XL97: Active Cell Moves Using RefreshTable Method

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the RefreshTable method to programmatically refresh data in a PivotTable, the active cell moves to a different location on the active worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the active sheet is not the sheet that contains the PivotTable.

NOTE: The selected cells on the active sheet have not changed; the screen is redrawn incorrectly.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, refresh the selected cells or select the cells again. To do this, type the following statement after the RefreshTable statement in your macro:

   Selection.Select

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The RefreshTable method updates data in the PivotTable to reflect changes in the source data. The following example illustrates the RefreshTable method, as well as the workaround that corrects the screen updating problem.

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1. Type the following text into Sheet1 of a new workbook. (The workbook should contain only one worksheet.)

         A1: Assistants
         A2: PowerPup
         A3: Dot
         A4: Genius
   

2. Select cells A1:A4 and click PivotTable Report on the Data menu.

3. Click Next twice to go to step 3 of the PivotTable wizard.

4. In step 3 of the wizard, drag the Assistants field to both the Row and Data areas on the diagram.

5. Click Finish.

1. Insert a Visual Basic module. To do this, point to Macro on the Tools menu, click Visual Basic Editor, and then click Module on the Insert menu.

2. Type the following macro code into the module sheet:

         Sub RefreshMyTable()
   
             Sheet2.Activate
             Range("A3:B5").Select
             Sheet1.Activate
             Range("A1").Select
             Sheet2.PivotTables(1).RefreshTable
             Selection.Select
   
         End Sub
   
   

3. To run the macro, point to Macro on the Tools menu, click Macros, select RefreshMyTable, and then click OK.

REFERENCES

For more information about the RefreshTable method, click the Index tab in Visual Basic Help, type the following text

   RefreshTable