Wednesday, November 13, 2013

VBA Code to combine sheets into one

Option Explicit

Sub CopyFromWorksheets()
Dim wrk As Workbook  'Workbook object - Always good to work with object variables
Dim sht As Worksheet 'Object for handling worksheets in loop
Dim trg As Worksheet 'Master Worksheet
Dim rng As Range     'Range object
Dim colCount As Integer 'Column count in tables in the worksheets
    
    Set wrk = ActiveWorkbook 'Working in active workbook
    
    For Each sht In wrk.Worksheets
        If sht.Name = "Master" Then
            MsgBox "There is a worksheet called as 'Master'." & vbCrLf & _
                    "Please remove or rename this worksheet since 'Master' would be" & _
                    "the name of the result worksheet of this process.", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "Error"
            Exit Sub
        End If
    Next sht
    
    'We don't want screen updating
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    
    'Add new worksheet as the last worksheet
    Set trg = wrk.Worksheets.Add(After:=wrk.Worksheets(wrk.Worksheets.Count))
    'Rename the new worksheet
    trg.Name = "Master"
    'Get column headers from the first worksheet
        'Column count first
        Set sht = wrk.Worksheets(1)
        colCount = sht.Cells(1, 255).End(xlToLeft).Column
        'Now retrieve headers, no copy&paste needed
        With trg.Cells(1, 1).Resize(1, colCount)
            .Value = sht.Cells(1, 1).Resize(1, colCount).Value
            'Set font as bold
            .Font.Bold = True
        End With
    
    'We can start loop
    For Each sht In wrk.Worksheets
        'If worksheet in loop is the last one, stop execution (it is Master worksheet)
        If sht.Index = wrk.Worksheets.Count Then
            Exit For
        End If
        'Data range in worksheet - starts from second row as first rows are the header rows in all worksheets
        Set rng = sht.Range(sht.Cells(2, 1), sht.Cells(65536, 1).End(xlUp).Resize(, colCount))
        'Put data into the Master worksheet
        trg.Cells(65536, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1).Resize(rng.Rows.Count, rng.Columns.Count).Value = rng.Value
    Next sht
    'Fit the columns in Master worksheet
    trg.Columns.AutoFit
    
    'Screen updating should be activated
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Map & Unmap drives via VBA

VBA Code to map and unmap a drive in the system:

Sub Map_Drive()
Dim oNetwork As Object, sDrive As String, sPath As String

Set oNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
sDrive = "A:"
sPath = "\\Server1\ABC"
oNetwork.MapNetworkDrive sDrive, sPath

sDrive = "B:"
sPath = "\\Server2\XYZ"
oNetwork.MapNetworkDrive sDrive, sPath

End Sub
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Sub Unmap_Drive()
Dim objNetwork As Object

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "A:" ', bForce:=True
objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive "B:" ', bForce:=True
End Sub

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Working with Name Manager in Excel

Name Manager makes it easy to work in Excel. With the help of Name Manager you can define a range of cells by a name and store it. You can refer to the name instead of mentioning the range every time. Here is a simple VBA code to create names.

Lets say we have the following data. Column A has the Names and column B has the formula (image below)



Use the following VBA code to create the names. If the name is already available, it will overtire.

Sub CreateDefineName()
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Sheets("Sheet1").Activate
Row = 1
Do While Cells(Row, 1) <> ""
DName = Cells(Row, 1)
Frm = Cells(Row, 2)
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=DName, RefersTo:=Frm
Row = Row + 1
Sheets("Sheet1").Activate
Loop
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

VBA code to store value in a cell

VBA code to store user defined value in user defined cell(s).

Sub Test()
Dim myrange As Range
Dim mycell As Integer
Dim i As Range
On Error Resume Next

Set myrange = Application.InputBox(prompt:="enter a range of cell", Title:="Specify range", Type:=8)

For Each i In myrange

mycell = Application.InputBox(prompt:="Enter a number", Type:=1)

i = mycell

Next i
End Sub