XL98: Active Cell Moves Using RefreshTable Method

ID: Q185327

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use the RefreshTable method to programmatically update data in a PivotTable, the active cell moves to a different location on the active worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the active sheet is not the sheet that contains the PivotTable.

NOTE: The selected cells on the active sheet have not changed; the screen is redrawn incorrectly.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, refresh the selected cells or select the cells again. To do this, type the following statement after the RefreshTable statement in your macro:

   Selection.Select

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The RefreshTable method updates data in the PivotTable to reflect changes in the source data. The following example illustrates the RefreshTable method, as well as the workaround that corrects the screen updating problem.

1. Type the following text into Sheet1 of a new workbook. (The workbook

   should contain only one worksheet.)

      A1: Assistants
      A2: PowerPup
      A3: Dot
      A4: Genius

2. Select cells A1:A4 and click PivotTable Report on the Data menu.

3. Click Next twice to go to step 3 of the PivotTable wizard.

4. In step 3 of the wizard, drag the Assistants field to both the Row and

   Data areas on the diagram.

5. Click Finish.

   A PivotTable appears on a new sheet.

6. Insert a Visual Basic module. To do this, point to Macro on the Tools

   menu, click Visual Basic Editor, and then click Module on the Insert
   menu.

7. Type the following code in the module sheet:

      Sub RefreshMyTable()

          Sheet2.Activate
          Range("A3:B5").Select
          Sheet1.Activate
          Range("A1").Select
          Sheet1.PivotTables(1).RefreshTable
          Selection.Select

      End Sub

8. To run the macro, point to Macro on the Tools menu, click Macros, select

   RefreshMyTable, and then click OK.

REFERENCES

For more information about the RefreshTable method, click the Index tab in Visual Basic Help, type the following text

   refreshtable

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "RefreshTable method" topic.

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Additional query words: pivot table XL98

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode xlpivot xlmac 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999