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CWsChim
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Jan 19, 2024
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Hello all,   I am new to VB scripting and Macro's in general so this may be a naïve question. My apologies if so.   I have an excel file that contains data on members belonging to organizations m...
  • HansVogelaar's avatar
    Jan 19, 2024

    CWsChim 

    Here is a variation of code originally written by Ron de Bruin. The macro Copy_To_Worksheets has a line

     

    fieldNum = 1

     

    This specifies the first column (column A) as the column with the names of the organizations.

    Change this as needed. For example, if the organizations are in column D, change the above line to

     

    fieldNum = 4

    Sub Copy_To_Worksheets()
        'Note: This macro uses the function LastRow
        Dim My_Range As Range
        Dim FieldNum As Long
        Dim FileExtStr As String
        Dim FileFormatNum As Long
        Dim CalcMode As Long
        Dim ViewMode As Long
        Dim ws2 As Worksheet
        Dim MyPath As String
        Dim foldername As String
        Dim Lrow As Long
        Dim cell As Range
        Dim CCount As Long
        Dim WSNew As Worksheet
        Dim ErrNum As Long
    
        Set My_Range = ActiveSheet.UsedRange
    
        If ActiveWorkbook.ProtectStructure = True Or _
           My_Range.Parent.ProtectContents = True Then
            MsgBox "Sorry, not working when the workbook or worksheet is protected", _
                   vbOKOnly, "Copy to new workbook"
            Exit Sub
        End If
    
        'This example filters on the first column in the range(change the field if needed)
        'In this case the range starts in A so Field:=1 is column A, 2 = column B, ......
        FieldNum = 1
    
        'Turn off AutoFilter
        My_Range.Parent.AutoFilterMode = False
    
        'Change ScreenUpdating, Calculation, EnableEvents, ....
        With Application
            CalcMode = .Calculation
            .Calculation = xlCalculationManual
            .ScreenUpdating = False
            .EnableEvents = False
        End With
        ViewMode = ActiveWindow.View
        ActiveWindow.View = xlNormalView
        ActiveSheet.DisplayPageBreaks = False
    
        My_Range.Sort Key1:=Cells(1, FieldNum), Header:=xlYes
    
        ' Add worksheet to copy/paste the unique list
        Set ws2 = Worksheets.Add(After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count))
        With ws2
            'first we copy the Unique data from the filter field to ws2
            My_Range.Columns(FieldNum).AdvancedFilter _
                Action:=xlFilterCopy, _
                CopyToRange:=.Range("A3"), Unique:=True
    
            'loop through the unique list in ws2 and filter/copy to a new sheet
            Lrow = .Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
            For Each cell In .Range("A4:A" & Lrow)
    
                'Filter the range
                My_Range.AutoFilter Field:=FieldNum, Criteria1:="=" & _
                 Replace(Replace(Replace(cell.Value, "~", "~~"), "*", "~*"), "?", "~?")
    
                'Check if there are no more then 8192 areas(limit of areas)
                CCount = 0
                On Error Resume Next
                CCount = My_Range.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible) _
                         .Areas(1).Cells.Count
                On Error GoTo 0
                If CCount = 0 Then
                    MsgBox "There are more than 8192 areas for the value : " & cell.Value _
                         & vbNewLine & "It is not possible to copy the visible data." _
                         & vbNewLine & "Tip: Sort your data before you use this macro.", _
                           vbOKOnly, "Split in worksheets"
                Else
                    'Add new workbook with one sheet
                    Set WSNew = Worksheets.Add(Before:=ws2)
                    On Error Resume Next
                    WSNew.Name = Left(cell.Value, 31)
                    On Error GoTo 0
    
                    'Copy/paste the visible data to the new workbook
                    My_Range.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy
                    With WSNew.Range("A1")
                        .PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteColumnWidths
                        .PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
                        .PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats
                        Application.CutCopyMode = False
                        .Select
                    End With
                End If
    
                'Show all the data in the range
                My_Range.AutoFilter Field:=FieldNum
    
            Next cell
        End With
    
        'Turn off AutoFilter
        My_Range.Parent.AutoFilterMode = False
    
        'Restore ScreenUpdating, Calculation, EnableEvents, ....
        My_Range.Parent.Select
        ActiveWindow.View = ViewMode
        Application.DisplayAlerts = False
        ws2.Delete
        Application.DisplayAlerts = True
        With Application
            .ScreenUpdating = True
            .EnableEvents = True
            .Calculation = CalcMode
        End With
    End Sub
    
    Function LastRow(sh As Worksheet)
        On Error Resume Next
        LastRow = sh.Cells.Find(What:="*", _
                                After:=sh.Range("A1"), _
                                Lookat:=xlPart, _
                                LookIn:=xlValues, _
                                SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
                                SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
                                MatchCase:=False).Row
        On Error GoTo 0
    End Function

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