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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / March 2008Validation cell in UDF?
I want to use a user-defined function as part of a cell validation routine. Is there a way from within the function to determine what cell is being validated? Does anyone have examples of something similar? Thanks, -- Greg Greg, Try Application.Caller.Address  Signature--- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) >I want to use a user-defined function as part of a cell validation routine. > Is there a way from within the function to determine what cell is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -- Greg That does work. However, what I want to do is a little different. I want to use a list validation type. In the range of cells that defines the list, I want to put a formula that will do some validation. In that formula, I need to know the address of the cell being validated. Using Application.Caller.Address in this case gives me the cell that is part of the validation range. Is there a way to get the cell being validated? Thanks, -- Greg > Greg, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> -- Greg Just use the reference of the activecell when you add the DV, Excel will update to each appropriately. Signature--- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) > That does work. > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>> >>> -- Greg Well, I am close to what I want. Thanks for the help. I created a named range for my validation, A1:A7, (called MyValidate) that looks like this: Blocked In Progress Listed N/A Not Started Submitted =CheckInteger() The CheckInteger function simply check to see if the number in the current active cell is a whole number. I set validation for a cell, choose the type of list, and set the source to be "=MyValidate" This almost works. However, it appears that CheckInteger is not being called when the validation is occuring. What happens is that CheckInteger is evaluated when I enter the formula, and a 0 appears there. The 0 appears in my dropdown (with all my other options) when I edit the cell, and if I enter a 0 it works. But if I enter any other number, it fails. Can I somehow force validation to "run" this formula each time validation occurs? Or can I get this to happen some other way? Thanks, -- Greg > Just use the reference of the activecell when you add the DV, Excel will > update to each appropriately. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >>>> >>>> -- Greg Greg, I wouldn't do it like that. Before I make a suggestion, can I check my understanding. Do you want the list to include the result of that CheckInteger function, or something else? I assume it just returns true or False? Signature--- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) > Well, I am close to what I want. Thanks for the help. > [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] >>>>> >>>>> -- Greg No, what I want is to validate that the value in the cell is either: 1) one of the items in the list (and I would like the user to see the dropdown), or 2) a whole number This is really a combination of two existing validation types, the "whole number" validation and the "list" validation. -- Greg > Greg, > [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Greg Bob, Did you still have a suggestion after learning what I am looking for? Thanks, -- Greg > No, what I want is to validate that the value in the cell is either: > [quoted text clipped - 91 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Greg
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