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    Features I would like to see

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    your on a winner
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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Why not just write:
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    Re: Features I would like to see

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    Could even be a new error 1234 "Something is wrong there"
    or replace the hour glass "Something's happening."

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    equivalents ?

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    In this case iserror() can be read as isnothing()



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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Really? How many messages do you see with this?
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    Re: Features I would like to see

    I'm probably in the minority but I would like inheritance, would make extending controls easier

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Methinks you'll have to wait for VBA.Net for that.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    lol I think that too, is that even in the pipeline?

    Would be good if they'd fix needing to know the printer port in Excel when printing too, that drives me nuts

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Not that I am aware of, though even if I knew, I couldn't say.

    As there are simple workarounds for the port issue, I can't see that changing.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    haha fingers crossed then, but I can't see it happening

    What's easiest workaround you've found? Right now I'm reading from the registry to get the list of printer ports and names.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    That's what I do too (function with argument for printer name)

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    It's still somewhat annoying that you don't have to do this in Word VBA though

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Not for me as I never use Word.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Neither do I if I can avoid it

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    That doesn't give you the NE01 type information though.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    @snb, unfortunately that doesn't return the "NE01:" etc

    http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5479
    Last edited by Kyle123; 11-03-2011 at 08:03 AM.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    I'd also like an easy way of running freehand SQL statements on a given range

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Not hard to build as long as you don't mind memory leaks...

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    ...hence the easy part, I want to do it in the workbook, not from another

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    I've never tested it, but perhaps DAO doesn't have the same memory leak issues as ADO?

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    hmm, interesting might be worth a check methinks.

    Still a bit of a pain though writing the code though when I just want to query a dataset

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Can't you use filters if the workbook is open?

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Coincidentally, this bug just cropped up on a thread and, since everything was happening in the one workbook, I recommended the advanced filter as an alternative.
    Hope that helps,

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Interesting thought and quite possibly showing my ignorance, but I'm not sure how I'd do the below with a Filter - wouldn't it need an advanced filter as well?

    I know there are 101 ways to do it, but 1 query would be nice

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    You can't do that with the advanced filter either because it is aggregating. You could do it with a pivot table though.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Advanced filter is a filter...
    I'd use a pivot table for that.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Nice to see you back, BTW, Colin. How was Yorkshire?

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Fabulous I've no doubt

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    I meant auto-filter , raises a question I have about pivot tables though, I'll post a new thread though rather than dragging this one out

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Fabulous I've no doubt
    Plus 1 to that

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Quote Originally Posted by Kyle123 View Post
    I'm probably in the minority but I would like inheritance, would make extending controls easier
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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Is 2 a majority now?

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Quote Originally Posted by romperstomper View Post
    Nice to see you back, BTW, Colin. How was Yorkshire?
    Yorkshire Dales.... absolutely fantastic, thanks. Much as I love my job, it's soooo hard being back at work.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    You're saying you wouldn't want inheritance rs? If so, why not?
    Just curious why someone would turn down a feature.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Quote Originally Posted by romperstomper View Post
    Why not just write....and best not to use ThisCell as a variable name.
    My thread starter was really kind of a programming joke, but I should have realized that my fellow VBA geeks would take it seriously ...Actually I once wrote a function called IsSomething but it seemed rather gratuitous.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    Quote Originally Posted by davegugg View Post
    You're saying you wouldn't want inheritance rs? If so, why not?
    I don't recall saying anything of the sort. I simply questioned what made you think that 2 constituted a majority in the Excel programming world.

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    Re: Features I would like to see

    I tallied up all the votes and found two in favor and zero against.

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