Apply Conditional Formatting via VBA Fails Expected end of Statement

detriez

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
With help from the forum I got this conditional formatting work.
Code:
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(H2,'Standard Values'!D:G,4,0)="MQL",FALSE)

I need to move it to VBA but, it fails at "MQL" with Compile error: Expected End of statement

VBA Code:
    Range("H2:H250000").Select
    Selection.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:= _
        "=AND(H2<>"""",=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(H2,'Standard Values'!D:G,4,0)="MQL",FALSE)"
    Selection.FormatConditions(Selection.FormatConditions.Count).SetFirstPriority
    With Selection.FormatConditions(1).Interior
        .PatternColorIndex = xlAutomatic
        .Color = vbBlue
        .TintAndShade = 0
    End With
    Selection.FormatConditions(1).StopIfTrue = False
 

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"" Will need to be """"
" Will need to be ""

So "MQL" needs to be ""MQL""
 
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Try
VBA Code:
Selection.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:= _
        "=AND(H2<>"""",IF(VLOOKUP(H2,'Standard Values'!D:G,4,0)=""MQL"",TRUE,FALSE))"
 
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Solution
Thanks all
Removing the first = and adding double quotes did the trick.

I Appreciate the help
 
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You are welcome
And thank you for the feedback
Be happy & safe
 
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