How do I reset the answers on my spreadsheet?

[rintelen]

Okay, I've got a spreadsheet that has a list of 14 questions on it. These are answered by drop down menus (using validation lists). That's not the important matter.

When they've finished this they click a button and it exports the answers to a database record.

Now what I want to do is to allow them to click one button so that it clears all the answers ready for the next customer. How do I do that?

Would prefer to avoid VBA if I can. I can send the sheet to you if you need to look at it.

 

[DauntingGecko]

VBA is the only way.

 

[rintelen]

okay, then I'll go for that method.

what code basics do I need?

 

[DauntingGecko]

Name your "answer" cells Answer1, Answer2, etc

Put this code at the end of your other code and it will automatically clear these named cells once its done what it needs to do...

' your other code goes here. Once completed, now clear the following cells

[Answer1].ClearContents
[Answer2].ClearContents
[Answer3].ClearContents
' and so on...

 

[Mike Blackman]

Hi,

If you manually select all of your answer cells you can assign them all to a single name and clear it in one hit. Change the sheet name and range name to suit.

Sub ClearValues()

    Sheets("My Sheet").Range("MyAnswerRange").ClearContents

End Sub

 

[rintelen]

THanks both of those methods worked perfectly. Cheers.