cell backgroundcolor

[Starting vba programmer]

Hello

How can if run a function after an user changed the backgroundcolor of a
cell? The function must run with a macro or after leaving the colored cell.

Thanks

[keepITcool]

you cant.

only changing the formula (e.g. the value) if a cell
will trigger an event. changing formatting cannot be caught.

a workaround is trapping the selection change event..
but you'll have to store the formats in a cache..
then compare the actuals with the cached values when
selection changes.

this will be cumbersome and slow if the user makes large selections.

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Starting vba programmer wrote :

> Hello
>
> How can if run a function after an user changed the backgroundcolor
> of a cell? The function must run with a macro or after leaving the
> colored cell.
>
> Thanks

[David McRitchie]

You can't do it efficiently, but you could use Volatile on the function

Functions For Cell Colors
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm

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"keepITcool" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> you cant.
>
> only changing the formula (e.g. the value) if a cell
> will trigger an event. changing formatting cannot be caught.
>
> a workaround is trapping the selection change event..
> but you'll have to store the formats in a cache..
> then compare the actuals with the cached values when
> selection changes.
>
> this will be cumbersome and slow if the user makes large selections.
>
> --
> keepITcool
> | www.XLsupport.com | keepITcool chello nl | amsterdam
>
>
> Starting vba programmer wrote :
>
> > Hello
> >
> > How can if run a function after an user changed the backgroundcolor
> > of a cell? The function must run with a macro or after leaving the
> > colored cell.
> >
> > Thanks

[st120869]

Hello,
My question is an adaption of the first thread - I have used the scrpit below to change the background colour of any cell contacts that have been changed. I would like to adapt it to only change cells when the user changes a formula inside the cells.

I do not want to protect the cell contents

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Target.Interior.ColorIndex = 37
Target.Interior.Pattern = xlSolid
End Sub