Haha, I like the way you put that Don. I agree 6 of 1 is half a dozen of
another. On the other point however, I am afraid I have to disagree. If the
workbook has the text you are looking for in more than one sheet, the code
will go forward and the last sheet that has the word being looked for will
be selected.
Regards,
Sam
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:03 AM, dguillett1 <dguille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Asa, Agree about the “undue attention”. My experience tells me that
> just leaving it out ( as I did) serves the purpose. Maybe you can time it.??
>
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> dguille...@gmail.com
>
> *From:* Asa Rossoff <a...@lovetour.info>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:10 PM
> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* RE: $$Excel-Macros$$ Help with code please.
>
>
> Too true Don//****
>
> ****
>
> .Find finds the first match… and stops.****
>
> ****
>
> However, with all the undue attention to this code, I will offer a
> suggested update. The Set mg = .Cells.Find lines can be changed to the
> following to prevent an oft-overlooked issue with .Find. The issue is that
> .Find does not start searching from the beginning of a range, but from the
> cell after the first cell in the range. In the code provided so far, if a
> match is in A1 and also in another cell on the sheet, the code will never
> find the match in A1, but only the first match in a cell other than A1
> (starting from B1). *This change will start searching from A1:*
>
> Set mf = .Cells.Find(What:="whattolookfor", ", *After:=.Cells(.Rows.Count,
> .Columns.Count),* LookIn:=xlValues, _****
>
> LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext)****
>
> Asa****
>
> ****
>
> *From:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> excel-macros@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *dguillett1
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:42 AM
> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Help with code please.****
>
> ****
>
> Sam, The code I provided does stop the macro with the selection. Yes, goto
> could be used but OP said ****
>
> select sheet****
>
> select cell****
>
> so I did that. “6 of one is 1/2 dozen of another”****
>
> ****
>
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> dguille...@gmail.com****
>
> ****
>
> *From:* Sam Mathai Chacko <samde...@gmail.com> ****
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:39 AM****
>
> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com ****
>
> *Subject:* Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Help with code please.****
>
> ****
>
> You'd want to exit the routine if the cell is found. Also, you can use
> application.goto to select the cell. I would also be weary about hidden
> sheets if any.
>
> Sub lookinallsheets()
>
> Dim wks As Worksheet
> Dim rng As Range
> For Each wks In Worksheets
> With wks
> Set rng = .Cells.Find(What:="whattolookfor", LookIn:=xlValues,
> LookAt:=xlWhole)
> If Not rng Is Nothing Then
> Application.Goto rng
> Exit For
> End If
> End With
> Next wks
>
> End Sub
>
> Regards,
> Sam Mathai Chacko****
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:03 PM, dguillett1 <dguille...@gmail.com> wrote:*
> ***
>
> This will look in all sheets in the file and select if found. Put it in
> your DIR loop for all files in the folder.
>
> Sub lookinallsheets()
> For Each ws In Worksheets
> With ws
> Set mf = .Cells.Find(What:="whattolookfor", LookIn:=xlValues, _
> LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext)
> If Not mf Is Nothing Then
> .Select
> mf.Select
> End If
> End With
> Next ws
> End Sub ****
>
>
>
>
>
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> dguille...@gmail.com****
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Bob
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 2:28 PM ****
>
>
> To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS****
>
> Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Help with code please. ****
>
>
>
> There will never be more than 1 of the same number. I just need it to
> select the sheet that it's on and then select the cell where it's
> located. Thanks in Advance
>
> On Feb 19, 8:58 am, "dguillett1" <dguille...@gmail.com> wrote:****
>
> If you are saying you want to look for it on all sheets you can wrap in a
> loop
> for each ws in worksheets
> ws.Select
> Cells.Find(What:=IndividualSearch,
> LookIn:=xlValues,LookAt:=xlWhole).Activate
> next ws
>
> Or, are you saying there could be more than ONE hit?? BTW you don't need to
> select to work with the found item. More info??
>
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> dguille...@gmail.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 6:33 AM
> To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS
> Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Help with code please.
>
> I almost have the code the way I need it. BUT I want it to Find
> everything within in the same Workbook, not just on the Index
> Worksheet. Thanks in advance!!!
>
> Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
> Dim IndividualSearch As String
> IndividualSearch = InputBox("What's the part number you're looking
> for?", "Name Search entry box.")
> If IndividualSearch = "" Then Exit Sub
> On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
> Worksheets("Index").Select
> Cells.Find(What:=IndividualSearch, LookIn:=xlValues,
> LookAt:=xlWhole).Activate
> Exit Sub
> ErrorHandler:
> MsgBox IndividualSearch & " not found.", 64, "No such animal."
> End Sub
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