Trap worksheet scrolling?

Jorgen

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When the user scrolls the worksheet (using a scroll wheel, or the scroll bars) I would like to have a VBA-code triggered, but in Excel 2003 there is no "VBA-event" for scrolling...

Is there any way of trapping that a scroll has happened, even if the selection didn't change?

Thanks!

Jörgen
 

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You could possibly find some clever way to work in a ActiveWindow.VisibleRange.Address and watch it for changes - either periodically or when some other event occurs (like Selection_Change).
 
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Thanks Iliace,
I can see plenty of uses for "ActiveWindow.VisibleRange.Address".

The problem for me is that it is the event I need to catch, because it will not have any change associated with the scrolling. So what I am looking for is to get a code triggered when the scrolling takes place, rather than check every 2 seconds if there has been a scrolling...

Thanks,
//Jörgen
 
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Why do you need to capture scrolling? You could hide the scrollbars. Then the user would have to use the Page keys and the Worksheet_SelectionChange event would fire.
 
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Hi Andrew,
Thanks for answering.
As they scroll down, I want a shape to move within the sheet with the scrolling. So they are allowed to scroll, but I need to know when they do it to trigger the vba for moving the shape.
//Jörgen
 
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You could subclass the workbook window and try and intercept the WM_SCROLL and WM_VSCROLL messages but in my experience this tends to be pretty unstable and often freezes Excel. Can you use a floating toolbar instead?
 
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Why not just put the shape at the top of the worksheet and use Window>Freeze panes?
 
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