Basically, many objects can be SELECTED, but only one object can be ACTIVE.
If you "select" only one object (sheet, cell, etc.) it also becomes "active" by
default.
Which one you use depends on what you're trying to accomplish.
If you wish to process multiple items, you can use Select and use methods that
act on the Selection.
Like:
Selection.ClearContents
Or:
ActiveCell.ClearContents
to clear a single cell.
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To be honest, I think the use of Select and Active in VBA should be avoided.
It usually serves to slow down your code.
Think of it this way:
Excel is a PROGRAM.
What happens when you move the mouse, or using arrow keys to select a cell or
object calls upon the USER INTERFACE portion of the program.
Selecting cell "A1" causes all sorts of stuff to be loaded into memory.
Once you've "selected" the cell, you can change the value or properties.
So, in VBA, you COULD write:
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Value = "Test"
What VBA does to execute this code is to CALL the USER INTERFACE to select the
sheet, then another call to select the range, then change the value.
the same thing can be done with:
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = "Test"
In fact, you can even read/write to sheets that are HIDDEN!
Which, of course you cannot do if you have to select/activate the sheet.
Paul
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From: Mandeep Baluja <rockerna...@gmail.com>
>To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com
>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:14 AM
>Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Discussion
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>'Most of the people have asked this simple question that what is the
>difference between activate and select method.
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>'Lets Start describing this
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>'Try this
>'Range("A1:A10").Select
>'Range("a3").Activate
>'Your range will selected but the activecell is "A3"
>'Activates a single cell, which must be inside the current selection. To
>select a range of cells, use the Select method.
>
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>'Now try this
>'Range("A1:A10").Select
>'Range("a9").Select
>'Your range will selected but it can't keep the last range selected"
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>'Conclusion :- Can someone more explain it with example
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