Drawing Objects with vba and workbook/worksheet

[eholz1]

Hello Usenet group Exelerometers,

I am using vba to draw a circle over a 2-cell range on a worksheet
(thank you for the tip on how to do this).

It seems that I cannot draw my circle on a worksheet in a workbook.
Does the worksheet in the workbook have to be active (aka ActiveSheet)
in order for
drawing to take place?

I have two workbooks - one is the workbook with a worksheet with
buttons, etc, and a bunch of VBA code to make things happen.
I click a button to open an existing workbook. None of the
sheets in the workbook I open are active. I click another button on
my sheet, and it performs some calculations on the book I opened. I
would like to draw a circle over a cell or cells after the calculation
process, but without making the various sheets active.

Thanks,

eholz1

 

[Joel]

I avoid using the active statement. You can refgerence any object without
acttivating (there are some rare exceptions).

with thisworkbook.sheets("sheet1")
.Range("A1") = 5
end with

workbooks.open filename:="c:\abc.xls"
set newbk = activeworkbook
with newbk.sheets("sheet1")
.Range("A1") = 5
end with


the same thing will work with shapes.

 

[Jon Peltier]

Follow Joel's advice, and identify any instance of "select" or "selection"
or "active" in your code as a spot that needs attention.

- Jon

 

[eholz1]

Follow Joel's advice, and identify any instance of "select" or "selection"
or "active" in your code as a spot that needs attention.

- Jon
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Peltier Technical Services, Inc. -http://PeltierTech.com
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Hello Guys,

Thanks for this info - it will change my code accordingly.

eholz1