Macro to auto highlight a column if a cell contains specified value is in a row

[KlayontKress]

To all,


I'm looking for a macro that will start in cell D6 and see if the cell contains the word "Custom" anywhere in the cell and if so, highlight the column to the last row with data in it. I then need it to move over to D6 and repeat until it encounters the last column with data with it at which point it will end. The number of options is variable so this may only gown down to F11 or it may go to F300 depending on the options a customer wants quoted.

In the chart below, the macro would start in D4 but it would only highlight from F4:F11.



[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: left"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Customer name
[/TD]
[TD]blah blah[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Date[/TD]
[TD]blah blah[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Room name[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Standard Room 1[/TD]
[TD]Standard Room 2[/TD]
[TD]Custom Room 3[/TD]
[TD]Standard Room 3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]level 1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00$1.00[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]level 2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]level 3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Option 1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Option 2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Option 3
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]$1.00$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD]$1.00[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]






















Thanks in advance,

 

[mumps]

Is the word "Custom" always in row 4?

 

[mumps]

Try:

Sub highlightCol()
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Dim LastRow As Long, val As Range
    LastRow = Cells.Find("*", SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row
    Set val = Rows(4).Find("Custom", LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlPart)
    If Not val Is Nothing Then
        Cells(4, val.Column).Resize(LastRow - 3, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
    End If
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

 

[KlayontKress]

yes

 

[KlayontKress]

I tried this code out and it works except that it stops after the first instance of custom. I probably should have specified that it's possible for multiple instances to appear. It also appears to highlight down to the bottom of the data in column A although this could be because of how the data is being exported into excel tha the cells in the highlighted column aren't truely blank even though they appear that they are. Is there a way to have it look to the last cell that has a value in the column being highlighted and then repeat until it encounters the last column with data?


Thanks again for helping with this.

 

[mumps]

Try:

Sub highlightCol()
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Dim LastRow As Long, val As Range, sAddr As String
    LastRow = Cells.Find("*", SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row
    Set val = Rows(4).Find("Custom", LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlPart)
    With Rows(4)
        Set val = .Find("Custom", LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, SearchDirection:=xlNext)
        If Not val Is Nothing Then
            sAddr = val.Address
            Do
                Cells(4, val.Column).Resize(Cells(Rows.Count, val.Column).End(xlUp).Row - 3, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
                Set val = .FindNext(val)
            Loop While val.Address <> sAddr
            sAddr = ""
        End If
    End With
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

 

[KlayontKress]

That looks like it did the trick.

Thank you

 

[mumps]

You are very welcome.