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    Location method with ActiveSheet

    Hello everyone,
    I am struggling with a small problem, where I believe that I don't exactly understand the activeSheet property.

    I have created a stacked columns chart in vba which works perfectly. It takes data from the sheet I am in and adds a chart below the table. I locate the newly created chart using this code:

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    The problem with this is that it refers to a named sheet. If I want to change the name of the sheet, I would have to change the code. I just want the code to refer to the name of the active sheet I am in.

    Having failed to use ActiveSheet.Name for the parameter Name:=, I do not know where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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    Re: Location method with ActiveSheet

    You may be having trouble keeping track of which sheet is actually active. If you are activating various sheets, then the active sheet changes. I suggest that you set a worksheet variable to the activesheet early in the procedure and use that variable to provide the name.
    For example, the code below will move the chart to Sheet1 if it is active when the procedure is run and will move it to Sheet2 is it is active when the procedure is run.
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    Re: Location method with ActiveSheet

    you could use the Code name

    activesheet.codename

    and you can change this in the properites of the sheet in VBA
    I dont like to use code i dont understand
    it makes it hard to use in other situations
    so please try to be as clear and patent as possible with me

    Criticism is welcomed

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    Re: Location method with ActiveSheet

    Quote Originally Posted by blane245 View Post
    You may be having trouble keeping track of which sheet is actually active. If you are activating various sheets, then the active sheet changes. I suggest that you set a worksheet variable to the activesheet early in the procedure and use that variable to provide the name.
    For example, the code below will move the chart to Sheet1 if it is active when the procedure is run and will move it to Sheet2 is it is active when the procedure is run.
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    Thank you for your help. Here is what I did to solve the problem:
    - I set a new variable as my ActiveSheet as shown above and I was then able to use the code for the location of the file above.
    - I was using "Where:=" to name the location, but not "Name:=" for the name. This would not work:
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    - I then just got rid of the definition of the parameter and it worked just fine:
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    I did not try the codename solution, which could be useful in other cases, but my code used the ActiveSheet extensively, so I just went for the first suggestion. Thanks again!

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    Re: Location method with ActiveSheet

    Great. Please mark the thread as solved.

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    Re: Location method with ActiveSheet

    FYI, the codename version would not work, since it is the tab name that is required by the Location method.
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