Value = "='" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\[ClsdData.xls]DataSht_1'!NameForDataSht_1A1"
and
Code:
'_2
Workbooks("Main.xls").Worksheets.Item(1).Range("B1").Value = "='" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\[NameObjectFile.xls]NameObjectsSht_1'!NameForDataSht_1B1"
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Those are the two things I am trying to do.
That last code line fails.
That last code line does not fail if I have the workbook “NameObjectFile.xls” open
Full Code:
Code:
Sub Make2NamedRangeObjectsAndTryToUseEm()
' scope named range to first worksheet's collection of Name objects object of Workbook "ClsdData.xls"
Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & "ClsdData.xls"
'Let Workbooks("ClsdData.xls").Worksheets.Item(1).Name = "DataSht_1"
Workbooks("ClsdData.xls").Worksheets("DataSht_1").Names.Add Name:="NameForDataSht_1A1", RefersTo:=Workbooks("ClsdData.xls").Worksheets("DataSht_1").Range("A1")
Workbooks("ClsdData.xls").Close savechanges:=True ' Save Added name object
'_1 access first cell in closed data workbook from main file using named range name object with string name "NameForDataSht_1A1
Let Workbooks("Main.xls").Worksheets.Item(1).Range("A1").Value = "='" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\[ClsdData.xls]DataSht_1'!NameForDataSht_1A1"
Workbooks("Main.xls").Save
' scope named range to first worksheet's collection of Name objects object of Workbook "NameObjectFile.xls "
Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & "NameObjectFile.xls"
'Let Workbooks("NameObjectFile.xls").Worksheets.Item(1).Name = "NameObjectsSht_1"
Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & "ClsdData.xls" ' Needed for RefersTo below
Workbooks("NameObjectFile.xls").Worksheets("NameObjectsSht_1").Names.Add Name:="NameForDataSht_1B1", RefersTo:=Workbooks("ClsdData.xls").Worksheets("DataSht_1").Range("B1")
Workbooks("ClsdData.xls").Close savechanges:=False ' No changes made - was only needed for RefersTo above
Workbooks("NameObjectFile.xls").Close savechanges:=True ' Save Added name object
'_2 access second cell in closed dataworkbook from main file using named range name object with string NameForDataSht_1B1
Let Workbooks("Main.xls").Worksheets.Item(1).Range("B1").Value = "='" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\[NameObjectFile.xls]NameObjectsSht_1'!NameForDataSht_1B1"
End Sub
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Let me put again into words what I am doing. I am doing two things:
'_1 This works: I have a closed data workbook, ("ClsdData.xls" ). That has a named range, ( string name is “NameForDataSht_1A1” ) . That name, “NameForDataSht_1A1” , is for the first cell in that closed data workbook, ("ClsdData.xls" ). That named range is scoped to the first worksheet in that closed data file, (closed data workbook, ("ClsdData.xls" ) . In other words, the named range object with string name “NameForDataSht_1A1” is in the first worksheets name objects collection of the closed data workbook ( "ClsdData.xls" ). This named range object with string name “NameForDataSht_1A1” refers to the first cell, A1, in the closed data workbook, ("ClsdData.xls" ).
'_2 This does not work , ( unless file "NameObjectFile.xls" is open ). I am using a file, ( "NameObjectFile.xls" ), only for holding name range objects. It has one named range name object in it which has the string name "NameForDataSht_1B1". This is the name range object for the second cell in the closed data workbook, ("ClsdData.xls" ). In other words, the named range object with string name “NameForDataSht_1B1” is in the first worksheets name objects collection of the workbook “NameObjectFile.xls”. This named range object with string name “NameForDataSht_1B1” refers to the second cell, B1, in the closed data workbook, ("ClsdData.xls" ).
I don’t understand yet why '_2 does not work. I am not totally sure why '_1 does work either.
I guess I don’t really understand exactly what I am doing. I don’t really understand what is really going on in the two cases.
I am thinking that I should be able somehow to get the string reference information that I require , that is to say, for the right hand side of the last equation I have this:
"='" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\[NameObjectFile.xls]NameObjectsSht_1'!NameForDataSht_1B1"
But somehow I am thinking that I should be able to get the referred to string reference of
"='" & ThisWorkbook.Path & "\ [ClsdData.xls]DataSht_1'!$A$1"
NameObjectFile.xls as Zip
I did this..
