XL: Finding Graphic Objects Within a Range with TopLeftCell

ID: Q125179

The information in this article applies to:

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

SUMMARY

Graphic objects, such as charts or text box objects, are drawn on the object layer of a worksheet. The object layer is above the worksheet cells. In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you can determine the object's cell coordinates by using the TopLeftCell property.

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The following Visual Basic macro (Sub procedure) determines whether a graphic object is within the print range. If it is, the object is deleted. The TopLeftCell property returns the cell that is under the top left portion of the graphic object.

The items on a worksheet that would be considered part of the graphic objects collection include:

Arc, Button, ChartObject, CheckBox, Drawing, DropDown, GroupBox, GroupObject, Label, Line, ListBox, OLEObject, OptionButton, Oval, Picture, Rectangle, ScrollBar, Spinner, and TextBox.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure


   Sub DeleteObjects()
       ' Define a For-Each loop of all the drawing objects on the
       ' active worksheet.
       For Each DrawObj In ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects
           ' Define Cell_Ref as the top left cell address of each Drawing
           ' Object.
           Cell_Ref = DrawObj.TopLeftCell.Address
           ' Define a For-Each loop of all the cells with the range
           ' Print_Area.
           For Each Cell In Range("Print_Area")
               ' If the Object's top left cell address is the same as a
               ' cell in the print range.
               If Cell_Ref = Cell.Address Then
                   ' Then delete the object.
                   DrawObj.Delete
               ' End the IF statement.
               End If
           ' Loop through next cell.
           Next Cell
       ' Loop through next DrawObj.
       Next DrawObj
   End Sub

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