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the Excel Questions forums, part of the Question Forums category; I have applied data validation to certain columns based input messages and error alerts (for data validation) appear only when on named ranges in another sheet. Data/Validation Select "List" Source =NamedRange ... LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks Bookmark & Share Digg this Thread!Add Thread to del.icio.usBookmark in TechnoratiTweet this thread Thread
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Tools Show Printable Version Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Jun 12th, 2007,02:57 PM #1 mvancleave Board Regular Join Date May 2007 Location Bothell, WA, USA Posts 97 Data Validation Error Alert not Working I have applied data validation to certain columns based on named ranges in another sheet. Data/Validation Select "List" Source =NamedRange I have selected the "Show error excel warning message pop-up messages ... " box and added message text, but the alert does not come up when invalid data are entered. The ranges are defined dynamically using the offset and counta functions. When I define the names statically, everything works fine. What can I do to fix this, short of using static name defintions? Thanks, Mike Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Reply With Quote Jun 12th, 2007,03:15 PM #2 Von Pookie MrExcel MVP Join Date Feb 2002 Location The act or process of locating. Posts 13,686 Works just fine for me using a dynamic named range on another sheet. Are you certain the data being entered is invalid? I select a value from the list with no problems, but if I enter a value not contained in the list, the error appears. If you manually enter a value that is contained in the dynamic range, it will be accepted since the value is in the list (capitalization doesn't appear to matter). Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Kristy Reply With Quote Jun 12th, 2007,03:23 PM #3 mvancleave Board Regular Join Date May 2007 Location Bot
Validation Messages Video: Create an Input or Error Message Create an Input Message Input Message Size Input Message Position Move an Input Message Create an Error Alert Error Message Size Turn Error Alert Off Download the Sample File More Tutorials Data Validation Messages With the options available in
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are two types of data validation messages: An Input Message can be displayed when a cell is selected. An Error Alert can be displayed if invalid excel data validation list data is entered in a cell Video: Create an Input or Error Message To see the steps for creating an input message and an error message, watch this short video tutorial. The written instructions are below the video. Your browser can't show this http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/266083-data-validation-error-alert-not-working.html frame. Here is a link to the page Create an Input Message To help people know what data should be entered in a cell, you can set up an Input Message that is displayed when the cell is selected. Follow these steps to show a short message when a cell is selected. Select the cells in which you want to apply data validation On the Ribbon, click the Data tab, and click Data Validation (optional) On the Settings tab, choose the data validation settings Click http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal04.html on the Input Message tab, and add a check mark to Show input message when cell is selected Type your message heading text in the Title box. This text will appear in bold print at the top of the message. Type a short message in the Input message box. Press the Enter key, to create line breaks, if you want them. NOTE: The limit is 255 characters Click OK or follow the steps below to add an Error Alert. Now, when you click on the cell, the Input Message will appear. Input Message Size Although there are 255 characters allowed in the Input Message box, the box has a maximum height and width, and all the characters might not fit. NOTE: The size of the message box cannot be changed -- it is automatically set by Excel. For example, in the message box below, there are 254 "i" characters, with an "X" at the end. However, in the message box below, there are 254 "W" characters, with an "X" at the end. Only 126 of the characters appear in full, and the remaining characters are cut off, or not visible. Input Message Position In most cases, the input message pops below the cell, with the left edge of the message at the middle point of the cell's width. If the cell is close to the right side of the Excel window, the right border of the input message will start at the Excel window border. If there is not enough room below the cell,
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