Some time we want to hide a certain Excel Worksheet from view, and it’s a common practice to use select the Worksheet, go to menu Format > Sheet > Hide. Using the method explained above is right, but unfortunately, others people can easily unhide the Worksheet using the same method, only this time, instead of [...]
Let say we want to find position of cell containing the minimum/maximum value in current/active Excel worksheet, and then after we found the cell, we will change the cell format to make it stand out before other cells. The logic is simple, we just need to use Excel MIN function to find the minimum/maximum value [...]
The Excel VBA macro below will create a new Excel Worksheet called ‘RawData’ or we can use msgbox to ask for the Worksheet name if needed. If there is already a Worksheet called RawData, user will be ask whether they want to use the old Worksheet and cancel new Worksheet creation, or delete the old [...]
UPDATE June 13, 2008: Another alternative way to find the last row with data : Function LastRow() As Long Dim ix As Long ix = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Row – 1 + ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count LastRow = ix End Function I did a simple test, and the function will return the correct last row position even when the data was [...]
Usually in the sequential database system, we can SUM only unique values in table column by adding all the values from SELECT DISTINCT query result only. Based on the same principle, we can also create a simple VBA function in Microsoft Excel by adding the values only available in a collection of unique values we [...]
Sometimes in Excel, we need to find the row position of a particular text, maybe to be able to paste certain of data right below the corresponding text or else. Very useful if we have an Excel Worksheet Template that we use a lot, with fix header on it. ‘ Input param: Text we want [...]
Ever needed to find out the full path of your current file? What I mean by full path here is the full location of the active file including the directory path and full file name. If you did, then what you need is this following code: Application.ActiveWorkbook.FullName The one line code will return the full [...]