league table without macros

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gdh82

Dear All,

My first post on this forum... I'm after a league table spreadsheet
that automatically sorts after entering results but I also want a
spreadsheet that doesn't use macros (pcs at work prevent the use of
macros - I understand why but its a pain still!).

I know this is possible from looking at this excellent freeware world
cup 2006 spreadsheet:
http://www.footballsupportersinternational.com/worldcup/worldcup2006/planner.htm

Ideally I'd like to adapt this spreadsheet for my needs but having
unhid all of the worksheets I'm blown away by just how complicated it
is: For each world cup group the worksheet is 9 PAGES LONG of what
seems like duplicated tables!!! :confused: :eek:

Could anyone help me understand this please or even point me to a
similar but simpler league table spreadsheet that doesn't contain
macros.

Any help appreciated...thanks in advance.

Garry
 
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Guest

As far as I am aware, there is no way of automatically triggering a sort
without a macro. I have a World Cup spreadsheet in which the only code
required is the sort and the sort "trigeer" i.e. an event which causes the
sort to be executed.
 
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Bob Phillips

You can do it if you are prepared to have the sorted data as a separate
table, so you have one data capture table unsorted, one sorted display.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

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gdh82

Thanks Topper and Bob Phillips for your replies - its much appreciated.
You can do it if you are prepared to have the sorted data as a separate
table, so you have one data capture table unsorted, one sorted display.

How complicated should this be, Bob ? Only the worldcup spreadsheet
seems to have 27 versions of the table (over a 9-page worksheet) which
I imagine are at varying stages of sorting? This seems too complicated
? Would you happen to know of a simpler spreadsheet by any chance ?
 
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Bob Phillips

All of the world cup spreadsheets that I have seen are all very complicated,
probably due to in part the authors trying to give them a special look and
feel associated with Germany 2006.

I have a league table which uses VBA, but I will try and adapt it over the
next few days to be VBA free. If you send me your email address I will
notify you if and when it is done.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
 
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gdh82

I have a league table which uses VBA, but I will try and adapt it over
the
next few days to be VBA free. If you send me your email address I will
notify you if and when it is done.

Thanks very much for this offer, Bob :) - I'll send you my email
details shortly. Garry
 
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daddylonglegs

I have my own football league table which works without macros. It isn'
that complicated. As Bob suggests, it basically has one "hidden" tabl
and another table "sorted" in order to view

It has a list of fixtures. As you enter results the table updates base
on 3 points for a win and usual rules to split ties, i.e. goa
difference followed by goals scored.

If you'd like a copy send me a PM with your email addres
 
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gdh82

Thanks daddylonglegs, I'd be grateful of a copy of your leagu
spreadsheet ! PM on the way!! Thanks again Garry :
 
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Bob Phillips

Daddy,

I am in the middle of creating my own, but a couple of questions on how you
address certain points.

Do you allow for different points scoring systems? I do, by just having a
data sheet with the points for home and away wins, and a draw. How about
you?

How do you manage the change of teams over year to year?

How do manage the fact that say you have created the table for 20 teams and
someone else wants to setup a 22 team table? I am thinking here specifically
of ensuring the derived data automatically picks up the extra data.

Thanks

Bob


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gdh82

I have my own football league table which works without macros. It isn't
that complicated. As Bob suggests, it basically has one "hidden" table
and another table "sorted" in order to view

It has a list of fixtures. As you enter results the table updates based
on 3 points for a win and usual rules to split ties, i.e. goal
difference followed by goals scored.

Thanks very much :) for emailing me the spreadsheet - it runs fine on
the work pcs (which don't allow macros). I especially like how easy it
is to add/delete teams.

I'd like to know more about how it works - where is the hidden table?

The only downside in my opinion is that it doesn't create the fixtures
- ideally a fixture grid (home teams-vertical, away teams-horizontal).
I have a spreadsheet (with macros thought) that does that which I'd
gladly share - I'd like to have a go at merging elements of both
spreadsheets ?

Alternatively, could Bob incorporate a fixture grid into the
spreadsheet he's developing ?
 
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daddylonglegs

Bob said:
Daddy,

I am in the middle of creating my own, but a couple of questions on how
you
address certain points.

Do you allow for different points scoring systems? I do, by just having
a
data sheet with the points for home and away wins, and a draw. How
about
you?

How do you manage the change of teams over year to year?

How do manage the fact that say you have created the table for 20 teams
and
someone else wants to setup a 22 team table? I am thinking here
specifically
of ensuring the derived data automatically picks up the extra data.

Thanks

Bob

Hi Bob,

To answer your questions.

I created the spreadsheet originally for my own use. It currently only
caters for the standard points system, i.e. 3 points for a win and 1
for a draw but I believe that can be modified fairly easily.

In my sheet you need to list the teams and also the fixtures although I
think gdh82's suggestion of a fixture grid might be a good idea.

The teamlist has to be modified if the teams change, e.g. due to
promotion relegation but it accommodates any number of teams up to 30.

I certainly can't claim it's a work of art (or if it is, it's more of a
Dali that a da Vinci!) but I think it does a reasonable job, perhaps a
good job with some modifications. I can send you a copy if you wish.

If you don't mind, I'll have a look at your VBA version any see if I
can nick any ideas :)
 
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Bob Phillips

Please send me a copy. At the very least it will give me ideas on adding
teams as the OP said he liked the way that works.

I will post mine at my website when finished. If you wish I will post yours
also, so that people can see different approaches, and hopefully learn from
studying both.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"daddylonglegs" <[email protected]>
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gdh82

I am not sure what layout you mean. Take a look at my VBA version,
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.LeagueTable.html, and see if the
results
format is what you mean.

That's the exactly the perfect layout, Bob !! In fact it turns out I
have been using this spreadsheet of yours and didn't even know it. I
really like it - its just that I can't use it on the work pcs because
they won't allow macros to run :(

Thanks again for the helpful responses - look forward to more news on
the subject...
 
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Bob Phillips

You can at least rest assured that my no-macro version will input the scores
in the same way <G>

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
 
B

Bob Phillips

BTW, I haven't received any email address for you yet.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
 
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gdh82

Thanks for pointing this out but I did pm my email details on 2 July and
have re-forwarded them again just now (hope I'm doing it right?)
You can at least rest assured that my no-macro version will input the
scores in the same way <G>

Great stuff ! Can't wait...:)
 
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Bob Phillips

I still haven't got it, but I have just posted a first-cut at

http://www.xldynamic.com/example code/xld.league_table_sans_vba.xls

Give it a try and let me know how it goes. When we are happy, I will add it
to the main page, a VBA and a non-VBA version.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
 
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daddylonglegs

gdh82 said:
And could I ask, daddylonglegs - how do I look at the hidden table in
your spreadsheet ? I'd like to try and understand it better but can't
find it ???

Hi gdh,

it's not actually hidden (although it can be) - its just a few columns
over to the right on the table worksheet, just scroll across until you
find it...
 

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