[Solved]Shortcut macro vs Button-Macro

[Jouve]

Hello,

i have a macro that does something like this:

Sheets("A").Select
Range("A1").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "this is Sheet A"

Sheets("B").Select
Range("A1").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "this is Sheet B"

Sheets("A").Select
Range("A2").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "I'm back to Sheet A"

Now, i have 2 macros that implement the same code described above.
one is a Command1_click in Sheet A

the other is shortcut macro : Ctrl + r in "Modules"


If i'm pressing Ctrl + r, it works perfectly.

if i click the button in sheet A,
something like this comes out :

Laufzeitfehler "1004":

Die Methode 'Range' für das Objekt '_Worksheet' ist fehlgeschlagen





Translated to : Error 1004

The method 'Range' for the object '_Worksheet' failed.

and sometimes : The 'Select' method from the Range Object can't be executed

what's wrong here?
is there anyway to make the Button work ?

I'd appreciate any help, thanks.

 

[Macropheliac]

Which Toolbar is the button from and how is the macro assigned to it?

 

[Jouve]

i solved it already.
thank's for trying to help macropheliac.

it's VB button.

i just edit the Command1_click macro to execute the shortcut macro and it works

 

[HalfAce]

Hello Jouve,
Yes, calling the code in the standard module from the command button is a perfectly acceptable way to get around the situation you were in but you can do it with the command button as well. The reason it wasn't working the first time is because a CommandButton's code is sheet specific (as you found by it residing in the sheet module - and wouldn't select a range in another sheet), whereas the code in a standard module can be called from anywhere. The important thing to note though is that these sheets/cells don't have to be selected to work with them, merely referenced in the code so you can indeed use your commandbutton to perform actions in another sheet. (No matter where your code is stored/called from it'll run cleaner & faster if you just reference your objects instead of actually selecting them)
For an example of what I mean, try this with your commandbutton.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Sheets("A").Range("A1").Value = "this is Sheet A"

Sheets("B").Range("A1").Value = "this is Sheet B"

Sheets("A").Range("A2").Value = "I'm back to Sheet A"
End Sub

Does that help clear things up a little?

 

[Jouve]

very. thanks!