XL: Sample Macro to Add or Place Object in Relation to a Range

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for the Power Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

When you add objects to a worksheet using a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure, you need to specify the coordinates of the new object, in points, relative to the upper-left corner of cell A1 on a worksheet as well as the height and width of the object. Note, however, that you can add objects and make their position relative to a specified range by using the corresponding Top, Left, Width, and Height properties of the Range object.

NOTE: One point is approximately equal to 1/72 inch.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedures

The following example adds a rectangle and centers it over the range C3:D4.

   Sub CenterObjectOverRange()

       'Set specified Range
       Set MyRange = Range("C3:D4")

       'Add an object, specify the width and height you want the
       'object to be in points.
       Set MyObject = ActiveSheet.Rectangles.Add(0, 0, 20, 10)

       'Set top and left based on the selected range and
       'object size to center it
       MyObject.Left = ((MyRange.Width / 2) + MyRange.Left) - _
           (MyObject.Width / 2)
       MyObject.Top = ((MyRange.Height / 2) + MyRange.Top) - _
           (MyObject.Height / 2)

   End Sub

   Sub AddObjectOnRange()

       'Set current Range
       Set MyRange = Range("C3:D4")

       'Add object with Top, Left, Width, and Height based on MyRange
       ActiveSheet.Rectangles.Add MyRange.Left, MyRange.Top, _
           MyRange.Width, MyRange.Height

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications