How to activate any cell in the worksheet?

[ljCharlie]

Is there a way to activate any cell and make it active in the worksheet at anytime in the program?


Any help is appreciated.

ljCharlie

 

[Zathras]

Yes.

 

[ljCharlie]

I have tried the following:

Function numbCols(countrows) As Integer
Dim shtAnnual As Worksheet
Dim rng As Range
Dim numCols As Integer
Dim txtInbox As String

Set shtAnnual = ActiveSheet
'activate the first cell as a starting point for counting non-empty rows
shtAnnual.Cells(1, 1).Activate

Set rng = ActiveCell

'Loop until an empty cell is found.
Do While rng.Value <> ""
numCols = numCols + 1
Set rng = rng.Offset(0, 1)
Loop
numbCols = numCols
shtAnnual.Cells(0, 15).Activate
Set rng = ActiveCell
txtInbox = InputBox("Result Column", "Parse Result", "Please enter what column name you want for the result column")
rng.Cells = txtInbox
End Function

The error I got is: Application-defined or object-defined error on this line: shtAnnual.Cells(0, 15).Activate

Is it because I have activated twice in the same function?

ljCharlie

 

[Zathras]

The lowest row number for the .Cells property is 1.

Perhaps you mean to say
[tt]
shtAnnual.Cells(1, 16).Activate
[/tt]

It can be confusing, because .Offset can begin with (0,0).

 

[ljCharlie]

Thanks! You're right.I got confuse because offset uses 0 but cell uses 1. It works!

ljCharlie

 

[SkipVought]

FYI,

There is usually no need to use the Activate and Select methods in VB code unlesws you want a particular sheet/cell to be selected when the code ends. Excessive use of Activate & Select, slow code execution.

How Can I Make My Code Run Faster? faq707-4105

Skip,

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