XL: Hiding Nonadjacent Rows May Hide Other Rows

ID: Q162472

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above, when you use the EntireRow property in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro to hide nonadjacent rows, all rows that are between the first cell and the last cell addresses that you specify in the macro are hidden. For example, the following line of code:

   Range("A1,A3,A5").EntireRow.Hidden = True

hides rows 1 through 5 instead of hiding rows 1, 3, and 5.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

Set all of the row heights 0 (zero) instead of hiding them. For example, use code similar to the following:

   Range("A1,A3,A5").RowHeight = 0

Method 2

Use the Hidden property and loop though each row to hide it. For example, use code similar to the following:

   Range("A1,A3,A5").Select
   Range("A1").Activate
   For Each Area In Selection.Areas
       Area.EntireRow.Hidden = True
   Next

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 5.00c 7.00 7.00a XL7 XL5

Keywords          : kbcode kbprg xlvbainfo PgmOthr 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,7.0; MACINTOSH:5.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999