Took file “NameObjectFile.xls”,
first save as .xlsx,
then save as .zip ( “NameObjectFile - Kopie.zip” : https://app.box.com/s/ih9k6o7s5f3vkb21jyyso0mcqoh82isb )
and then double click on it and get this: NameObjectFile_xls_xlsx_zip.JPG : https://imgur.com/iAVFSOh
I get stuff like this:
_____ Workbook: Main.xls ( Using Excel 2007 32 bit )
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core.xml |
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thumbnail.wmf |
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styles.xml |
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workbook.xml |
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externalLinks |
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theme1.xml |
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worksheets |
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sheet1.xml |
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NameObjectsFileAsZip_NameObjectsFileAsZip
_____________________[Content_Types].XML Content Types--xml.jpg . https://imgur.com/n9FQUxR
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\docProps_______docProps docProps.JPG : https://imgur.com/SRBBdyg
____________________________________app.XML app xml.JPG : https://imgur.com/qeeWrpm
____________________________________core.XML core xml.JPG : https://imgur.com/jZ3iSo7
____________________________________thumbnail.wmf
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\xl_____________xl xl.JPG : https://imgur.com/408pO7A
____________________________________Styles.XML styles xml.JPG : https://imgur.com/71fDgcw
____________________________________Workbook.XML workbook xml.JPG : https://imgur.com/AJ3et9N
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\xl\externalLinks___________externalLinks externalLinks.JPG : https://imgur.com/SPj3lZY
________________________________________________ex ternalLink1.XML externalLink1 xml rels.JPG : https://imgur.com/qHnFz7u
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\xl\externalLinks\_rels______________rels _ rels.JPG : https://imgur.com/GwEBoFG
__________________________________________________ _______externalLink1.XML.rels externalLink1 xml rels.JPG : https://imgur.com/qHnFz7u
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\xl\theme___________________theme theme.JPG : https://imgur.com/KyceI30
________________________________________________th eme1.XML theme1 xml.JPG : https://imgur.com/hGgsgOQ
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\xl\worksheets______________worksheets worksheets.JPG : https://imgur.com/D8hqFpr
________________________________________________sh eet1.XML Sheet1 xml.JPG : https://imgur.com/ycxiL62
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\xl\_rels____________________rels _ rels.JPG https://imgur.com/u84DcoX
________________________________________________Wo rkbook.XML.rels workbook xml rels.JPG : https://imgur.com/L8fNakM
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NameObjectsFileAsZip\_rels___________rels _rels.JPG https://imgur.com/Tahoick
____________________________________.rels rels.jpg . https://imgur.com/pWaSeIo
Summary of info in the XML files for "ClsdData.xls” and "NameObjectFile.xls”
Summary of info in the XML files for "ClsdData.xls" and "NameObjectFile.xls"
app.xml
"ClsdData.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<Properties xmlns:vt="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/docPropsVTypes" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/extended-properties"><TotalTime>0</TotalTime><Application>Microsoft Excel</Application><DocSecurity>0</DocSecurity><ScaleCrop>false</ScaleCrop><HeadingPairs><vt:vector baseType="variant" size="4"><vt:variant><vt:lpstr>Arbeitsblätter</vt:lpstr></vt:variant><vt:variant><vt:i4>1</vt:i4></vt:variant><vt:variant><vt:lpstr>Benannte Bereiche</vt:lpstr></vt:variant><vt:variant><vt:i4>2</vt:i4></vt:variant></vt:vector></HeadingPairs><TitlesOfParts><vt:vector baseType="lpstr" size="3"><vt:lpstr>DataSht_1</vt:lpstr><vt:lpstr>DataSht_1!NameForDataSht_1A1</vt:lpstr><vt:lpstr>DataSht_1!Sht_1A1</vt:lpstr></vt:vector></TitlesOfParts><LinksUpToDate>false</LinksUpToDate><SharedDoc>false</SharedDoc><HyperlinksChanged>false</HyperlinksChanged><AppVersion>12.0000</AppVersion></Properties>
"NameObjectFile.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<Properties xmlns:vt="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/docPropsVTypes" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/extended-properties"><TotalTime>0</TotalTime><Application>Microsoft Excel</Application><DocSecurity>0</DocSecurity><ScaleCrop>false</ScaleCrop><HeadingPairs><vt:vector baseType="variant" size="2"><vt:variant><vt:lpstr>Arbeitsblätter</vt:lpstr></vt:variant><vt:variant><vt:i4>1</vt:i4></vt:variant></vt:vector></HeadingPairs><TitlesOfParts><vt:vector baseType="lpstr" size="1"><vt:lpstr>NameObjectsSht_1</vt:lpstr></vt:vector></TitlesOfParts><LinksUpToDate>false</LinksUpToDate><SharedDoc>false</SharedDoc><HyperlinksChanged>false</HyperlinksChanged><AppVersion>12.0000</AppVersion></Properties>
