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jdavis1994
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Sep 14, 2021

Old Value Cell Reference

I have a workbook I have built that I am so close to finishing. The issue I am having is the workbook has a login user form, the admin sheet logs who is logged on, and when I have a cell that shows w...
Macros and VBA
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mtarler
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Sep 15, 2021
so tagged this with macros and VBA and I'm thinking you are using VBA to do the timestamp. What I don't know is why you can't use VBA to copy the value of the user name also. Maybe you could attach the actual files instead pictures (remove any confidential/personal info).
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jdavis1994
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Sep 18, 2021

mtarler 

Please see attached. As far as time stamps go, no I was just using a formula in the cell duplicated using the table. the ID to get in is 1234

 

There are some things that I have been working on adding and have run into snags as well but those are to come.

 

Thanks for the assistance!

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    mtarler
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    Sep 21, 2021
    I'm having many problems with your workbook not opening/closing and many non-existent name references. I don't know if maybe you deleted confidential info and that is the problem? It is very hard to tell what is wrong in the mix.
    That said it is obvious that you have a login form so get rid of the circular references and have the macro set those cells with the login name and timestamp. Then other cells that need to point to the person that entered the data have the macro either set those values or point to the corresponding point in the login in log.
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      jdavis1994
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      Sep 23, 2021

      mtarler 

      I am new to VBA and know only what I can find online. I fixed the time stamp in all areas except the admin pages as I can not get that to work. But the circular references are turned off and the error is gone. Perhaps you can help me now. the pas word is 1234

      I appreciate it. 

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        mtarler
        Silver Contributor
        Sep 23, 2021

        jdavis1994  i made a few tweaks. 

        I changed the worksheet functions from SelectionChange to Change so that it will create the timestamp and user name only when the value is entered/changed

        I commented some items out that caused issue

        I added the user name entries

        I changed the action when you 'x' out of the login window to give option to close the workbook

        Hope it is working how you hoped.

        FWIW I really hope you don't consider this password protected in any way or even any claim that users can't see each other's information.  There are ways of making it 'better' but in general I would never consider an excel file to be secure.

         

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