SendKeys

[MikeDBMan]

I want to use SendKeys to send F2 (Edit cell) to my spreadsheet, but instead the F2 acts within the VBA editor and brings up the "Classes" information you get when hitting F2 within the editor. How can I sendkeys to F2 (Edit a Cell) and then Enter to "move on" out of that cell, thus calculating the contents of that one cell? Thanks for the help!

 

[jasonb75]

If you run the code from excel instead of the vba editor then it should send the command to excel.

That said, why not just use Application.Calculate? I don't think that what you're trying to do will actually calcualte that one specific cell anyway. If calculation is set to manual for code execution then nothing will happen, if it is automatic then the sheet will recalc as normal including any precedent cells or volatile functions.

 

[MikeDBMan]

I wish. But I have formulas that do not recalculate regardless of how I try. Nobody has been able to offer any worthwhile suggestions so I thought I'd try this. It works when I manually F2,Enter through the cells. Putting a + sign before the F2 seems to make it actually recalculate. Not 100% sure.

 

[jasonb75]

I've had similar issues and never been able to figure out exactly why.

Best ??solution?? that I found was to re-enable calculation (if disabled) then force a full recalc, but even then it seemed to be hit and miss.

 

[jasonb75]

Going out on a limb and assuming that you need the formula in that specific cell to be calculated so that the result can be used by a subsequent line of code, you could possibly use the Evaluate command to calculate the formula directly in vba rather than trying to recalculate it in the worksheet.