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# Absolute & Relative References (Excel 97 Macro help, please)

## Absolute & Relative References (Excel 97 Macro help, please)

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In programming a macro, I would like to have an ABSOLUTE column reference, with a REALITIVE row.

Example,

I have 4 column locations I want to go (ie. C,Z,BB,CD). I want to make 4 seperate macros to go to the 4 seperate locations, with the following
condiditions:

a) I want to mantain my row position (ie. if the ActiveCell is "C11" and I run the "Z" macro, I want my final resting point to be "Z11"

b) I want to be able to run the 4 macros in ANY order (This is the part I am having trouble with)

One possible solution I had was if there were some command (within VB) that would sense where the ActiveCell was and be able to return a
row/column value. I could then use these values in a formula that would end up using the Scroll to move the screen accordingly command.

I am really in a jam on this, so I would appreciate any help or advice that you could provide.

### RE: Absolute & Relative References (Excel 97 Macro help, please)

I think it's not so big a problem. I only wonder if you are programming in VB or you are programming in Excel using VB for Applications. Because if you're programming in VBA then there is an easy solution:

To get the Row or the Column simply change Address in to Row or Column.

The return types of the Adress function is Range. This is just a string. For the Row and Coumn function the return type is a LongInt.

For example the highlighted cell is C11. ActiveCell.Address would return "$C$11", while ActiveCell.Row would give the number 11.

Now I think it's not so hard to select the right column on the right row.

Good luck!

Jonathan

### RE: Absolute & Relative References (Excel 97 Macro help, please)

Cactus13 has explained it very well. I'll just add something on how the macros should be organised:

Say we have the following Macros: MacroC, MacroZ, MacroBB, MacroCD - the names can be anything - I've just named them so their target column would be obvious. You'd write the code something like this:

In the Declaration Section of the module, put the statement:
Dim TargetCell as Range

Then write the macros:

Sub MacroC
Set TargetCell=Activesheet.Cells(Activecell.row,Columns("C:C").Column)
Do what u want with TargetCell in the statements that follow...
End Sub

Sub MacroZ
Set TargetCell=ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveCell.row,Columns("Z:Z").Column)
Do what u want with TargetCell in the statements that follow...
End Sub

and so on...

Note that there's really no need to refer to the columns as "C:C" or "Z:Z" - simply using "C" or "Z" will also do.

All the best...

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