Make excel stop if the date cell is blank

I am making an order form template for a customer and I have the template
protected and am using the validation setting if they try to use anything but
the current date plus one, i.e. today or tomorrow. But I need Excel to stop
and make them enter the date if they leave it blank. I have been unable to
figure out how to make it stop and display an error message for a blank cell.
I have the "ignore blank" unchecked but it will still allow the user to skip
the cell and not ener anything. I know in Access you can setup a field rule
to disallow blank entries. Is there a way to do this in Excel. If I use a
formula, when they enter data into the cell, it is going to erase the
formula. I may need a macro or something else. I am willing to experiment and
try just about anything.

You can use an event on the worksheet such as

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
"Put your code here check if it is your date column / cell is so do
some validation "
End Sub


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Tony Green


"Mike J" wrote:

> I am making an order form template for a customer and I have the template
> protected and am using the validation setting if they try to use anything but
> the current date plus one, i.e. today or tomorrow. But I need Excel to stop
> and make them enter the date if they leave it blank. I have been unable to
> figure out how to make it stop and display an error message for a blank cell.
> I have the "ignore blank" unchecked but it will still allow the user to skip
> the cell and not ener anything. I know in Access you can setup a field rule
> to disallow blank entries. Is there a way to do this in Excel. If I use a
> formula, when they enter data into the cell, it is going to erase the
> formula. I may need a macro or something else. I am willing to experiment and
> try just about anything.