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sharedStrings.XML
"ClsdData.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
-<sst uniqueCount="2" count="2" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main">-<si><t>dataA1</t></si>-<si><t>dataB1</t></si></sst>
"NameObjectFile.xls"
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workbook.xml
"ClsdData.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<workbook xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"><fileVersion rupBuild="4507" lowestEdited="4" lastEdited="4" appName="xl"/><workbookPr defaultThemeVersion="124226" codeName="DieseArbeitsmappe"/><bookViews><workbookView windowHeight="11535" windowWidth="14910" yWindow="30" xWindow="240"/></bookViews><sheets><sheet r:id="rId1" sheetId="1" name="DataSht_1"/></sheets><definedNames><definedName name="NameForDataSht_1A1" localSheetId="0">DataSht_1!$A$1</definedName><definedName name="Sht_1A1" localSheetId="0">DataSht_1!$A$1</definedName></definedNames><calcPr calcId="125725"/></workbook>
"NameObjectFile.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<workbook xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"><fileVersion rupBuild="4507" lowestEdited="4" lastEdited="4" appName="xl"/><workbookPr defaultThemeVersion="124226" codeName="DieseArbeitsmappe"/><bookViews><workbookView windowHeight="11535" windowWidth="14910" yWindow="30" xWindow="240"/></bookViews><sheets><sheet r:id="rId1" sheetId="1" name="NameObjectsSht_1"/></sheets><externalReferences><externalReference r:id="rId2"/></externalReferences><definedNames><definedName name="NameForDataSht_1B1" localSheetId="0">[1]DataSht_1!$B$1</definedName></definedNames><calcPr calcId="125725"/></workbook>
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sheet1.XML
"ClsdData.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<worksheet xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"><sheetPr codeName="Tabelle1"/><dimension ref="A1:B1"/><sheetViews><sheetView workbookViewId="0" tabSelected="1"><selection sqref="B8" activeCell="B8"/></sheetView></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultRowHeight="12" baseColWidth="10"/><sheetData><row r="1" spans="1:2"><c r="A1" t="s"><v>0</v></c><c r="B1" t="s"><v>1</v></c></row></sheetData><pageMargins footer="0.3" header="0.3" bottom="0.78740157499999996" top="0.78740157499999996" right="0.7" left="0.7"/></worksheet>
"NameObjectFile.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<worksheet xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"><sheetPr codeName="Tabelle1"/><dimension ref="A1"/><sheetViews><sheetView workbookViewId="0" tabSelected="1"/></sheetViews><sheetFormatPr defaultRowHeight="12" baseColWidth="10"/><sheetData/><pageMargins footer="0.3" header="0.3" bottom="0.78740157499999996" top="0.78740157499999996" right="0.7" left="0.7"/></worksheet>
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Workbook.XML.rels
"ClsdData.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<Relationships xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"><Relationship Target="styles.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/styles" Id="rId3"/><Relationship Target="theme/theme1.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/theme" Id="rId2"/><Relationship Target="worksheets/sheet1.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/worksheet" Id="rId1"/><Relationship Target="sharedStrings.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/sharedStrings" Id="rId4"/></Relationships>
"NameObjectFile.xls"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true"?>
<Relationships xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"><Relationship Target="theme/theme1.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/theme" Id="rId3"/><Relationship Target="externalLinks/externalLink1.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/externalLink" Id="rId2"/><Relationship Target="worksheets/sheet1.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/worksheet" Id="rId1"/><Relationship Target="styles.xml" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/styles" Id="rId4"/></Relationships>
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A brief introduction to objects and class objects in VBA
Some notes to support other posts: A brief introduction to objects and class objects in VBA
This is to support a Tips and Tutorial on advanced Event coding. ( http://www.excelfox.com/forum/showth...ication-Events ) It is difficult to look at advanced events coding without hitting some fundamental ideas behind objects and class objects in VBA.
