Microsoft KB Archive/188029

= XL98: Offset of Nonadjacent Range Returns Incorrect Results =

Article ID: 188029

Article Last Modified on 6/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q188029





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.

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



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To work around this problem, reference each range of adjacent cells separately and then apply the Offset property. The following sample subroutine uses this method:   ' 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.

