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Colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

  1. 04-28-2018, 06:14 AM #1
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    Colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    I have created this macro to search for friendly and enemy clans in a game. (There are hundreds, but I have only put 4 in for testing purposes).

    The macro works fine, but I'd like the message boxes to be coloured, red for enemy green for friendly for instance.

    I have absolutely no idea how to go about it. Can anyone help?

    Briefly the macro is in search sheet, and data is in hidden sheet called clans. I have done that so that it can't be edited by users. I unlock and relock within the code.

    I protected the search sheet, but can't remember if I unlocked it - so if you need to log in the password in BBC. This is temporary, I will do something more permanent when finished.

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    Re: I need colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Can't be done with a MsgBox but is possible with a small Userform.
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    Re: I need colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Thank you for that Bakerman, I have sent you rep.

    Could I ask a further couple of questions.

    Firstly security. How do I prevent people from being able to access the code, but able to run the macro? Also at the moment when you start the sheet it asks do you want to switch it on. Can that be overuled and it be available from opening the file?

    Secondly I would like to share the file via google or another share system. I just tried and it doesn't show the macro button. Any ideas how I can share the file after sorting security?

    Thanks.

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    Re: I need colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Firstly security. How do I prevent people from being able to access the code, but able to run the macro?
    To protect your code, open the Excel Workbook and go to Tools>Macro>Visual Basic Editor (Alt+F11). Now, from within the VBE go to Tools>VBAProject Properties and then click the Protection page tab and then check "Lock project from viewing" and then enter your password and again to confirm it.
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    Re: I need colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Alan has explained to you how to protect your code so for the second part of question 1, this has probably to do with your security settings in TrustCenter regarding the use of macro's.
    Go to Options for Excel >> TrustCenter >> Settings and allow access to Vba Object Model and the use of macro's.

    The second question I sadly have no experience in that area at all so maybe start a new thread regarding that part.

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    Re: I need colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Hello kevb8ll,

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    Secondly I would like to share the file via google or another share system. I just tried and it doesn't show the macro button. Any ideas how I can share the file after sorting security? 
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    Re: I need colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Thanks for the help guys. The issue is googlesheets, they do not allow VBA. I am now trying to find help of how to convert it to javascript!
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    Re: I need colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Hello kevb8ll,

    Have you tried to send the Workbook as a Zipped file via Google?

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    Re: Colourful Message Boxes When They Return Search Results.

    Something attached for Google Script. Though this won't have colourful msgbox. Hmm, I'm sure it's possible, but I don't use Google Script much.
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