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I want to use the spreadsheet as form for users to fill out. Some cells require values to be entered. What would the code look like to perform a check when saving or closing that ensures certain cells (lets say a2 and b3) are not left empty
I want to use the spreadsheet as form for users to fill out. Some cells require values to be entered. What would the code look like to perform a check when saving or closing that ensures certain cells (lets say a2 and b3) are not left empty
Try this in ThisWorkbook module
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Use the "on close" or "on save" event to do this when the user tries to do one of these actions. For either, within the VBA window, select ThisWorkbook and from the left drop down select Workbook and from right dropdown you'll see a list of possible events .. The ones you're suggesting are BeforeSave and BeforeClose. I suggest BeforeSave because the user may choose to close without completing the form and if you trap them there they won't be able to ... very annoying.
So - selecting BeforeSave will give you the sub structure:
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Could you expand on this a bit?
If input is entered into column C (range C2:C100), then columns D, E ,F, H and I must not be blank upon save.
An error msg pops up upon attempt to save and colors each cell yellow that lacks info yellow?
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Sorry...I'm using Excel 2010.
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