This thing, "Tabelle2" , ( https://imgur.com/hHHdxyD ) .._
Attachment 2114 , _.. could loosely be described as a ""worksheet" object with a code in it"…
Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Address = "$A$1" Then MsgBox prompt:="You just changed the value in the first cell in worksheet " & Me.Name & " in the Workbook " & Me.Parent.Name
End Sub
Right mouse click Or double click in VBA explorer Project window to get code module.JPG : https://imgur.com/gsz6s2N
That coding results in you getting a simple message if you change the value in the first worksheet cell :
Automatic message after change value in first cell .JPG : https://imgur.com/WFINlbq , https://imgur.com/hHHdxyD
_ The actual object: where what how to get at or change
_ what precisely/ physically any object is, is not precisely defined. Consequently what we actually use, and where, in order to "use" an object is somewhat abstract and can be different at different times or for different purposes. As example, In the code example above we were using the second worksheet in a workbook. That worksheet object could "physically" be described as the spreadsheet we "see" when clicking on the second tab. Writing into cells could be described as using the worksheet object. But you will see that in the simple routine above, we referred to the second worksheet object using ".Me" ( Me.JPG : https://imgur.com/R5nJ4n9 ). This is because the code module and code window shown in the screenshots above is also often considered to be that worksheet object. This should confuse you. The concept is not precise. I think possibly in the last 20 years there were too many people employed in the computer industry who had nothing to do. They may have gone a bit mad in their boredom.
_ Class. Class object
_ If we "go back up" the programming hierarchy from, say a worksheet, then we would often have a class object which could / is sometimes seen as actually physically being a Class code module. So that would be a code module similar "looking" to our worksheet code module, but placed somewhere further "up" the hierarchy. A "Class" in VBA is as vague a concept as most VBA stuff follows the word definition of something along the lines of a blueprint or template or Type.
One could thing of the Class as the instructions, as simple text , on how to build something, and a VBA object could be built following those instructions.
A Variable used for an object will generally need to be declared ( Dimed ) to a specific type, and early on in VBA programming one may have, unknowingly, used a Class without realising it, for example , in code lines like these , the word Range , refers to the class Range
Dim Rng As Range
_ Set Rng=Range("A1")
In general, any object will be of a certain type , and the coding or information needed to use those objects will to a large extent be contained in its class. This may or may not be "see able" or accessible to us: it may or may not have a class code module. Such a code module, if it exists, can , and often is, loosely define as that Class object and which we then may or may not be able to access, see and/ or change:…
Class Class object WorksheetType2.JPG : https://imgur.com/PPUfc2w
Class Class object.JPG : https://imgur.com/3WDRcpU
It is very confusing to try and get a clear picture of this structure in the VBA Project window because Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Excel VBA is a disorganised mess:
On the one hand: We see in the VB Editor VBA Project window the individual worksheet objects modules, but not the Class object module from which they "come".
On the other hand: We can add a Class module , which we see then in the VBA Project window, MakeClass.JPG: https://imgur.com/GoKHDoq , but usually we cannot see the individual objects which we make from that Class.
[Class "WorksheetType2" made by us, seen as module ] _ [Class "Worksheet" made by Microsoft, invisible to us ]
___ [ "ShTyp2_1" ] _ [ __ ] [ _ ] ….. ___________________________ ["Sheet1"] ["Tabelle2"] ["MySheet"] ["Sht_4"]…..
So we could make one of those Classes / class modules , for example from the VB Editor VBA Project window by selecting the appropriate right mouse click option… _..
InsertClassModule.JPG : https://imgur.com/vcZSEAj , https://imgur.com/u1orh81
_.. and change its name to, for example , WorksheetType2 via the VBA Project properties window
NameClass.JPG : https://imgur.com/S6u7Gbf
We could add some simple coding "within that object" to "make that object" , for example a simple "Name" Property.
