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    Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatting)

    Hi all,

    I created a little function today that flashes a cell a certain colour. I call this, for example, when code makes changes to a cell so that we can see updated cells.

    However it runs into an issue where there is conditional formatting on the target cell(s). The interior colour of the cell (quite rightly) doesn't override the conditional formatting. Is there a solution to get my function to temporarily override any conditional formatting cell fills while it flashes the cells?

    Code below, sample attached. Thanks in advance for any help/clues/solutions.

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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    Hello Stormin',

    By employing another Cell and use that within your Conditional Formatting Rule it is possible as demonstrated in the attached sample Workbook. We don't bother with the Functions in place, but rather change this part of your Code;

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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    Hi Stormin',

    If you prefer we could do it this way round.

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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    Hi Winon, thanks for your reply.

    Unfortunately I want this to be a general function, and so changing the original conditional formatting (could be anything and any amount of rules) and adding values somewhere in the sheet is a no-no, as per thread title.

    With a fresh brain this morning I did some more digging around and found this article:
    http://excelunplugged.com/2014/06/03...ng-on-and-off/

    Putting this method into my code seems to work for everything I have thrown at it so far. See attached.

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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    Sorry Stormin',

    Your sample Workbook does not work for me.

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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    In what way? I just downloaded straight from my thread and it works for me, Excel 2016 on Win7

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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    HEllo Stormin',

    Thank you for the feedback.

    It could be that I am running Office 2010 on Windows 7 Professional.

    What I did notice on my side, besides the Conditional Formatting that does not work, is that every time you Run Flash it briefly shows the cells in yellow which is correct, but and the same time it adds to the Conditional Formatting Rules - "Formula = True, with no Format Settings".

    Please check if same happens on your side.
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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    It works in 2010 too. 2007 was notoriously buggy though.
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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    Hi Stormin',

    Have you checked my comment;

    ...is that every time you Run Flash it briefly shows the cells in yellow which is correct, but at the same time it adds to the Conditional Formatting Rules - "Formula = True, with no Format Settings".
    @ xlnitwit,

    Did you maybe checked it as well?

    I have removed the restore CF from the Function and placed it in the run Flash Module, and that seems to solve the issue. Well from my side, at least.

    Please try the revised sample attachment!

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    Re: Override conditional formatting (in general, without changing the conditional formatti

    Hi Winon,

    Sorry, I hadn't been back to check the forum lately.

    In regards to your comment
    ...is that every time you Run Flash it briefly shows the cells in yellow which is correct, but at the same time it adds to the Conditional Formatting Rules - "Formula = True, with no Format Settings".
    this is part of the design.

    So the method I used to 'override' any current conditional formatting (CF) is described in the link I provided, I just perform it programmatically and then reset everything once I'm done. Here are the stages:
    1. Add a new CF rule to target cells, with formula "=True" and no format settings. This rule is added to the end of the CF list.
    2. Turn the "StopIfTrue" setting on for this new CF, so that no more CF rules run after this rule is activated.
    3. Set the new CF to first priority / first in the list, so that all other CF rules do not run. Since "=True" is always true, target cells are set to unformatted.
    4. Flash the target cells.
    5. Delete the new blank CF we created and moved to the beginning of the CF list, removing it's "StopIfTrue" logic, and allowing all original CF rules to run.

    While your file TestFlash3.xlsm works in this specific case, what you are actually doing is deleting all CF rules and then rebuilding the old rules one by one. The aim of this function is to be able to flash cells in any general case, without needing to know or modify the current CF rules.

    Looking at your file and how the original CF rule has been changed to "StopIfTrue", I'm thinking that on your end something is going wrong with where the new 'blank' CF rule is being added and/or moved. To debug you'll have to step through the code in TestFlash2.xlsm and check that the steps above are followed, paying close attention to which position in the list the new CF rule is created in and moved to.

    We will get to the bottom of it

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