VBA - Conditional Formatting multiple cases

asad

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Hi All,

I have some files with a lot of sheets and each sheet has different ranges that I am using Conditional Formatting in. It works fine. But every few weeks, I am having to sit down and clean all the extra CFs from the file because after running the macros on those files, the cells with CFs get copied onto other ranges within the same broader range.
Because of this duplication of CFs, the files gets slower and slower in few weeks time.
So, I thought of getting rid of all CFs and instead tried to use VBA to format cells. I have got the following so far.
Code:
         With Range("D15:Q112")                        
                         For Each Ar In .Areas
                                If Range("B" & Ar.Row) = "Vacant" Then
                                Range("C" & Ar.Row).Interior.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
                                    Else
                                    Select Case Ar
                                        Case "OFF"
                                            Ar.Interior.Color = xlNone
                                            Ar.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                                            Ar.Font.Bold = True
                                        
                                        Case "Leave"
                                            Ar.Interior.Color = RGB(51, 102, 153)
                                            Ar.Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
                                            Ar.Font.Bold = False
                                        
                                        Case "Relief"
                                            Ar.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                                            Ar.Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
                                            Ar.Font.Bold = False
                                        
                                    End Select
                                    Select Case Ar.Offset(0, 17)
                                        Case 1
                                            Ar.Interior.Color = RGB(189, 215, 238)
                                            Ar.Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
                                            Ar.Font.Bold = False
                                            
                                        Case 2
                                            Ar.Interior.Color = RGB(246, 123, 0)
                                            Ar.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                                            Ar.Font.Bold = False
                                            
                                        Case 3
                                            Ar.Interior.Color = RGB(178, 178, 178)
                                            Ar.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                                            Ar.Font.Bold = False
                                            
                                            
                                    End Select
                                End If
                        Next
                    End With

This is not working and giving me Run Time Mismatch Error 13.

Any help in fixing this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Asad
 
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Code:
For Each Ar In .Areas

This loops through sub-areas within a range. Areas can be multiple cells.

Later in the code...
Code:
Select Case Ar
        Case "OFF"
...you treat the area as if it is one cell. That throws the type mismatch error if the area is multiple cells

I'm not sure what you are trying to do. So I can't suggest the appopreat fix.

This would reference the first cell in an area

Code:
Select Case Ar[B](1).Value[/B]
        Case "OFF"
 
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Code:
For Each Ar In .Areas

This loops through sub-areas within a range. Areas can be multiple cells.

Later in the code...
Code:
Select Case Ar
        Case "OFF"
...you treat the area as if it is one cell. That throws the type mismatch error if the area is multiple cells

So If I use
Code:
For Each Ar in Range("D15:Q112")

Will this fix it?
All I am trying to do is loop through each cell in that range and apply the conditional formatting based on the Case scenarios as listed.
 
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No.

Try this...

Code:
 [COLOR=darkblue]For[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Each[/COLOR] ar [COLOR=darkblue]In[/COLOR] Range("D15:Q112").Areas
    [COLOR=darkblue]For[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Each[/COLOR] cell [COLOR=darkblue]In[/COLOR] ar
        [COLOR=darkblue]If[/COLOR] Range("B" & cell.Row) = "Vacant" [COLOR=darkblue]Then[/COLOR]
        Range("C" & cell.Row).Interior.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
            [COLOR=darkblue]Else[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] cell
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] "OFF"
                    cell.Interior.Color = xlNone
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]True[/COLOR]
                
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] "Leave"
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(51, 102, 153)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] "Relief"
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                
            [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] cell.Offset(0, 17)
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] 1
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(189, 215, 238)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                    
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] 2
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(246, 123, 0)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                    
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] 3
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(178, 178, 178)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                    
                    
            [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]If[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]Next[/COLOR] cell
Next ar
 
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No.

Try this...

Code:
 [COLOR=darkblue]For[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Each[/COLOR] ar [COLOR=darkblue]In[/COLOR] Range("D15:Q112").Areas
    [COLOR=darkblue]For[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Each[/COLOR] cell [COLOR=darkblue]In[/COLOR] ar
        [COLOR=darkblue]If[/COLOR] Range("B" & cell.Row) = "Vacant" [COLOR=darkblue]Then[/COLOR]
        Range("C" & cell.Row).Interior.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
            [COLOR=darkblue]Else[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] cell
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] "OFF"
                    cell.Interior.Color = xlNone
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]True[/COLOR]
                
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] "Leave"
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(51, 102, 153)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] "Relief"
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                
            [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] cell.Offset(0, 17)
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] 1
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(189, 215, 238)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                    
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] 2
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(246, 123, 0)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                    
                [COLOR=darkblue]Case[/COLOR] 3
                    cell.Interior.Color = RGB(178, 178, 178)
                    cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
                    cell.Font.Bold = [COLOR=darkblue]False[/COLOR]
                    
                    
            [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]Select[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=darkblue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkblue]If[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=darkblue]Next[/COLOR] cell
Next ar


Thanks a lot Alphafrog
This is perfect.

Asad
 
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