Custom Function Referencing another sheet?

[mikechambers]

I have the following function which works fine if it is on the sheet it is trying to search on.

Function MYFUN(RowTerm As String, ColumnTerm As String)
Range("A1").Select
RowNum = Cells.Find(What:=RowTerm, After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Row
Range("A1").Select
ColNum = Cells.Find(What:=ColumnTerm, After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Column
MYFUN = Cells(RowNum, ColNum).Value
End Function

BUT, I want to use this on another sheet in the same workbook. How can I have the function on one sheet, but do everything else based on the other sheet? In other words, I want to find the RowTerm and ColumnTerm on the other sheet and give me the intersecting value.

 

[Derek Brown]

I am assuming that the function code resides in a code module (making it available to all worksheets) and not just as code on the sheet object and that you want to search another sheet and not the active sheet.
So have you tried adding a third argument to the function call - that of Sheetname?

 

[jindon]

How about?

Function MYFUN(RowTerm As String, ColumnTerm As String, Optional wsName As String)
    If IsMissing(wsName) Then wsName = ActiveSheet.Name
    With Sheets(wsName)
         MYFUN = .Cells(.Cells.Find(What:=RowTerm, After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
             LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
             MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Row, _
             ws.Cells.Find(What:=ColumnTerm, After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
             LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
             MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Column).Value
     End With
End Function

 

[Richard Schollar]

Hi Mike

You can't select ranges on sheets which aren't active - hence your problem. Can you explain exactly what it is doing and preferably give an example using a html maker to show what it is bringing back. The reason I ask is that I'm not convinced you need a UDF for this. Thanks.