BuildAClass.JPG : https://imgur.com/4WGRbDC
(There is no significance to what that Name Property for the Class WorksheetType2 is at this stage. For the Class Worksheet the Name property is given further significance due to other coding in the Worksheet Class module which we do not have any access to. )
Class Module, Named by us - "WorksheetType2"
Code:
' Class (Modules) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHa8W52mD1k&index=65&list=PLS7iHfqXNVhK3yzd_4XS5k4zsvnu2mkJC : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjbmsVDnAL0
Public Name As String
We can then use that class "WorksheetType2" in a similar way to which we use the existing class "Worksheet". We even get the options added to the intellisense drop down lists:
SimpleWorksheetNamingCode.jpg : https://imgur.com/5pYovYt
SimpleWorksheetNamingCode .jpg : https://imgur.com/v8ZUVVx
So in any code module, we can now do like:
Code:
Sub NameAWsType2()
' Make a Worksheet object
Dim Ws4 As Worksheet
Set Ws4 = Worksheets.Item(4)
' Make a WorksheetType2 object
Dim WsTyp2 As WorksheetType2
Set WsTyp2 = New WorksheetType2
' Name the worksheets
Let Ws4.Name = "Sht_4"
Let WsTyp2.Name = "ShTyp2_1"
' Access the names
MsgBox prompt:=Ws1.Name & vbCrLf & WsTyp2.Name
End Sub
The way that our given name WorksheetType2 is used in coding such as that above, supports the idea that in the case of a Class the code module itself can be thought of as the Class object
Just to help clarify. There will be somewhere "hidden" from us, a Worksheet class module, and that will include a vast amount of coding, some of which will include functions / methods which will be associated with the Worksheet Name Property. I guess if we had access to that it might be dangerous as we might change something that could cause a chaos somewhere, as other things will likely be organised in the Excel we use, based on how that coding is.
The word New "creates" an object (a process called instantiating ).
The internal coding which we have no access to will have created the Worksheets already "existing".
We have to do this instantiating for any objects we create, either
through instancing a Class which we have made, as we are discussing here
or
by accessing other objects not included as default in Excel, often referred to as Binding ( http://www.excelfox.com/forum/showth...ing-Techniques )
As I am not allowed such access to the Worksheet class, I cannot use Set __ = New ___ , I can only assign a variable to the existing object like Set __ = ___
Finally, I try to here to sketch in
_ the "invisible" Class object module for the standard Excel worksheets,
and
_ two object modules for the objects I might "make" from the see able Class object module which we "made" with the coding above
Class Object Mess.JPG : https://imgur.com/r6hrPSK
Attachment 2116
[Class Worksheet]_ [First worksheet object]
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_ [Class WorksheetType2 ] __ [First object (ShTyp2_1)]
________________________________[Second object]
Also we have a code module, which is not so often called an object, and a Thisworkbook ( In German DieseArbeitsmappe ) code module usually regarded as an object.
It is a mess because it is a mess. :-)
Here is a special "Excel" file which I have which has 6 worksheets.
It has the Class object modules and object modules for
the Application Excel
and
the worksheets. ( Each worksheet has a Class object with just one worksheet "made" from it )
Alans Full Excel.JPG : https://app.box.com/s/iaozdmu9jhu33wo9r2ntcdhkkz1bwu9g , https://imgur.com/0k2NDVX
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[Class ExcelAppThisWorkbook] _ [ThisWorkbook object]
_[ Class Worksheet1 ] ________ [First worksheet object]
_ [Class Worksheet2 ] ________ [Second worksheet object ]
_ [Class Worksheet3 ] ________ [Third worksheet object]
_ [Class Worksheet4 ] ________[ Forth worksheet object]
_ [Class Worksheet5 ] ________ [Fifth worksheet object]
_ [Class Worksheet6 ] ________ [Sixth worksheet object]
_ [Class Worksheet7 ] ________ [Seventh worksheet object]
Ref
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/classes.aspx ( RiP Chip Pearson http://excelmatters.com/2018/04/30/rip-chip-pearson/ )
Sub PubeProFannyTeas__GLetner(ByVal strDte As String)
Routine for following excelfox Thread
http://www.excelfox.com/forum/showth...0865#post10865
Code:
Sub TestieCall()
Call PubeProFannyTeas__GLetner("23 12 2018")
End Sub
Sub PubeProFannyTeas__GLetner(ByVal strDte As String)
Rem 0 VBA project instantiated VBIDE
Dim VBIDEVBAProj As Object ' For convenience a variable is used for this code module
Set VBIDEVBAProj = ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBE.ActiveCodePane.codemodule ' ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents(Me.CodeName) 'varible referring to this code module
Rem 1 This code module data range
'1a) get full data range as string
Dim Cnt As Long, Lr As Long, ReedLineIn As String
Let Lr = VBIDEVBAProj.countoflines: Let Cnt = Lr + 1
Do
Let Cnt = Cnt - 1
Let ReedLineIn = VBIDEVBAProj.Lines(StartLine:=Cnt, Count:=1)
Loop While Not (Left(ReedLineIn, 7) = "End Sub" Or Left(ReedLineIn, 7) = "End Fun")
If Cnt = Lr Then MsgBox Prompt:="No range data values in code module " & VBIDEVBAProj.Name: Exit Sub
'1b) Complete data region as single string.
