XL98: Offset of Nonadjacent Range Returns Incorrect Results

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In a Visual Basic for Applications subroutine in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the Offset property does not return the correct range for a range object that refers to nonadjacent cells. It returns one range of adjacent cells. This behavior is different in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you run a Visual Basic subroutine and the following conditions are true:

• You reference a range object for a range of nonadjacent cells.
  
  -and-



• You use the Offset property of the range object for the range of nonadjacent cells.

WORKAROUND

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   ' The following subroutine takes the selection and moves it to the right
   ' by one column. The subroutine makes sure the selected
   ' cells are adjacent or nonadjacent and handles the two situations
   ' differently. 

   Sub Range_Offset_Select()

      ' Dimensions variables to be used.
      Dim NewRange As Range, singleArea As Range

      ' Makes sure the selection is an adjacent selection.
      If Selection.Areas.Count = 1 Then

         ' Move the selection by one column to the right.
         Selection.Offset(0, 1).Select

      ' Else, if the selection is a nonadjacent selection...
      Else

         ' Sets the range object, Newrange to the offset by one column
         ' from the first adjacent area of the selection
         Set NewRange = Selection.Areas(1).Offset(0, 1)

         ' Starts a For/Each loop for each adjacent area of the
         ' selection.
         For Each singleArea In Selection.Areas
               Set NewRange = Union(NewRange, singleArea.Offset(0, 1))
         Next
         NewRange.Select

      End If

   End Sub 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

The Offset property in Visual Basic for Applications for Microsoft Excel returns a Range object that represents a range that is offset from the specified range.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q120198 XL: How to Select Cells/Ranges Using Visual Basic Procedures

REFERENCES

For more information about the Offset property, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "offset," click Search, and then click to view "Offset Property."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999