Just to be sure, run this little macro and see if the message box gives you a
count greater than zero.
Sub quickCheck()
Dim c As Range
For Each c In Sheets(1).UsedRange
If c.FormatConditions.Count > 0 Then
x = x + 1
End If
Next
MsgBox x
End Sub
If it does, your sheet contains conditional foramatting.
"SQLScott" wrote:
> nope, it is straight data...
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
>
> "Susan" wrote:
>
> > one thing i think of is - does that range of cells have any
> > conditional formatting applied to it?
> > 
> > susan
> >
> >
> > On Nov 20, 1:39 pm, SQLScott <SQLSc...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am programatically brining in data to a range of cells in a worksheet. The
> > > way I am doing this is connecting to SQL Server and assigning the results to
> > > a range of cells.
> > >
> > > The problem I have is that when the data is placed into the worksheet, it
> > > highlights all of the cells blue. I cannot figure out what is going this. I
> > > don't want it to change colors, or anything like that. I just want the data
> > > placed in the worksheet.
> > >
> > > Any ideas as to what is happening? The code which retrieves the data is below.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance
> > >
> > > Dim sda As New SqlDataAdapter(cmd)
> > > lagData = New DataSet
> > > sda.Fill(lagData)
> > >
> > > Dim dt As DataTable = lagData.Tables(0)
> > > rowCount = dt.Rows.Count + 6
> > >
> > > Dim strRange As String = "D6"
> > >
> > > rngList = DirectCast(lagDataWS.Range(strRange), Excel.Range)
> > > rngList = rngList.Resize(dt.Rows.Count + 1, dt.Columns.Count)
> > > rngList.Value2 = Me.ConvertDataTableToArray(dt)
> > >
> > > Dim lo As Excel.ListObject
> > > lo = lagDataWS.ListObjects.AddEx(Excel.XlListObjectSourceType.xlSrcRange,
> > > rngList, , Excel.XlYesNoGuess.xlYes)
> > > lo.Name = "blah"
> > >
> > > rngList.Columns.AutoFit()
> > >
> > > lagDataWS.Activate()
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Scott
> >
> >