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MS Office Forum / Excel / Programming / May 2008Color Index
If a cell has no color index attached is it's Interior.ColorIndex -4142 for everyone or can it be different on different computers? Thank you, Steven Perhaps not for MACs. Consider xlNone  SignatureGary''s Student - gsnu200789 > If a cell has no color index attached is it's Interior.ColorIndex -4142 for > everyone or can it be different on different computers? > > Thank you, > > Steven Hi Gary, My apologies! I failed to see your response when I posted. --- Regards. Norman Hi Steve, I believe that the constant is universal. However, as I have a badmemory, I use: xlNone. --- Regards. Norman > If a cell has no color index attached is it's Interior.ColorIndex -4142 > for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Steven I think it is always better to use the built-in VB constants (such as xlNone, vbLf, etc.) than the so called "magic numbers" (such as -4142, 10, etc.) as the built-in constants go a long way to making your code self-documenting. Rick > Hi Steve, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> Steven Hi Rick, I always use the named constants (within Excel); my 'bad memory' was merely an artifice to render the implicit suggestion more palatable! --- Regards. Norman >I think it is always better to use the built-in VB constants (such as >xlNone, vbLf, etc.) than the so called "magic numbers" (such as -4142, 10, >etc.) as the built-in constants go a long way to making your code >self-documenting. > > Rick And my comments were not directed to you specifically, rather, they were directed to the community at large (either within this thread or the archives)... your message was just a convenient 'vehicle' with which to make my point. Rick > Hi Rick, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> Rick |
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