XL2002 - trigger sheet event BEFORE deactivating

[Trevor Williams]

Hi All

I want to inform a user of incomplete cells if they attempt to move to a
different worksheet.

The Worksheet_Deactivate event takes the focus away from the current sheet
before running the code. Is there another event I can use that runs before
displaying the next sheet?

Thanks in advance

Trevor Williams

 

[Peter T]

Hi Trevor,

What you are looking for is a BeforeDeactivate event with a Cancel, and
there isn't one. Workaround is to reactivate the sheet if necessary

Private Sub Worksheet_Deactivate()
If Len(Range("A1")) = 0 Then ' empty cell A1
On Error GoTo errH:
' if necessary disable events
Application.EnableEvents = False
Me.Activate
Application.Goto Range("A1"), True
MsgBox "Complete cell A1"
End If
errH:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

Regards,
Peter T

 

[Jim Rech]

I don't think so. We need a 'before deactivate' event with a cancel option.
As a result of this limitation I hide worksheet tabs and make users use my
buttons or menus instead.

--
Jim
message | Hi All
|
| I want to inform a user of incomplete cells if they attempt to move to a
| different worksheet.
|
| The Worksheet_Deactivate event takes the focus away from the current sheet
| before running the code. Is there another event I can use that runs
before
| displaying the next sheet?
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Trevor Williams

 

[Trevor Williams]

Hi Peter,

That's what I thought. Bit of an oversight on MS behalf. (perhaps it's in
2007)
I'm using navigation controls on my sheets so I'm going with Jim Rech's
option.

Thanks for the response.

 

[Trevor Williams]

Thanks Jim

I'm using nav buttons so will bolt it onto them.

Trevor

 

[Peter T]

You may need to trap Ctrl-PageUp/Down with too that approach

Regards,
Peter T