Ramping up my ignorance to the next level I guess. I only have one workbook and it is active so is the workbook part not needed?
Changing to this worked but I thought that issue was resolved last night by the removal of the period in front of cells. But that means the cells associated with the active sheet which is not Sheets(RawData)? On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Asa Rossoff <a...@lovetour.info> wrote: > Not illegal, but -- > > You didn't qualify Sheets or either instance of Cells in your problem line > of code. > > > > That line, as written, requires two things to be true to work correctly: > > 1. The active workbook is the workbook that hold the named sheet. You > could avoice that with ThisWorkbook.Sheets() -- btw this applies to you > first line with the With block too. > > 2. The ActiveSheet is the same as the named sheet. Avoid this by > qualifying the two instances of cells, e.g. > ThisWorkbook.Sheets(RawData).Cells(2, BarOpen), > ThisWorkbook.Sheets(RawData).Cells(stoprawdata, EContango). > > > > You might want to use a With Block and/or sheet/range variables to qualify > those references in a less redundant (and more efficient) line of code. > > > > Asa > > > > > > From: excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of tangledweb > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:49 PM > To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com > Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Program written, compiles, but odd runtime error > in setting a range pointer > > > > Program has already by error time successfully called 3 procedures doing all > the initialization work across 3 different sheets. > > But then... application defined or object defined error > > > > This has already successfully executed > > > > With Sheets(RawData) > Set tmprange = .Range(.Cells(2, BarOpen), .Cells(stoprawdata, > StopCol)) > > end with > > > > but then it tries to set a new value for tmprange that fails. Is that > illegal or do you have to clear or release it in some way first or...? > > This fails with the error mentioned above. All the variables inside the line > have correct values. > > > > Set tmprange = Sheets(RawData).Range(Cells(2, BarOpen), > Cells(stoprawdata, EContango)) > > > > all it is doing is setting tmprange to point to a range with one more column > than it had before. > > > > > > > > -- > FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) > > 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please > Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will > not get quick attention or may not be answered. > > 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. > > 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security > measure. > > 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. > > 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in > signatures are prohibited. > > NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum > owners and members are not responsible for any loss. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > -- > FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) > > 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please > Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will > not get quick attention or may not be answered. > > 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. > > 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security > measure. > > 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. > > 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in > signatures are prohibited. > > NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum > owners and members are not responsible for any loss. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com