Dim strIn As String: Let strIn = VBIDEVBAProj.Lines(StartLine:=Cnt + 1, Count:=Lr - Cnt)
Let strIn = Mid(strIn, 3) ' take off first vbCr & vbLf
'WotchaGot (strIn)
'1c) split into date ranges, get most recent of any dates to match given strDte
Dim DtedRngs() As String: Let DtedRngs() = Split(strIn, vbCr & vbLf & vbCr & vbLf) ' Split range by empty line which is double vbCr & vbLf
'WotchaGot (DtedRngs(0)): Debug.Print: WotchaGot (DtedRngs(1))
For Cnt = UBound(DtedRngs()) To LBound(DtedRngs()) Step -1
'1d)Check for date match, if so the main code working begins
Dim FndDte As String: Let FndDte = Mid(DtedRngs(Cnt), 4, 10) ' looking at like this typical start of a data range, '_-23 12 2018 Wo.... we see that 10 characters from character 4 will give us the date
If FndDte = strDte Then
'MsgBox Prompt:=FndDte
Rem 2 manipulation of found date range
Dim strRng As String: Let strRng = DtedRngs(Cnt)
Let strRng = Mid(strRng, 27) 'takes off up to start of worksheet name... no speacial reason toher than why not? - its not needed anymore
'2a) range info
Dim RngInfo As String: Let RngInfo = Left(strRng, InStr(1, strRng, """)" & vbCr & vbLf, vbBinaryCompare) - 1) ' This gets us at like Tabelle1").Range("$I$2513:$J$2514
Dim ShtName As String, RngAdrs As String
Let ShtName = Split(RngInfo, """).Range(""", 2, vbBinaryCompare)(0) ' split above string , using as seperator ").Range(" , into 2 bits , for exact computer binary type compare Then we have first array element (indicie (0)) as the worksheet name and the second array element (indicie (1)) as the range address
Let RngAdrs = Split(RngInfo, """).Range(""", 2, vbBinaryCompare)(1) ': Debug.Print ShtName & " " & RngAdrs
Dim Ws As Worksheet, Rng As Range: Set Ws = Worksheets("" & ShtName & ""): Set Rng = Ws.Range(RngAdrs)
'2b) get data value range
Let strRng = Mid(strRng, InStr(1, strRng, vbCr & vbLf, vbBinaryCompare) + 2) ' take off first line & the first vbCr & vbLf
Let strRng = Left(strRng, InStr(1, strRng, "'_- EOF ", vbBinaryCompare) - 1) ' take off last line, ( but leave on the vbCr & vbLf as that seems to typically be on a string from an excel range
'WotchaGot strRng
Let strRng = Replace(strRng, " | ", vbTab, 1, -1, vbBinaryCompare) 'Change code window cell wall seperator for that used by Excel
Let strRng = Replace(strRng, "'_-", "", 1, -1, vbBinaryCompare)
Let strRng = Replace(strRng, " ", "", 1, -1, vbBinaryCompare) ' Bit of bodge to remove my added spaces
'Debug.Print strRng
Rem 3 output to worksheet
Dim objDataObject As Object: Set objDataObject = GetObject("New:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}"): objDataObject.SetText strRng: objDataObject.PutInClipboard ' Text is given to Data object which in turn uses its method to put that in the clipboard
Ws.Paste Destination:=Rng 'Worksheets Paste method with optional argument to determine where, ( default would be from top left of active range )
Exit Sub 'This code only gets the first found range looking from code window bottom
Else ' No matching date found yet, so do nothing but
End If ' go on to
Next Cnt ' next date range ' ( There is no check for no matching date. The code will simple end after all ranges have been looped through.)
End Sub
