XL: How to Scroll Window Views from Object to Object

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Macintosh, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

By using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code, you can scroll from object to object on a sheet without changing the current cell selection. The ActiveWindow methods, ScrollColumn and ScrollRow, control the position of the current Window view of a Worksheet. By determining the position of an object on the sheet, the view can be scrolled to display that object. The position of the object can be found using the TopLeftCell property of the DrawingObjects properties. Therefore, any object can be viewed just by proper referencing within the code.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

The following example uses scrolling code elements. Type the sample into a new module sheet. Activate a worksheet that contains charts, text boxes, buttons, or other such Drawing objects. Write a list of several object names. Run the macro and watch the screen display each object in the upper left corner unless there is an error made with the object name.

The sample code is as follows:

   Sub ScrollToObject()
   Dim ObjName As String
   On Error GoTo Finish
       ObjName = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="What is the object name?", _
    Title:="Identify the Object")
       ActiveWindow.ScrollRow = _
   ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(ObjName).TopLeftCell.Row
       ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = _
   ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(ObjName).TopLeftCell.Column
       Exit Sub
   Finish:
       MsgBox "Object name is invalid"
   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