VB for A conditional formatting exercise

[sot]

I have to be able to format specific cells with a background colour if they
match a particular condition. I can use Conditional Formatting, but I need
more than 3 format options. Below are the formulae I am want to use
=AND(O$3>=$C5,O$3<=$D5) green
=AND(O$3>=$F5,O$3<=$G5) grey
=AND(O$3>=$I5,O$3<=$J5) blue
=AND(O$3>=$L5,O$3<=$M5) yellow

So for example O5 should be green if condition =AND(O$3>=$C5,O$3<=$D5) is met.

The outcome is to help with creating a sort of a gant chart. I am sure this
could be done with VB, but I am only just starting out with it. Any pointers
or help with the code would be gratefully received.

 

[Bob Phillips]

Here is a simple example.

Adapting it to your coide is not obvious to me as I don't which cells in
your formule are being CFed.


'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Const WS_RANGE As String = "H1:H10" '<=== change to suit

On Error GoTo ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, Me.Range(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then
With Target
Select Case .Value
Case 1: .Interior.ColorIndex = 3 'red
Case 2: .Interior.ColorIndex = 6 'yellow
Case 3: .Interior.ColorIndex = 5 'blue
Case 4: .Interior.ColorIndex = 10 'green
End Select
End With
End If

ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

'This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
'placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
'code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
'the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.


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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

 

[Joel]

I used used under tools macro Learn New macro and got this code
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
' Macro recorded 2/19/2007 by Joel Warburg
'

'
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 4
Range("A2").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 15
Range("A3").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 8
Range("A4").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
Range("I8").Select
End Sub

Now the trick is to modify the code for you application

Sub Macro1()
if (range("O3").value >= range("C5")) and (range("O3").value >=
range("D5")) then
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 4
end if
if (range("O3").value >= range("F5")) and (range("O3").value >=
range("G5")) then
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 15
end if
if (range("O3").value >= range("I5")) and (range("O3").value >=
range("J5")) then
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 8
end if
if (range("O3").value >= range("L5")) and (range("O3").value >=
range("M5")) then
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
end if
end sub

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

right click on the sheet tab and select view code. Put in code like this

Private Sub Worksheet_Calculate()
Dim i as Long, j as Long, jj as Long
Dim bMatch as Boolean
bMatch = False
j = 0
for i = 3 to 14 step 3
' i refer to column C, F, I, L sequentially
j = j + 1
if Range("O3") >= cells(5,i) and _
Range("O3") <= cells(5,i+1) then
bMatch = true
jj = j
exit for
end if
Next
if bMatch then
with Range("O5")
Select Case j
Case 1: .Interior.ColorIndex = 4 'green
Case 2: .Interior.ColorIndex = 15 'gray
Case 3: .Interior.ColorIndex = 41 'blue
Case 4: .Interior.ColorIndex = 6 'Yellow
End Select
End With
else
Range("O5").Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
End if
End Sub

this will fire whenever there is a calculate event - just like conditional
formatting.