Refer to a hidden sheet using a macro.

[Guest]

I have written a macro that will move data into a sheet that is hidden.
However, when I run it I get the debugger message telling me it has failed.
If I unhide the sheet and run it then it works fine.

What is the best way round this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tushar Mehta]

I have written a macro that will move data into a sheet that is hidden.
However, when I run it I get the debugger message telling me it has failed.
If I unhide the sheet and run it then it works fine.

What is the best way round this?

Thanks in advance.

What is the code that moves the data? My guess is you are activating or
selecting something on the hidden sheet.

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[Gary Keramidas]

just don't activate or try to select the hidden sheet

this copies data from sheet1 to sheet2 when sheet2 is hidden.

Range("A1").Copy Sheets("Sheet2").Range("D3")

edit the existing code and just reference the hidden sheet when you do your
copying.

 

[Johno]

I have written a macro that will move data into a sheet that is hidden.
However, when I run it I get the debugger message telling me it has failed.
If I unhide the sheet and run it then it works fine.

What is the best way round this?

If it is in a macro, run a code to unhide the sheet and then once the work
in this sheet hide it again. Substitute "hidden sheet" for your sheet

Dim UNHIDESHEET
Sheets("HiddenSheet").Visible = True

Dim HIDESHEET
Sheets("References").Visible = False

Cheers

 

[Nigel]

You can write to a hidden sheet, but I suspect your code has activates or
selections in it which will fail if the sheet is hidden.

Post your code for someone to show you how to remove these.

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Nigel
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