VBA to create Hyperlink including cell value

[adste89]

Hi,
Is it possible to input text into a cell and then a hyperlink is automatically created using a pre-defined link. For example: the user enters 1234 into any cell in column A and then cell A1 is automatically a hyperlink to address.co.uk/1234 ?

So whatever cell has text entered into it, becomes a hyperlink with that text at the end of the web address.

Impossible?

 

[Eric W]

Not impossible, you don't even need VBA. For example:

	A	B
1	abcd	http:\\address.co.uk\abcd

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Sheet3​

Worksheet Formulas Cell Formula B1 =IF(A1="","",HYPERLINK("http:\\address.co.uk\"&A1)) <tbody> </tbody>

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Put abcd in A1, and B1 becomes a hyperlink using address.co.uk and appending what's in A1.

If you want A1 to become the hyperlink, you would need a VBA event handler to generate the link.

 

[adste89]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the quick reply but unfortunately it does need to be in the same cell the text is entered into.

Any idea of the VBA required for this?

 

[Eric W]

Sure. Open a copy of your workbook, right click on the sheet tab on the bottom, select "View Code", and paste this into the window that opens:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal target As Range)

    If target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
    If Intersect(target, Range("A1:A10")) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    target.Formula = "=HYPERLINK(""http:\\www.address.co.uk\" & target.Value & """)"
    Application.EnableEvents = True
    
End Sub

The range in red is the range of cells that will turn into hyperlinks, change as required. The internet address is in blue.

Now press Alt-Q to close the VBA editor and try it out.

 

[My Aswer Is This]

Try this:

You may need to change the address just a little.

This is an auto sheet event script
Your Workbook must be Macro enabled
To install this code:
Right-click on the sheet tab
Select View Code from the pop-up context menu
Paste the code in the VBA edit window

Any time you enter any value into column "A" a Hyperlink to that cells value will be added to that cell.

Not sure about UK .com

So you should see how the script is written and modify it to your needs.
If not check back here for more help.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A:A")) Is Nothing Then
ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=Target, Address:="https://www." & Target.Value & ".com", TextToDisplay:=Target.Value
End If
End Sub

 

[adste89]

Thanks Eric,

This works really well but one last question.

How would we:

1) Only display the text entered rather than the full hyperlink and;
2) Only create a hyper link if the text in the cell starts with "bug"?

Thank you.

 

[Eric W]

This should do it:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal target As Range)

    If target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
    If Intersect(target, Range("A1:A10")) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    If LCase(Left(target.Value, 3)) <> "bug" Then Exit Sub
    
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    target.Formula = "=HYPERLINK(""http:\\www.address.co.uk\" & target.Value & """,""" & target.Value & """)"
    Application.EnableEvents = True
    
End Sub

 

[rbylnz]

Hi. I know replying to a thread that is a couple of years old is not the best idea, but I am going to give it a try
I solved a similar issue I had using the macro above, thank you so much.
When I type in the value into the cell by hand or if I copy values into cells one at a time, it works fine. But when i try to copy multiple rows into the column at the same time, it does not work. None of the cells turn into hyperlinks. I would appreciate any help on how this could be solved

 

[sctlippert2]

Try this:

You may need to change the address just a little.

This is an auto sheet event script
Your Workbook must be Macro enabled
To install this code:
Right-click on the sheet tab
Select View Code from the pop-up context menu
Paste the code in the VBA edit window

Any time you enter any value into column "A" a Hyperlink to that cells value will be added to that cell.

Not sure about UK .com

So you should see how the script is written and modify it to your needs.
If not check back here for more help.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A:A")) Is Nothing Then
ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=Target, Address:="https://www." & Target.Value & ".com", TextToDisplay:=Target.Value
End If
End Sub

Can you edit the code for multiple ranges? For instance...
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A2:A30", "C2:C30", "E2:E30", "G2:G30", "I2:I30", "K2:K30", "M2:M30", "O2:O30", "Q2:Q30")) Is Nothing Then