How to Fix a Kernel32.DLL Error? : How to Resolve - conditional formatting and named ranges?

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

How to Resolve - conditional formatting and named ranges?

conditional formatting and named ranges

I have a calendar I use each year, and I am updating it by adding VBA code to make it more useful each year. It shows due dates for applications (i.e.
if the application date is 5/10/11, one column gives the 25 day due date for approval and the 30 day due
date for denial). The months are non-contiguous (i.e.
January's area is cell range A1:D33, February is F1:I31, March is K1:N33, April is P1:S32, etc.) across the worksheet.

I am trying to show conditional formatting for dates that correspond to holidays and general office closure dates. I have holidays listed in the range BI2:BI14 and have named that range "Holidays". I have closeures listed in the range BJ2:BJ13 and have
named that range "Closures". What I would like to do is to make the cell color red for any cell in the actual date ranges (I.e.
January is A3:A33, February is F3:F31, March is K3:K33, April is P3:P32, etc.) that are dates listed in the "Holidays" range, and
gray for any dates listed in the "Closures" range. I tried recording a macro for this, but it only highlighted the cell for January 1.

Is this possible? Thanks for any help you might be able to give.

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Yes, this is possible.
What I didn't get from your explanation is what is actually contained in your "day" cells? Is it just the day number, or is there a full date?
If the day cells contain the full date, you can use this formula in conditional formatting:
=MATCH(A3,Holidays,0)>0
where A3 is the cell you are evaluating. If you select the range A3:A33, but keep A3 as the active cell when you enter the condtional formatting, the formula will be correct for each cell (i.e.
A3 will be treated as a relative reference, not absolute*).

If your day cells only contain day numbers, and you have a heading cell for each month with the month name (A2?), and a heading cell for the whole sheet containing the year (A1?), you can use something like this:
=MATCH(DATEVALUE(A3&$A$2&$A$1),Holidays,0)>0
where A3 is the day cell, $A$2 is the cell containing the Month and $A$1 is the cell containing the year.
Removing the leading $ from $A$2 to leave A$2, means you should be able to copy the formatting across the other month columns.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Rich

*Alternatively, you can apply the CF to one cell (A3) and then use the format painter to copy the CF to the other cells in that month. Double-click on the format painter and you will be able to apply the formatting to F3:F31, then K3:K33, etc... click
it again to cancel it.

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