Question

I am trying to create a list that adds a new row of data each time a button is clicked. I have the following code assigned to the button when clicked:

    PurchaseDate = InputBox("Enter Purchase Date:")
    Sheets("TrackRecord").Select
    i = 0
    Row = i + 1
    Range("A2").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = Row
    Range("B2").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Dashboard!R26C4*(1/Dashboard!R26C12)"
    Range("C2").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Dashboard!R26C2"
    Range("D2").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = PurchaseDate
    Range("E2").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Dashboard!R26C8 + R2C4"
    Range("F2").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Waterfall!R[8]C[5]"
    Range("F2").Select
    Selection.AutoFill Destination:=Range("F2:I2"), Type:=xlFillDefault
    Range("F2:I2").Select
End Sub

This code works fine, but I’d like it populate the next row below instead of overwriting the same row each time the button is clicked. I know that I have to iterate through the “Range(“A2″).select” section, e.g. “Range(“A2″).select” –> “Range(“B2″).select” .. But I don’t know how to do this in VBA for Excel. That’s why I am asking you folks ; ) .

Thanks,

Answer 1

If you want to persist the next row even when you close excel and open it again, it’s better to find the last row each time.

 Dim Row As Long

    Row = GetNextRow(Sheets("TrackRecord"), "A") 

    PurchaseDate = InputBox("Enter Purchase Date:") 

    Sheets("TrackRecord").Select 

    Range("A" & Row).Select 
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = Row 
    Range("B" & Row).Select 
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Dashboard!R26C4*(1/Dashboard!R26C12)" 
    Range("C" & Row).Select 
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Dashboard!R26C2" 
    Range("D" & Row).Select 
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = PurchaseDate 
    Range("E" & Row).Select 
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Dashboard!R26C8 + R2C4" 
    Range("F" & Row).Select 
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=Waterfall!R[8]C[5]" 
    Range("F" & Row).Select 
    Selection.AutoFill Destination:=Range("F" & Row & ":I" & Row), Type:=xlFillDefault 
    Range("F" & Row & ":I" & Row).Select 
End Sub 


Private Function GetNextRow(sheet As Worksheet, column As String) As Long

    'Look for the first empty row in the specified column

    Dim Row As Long

    For Row = 1 To 65535
        If sheet.Range(column & Row).Formula = "" Then
            GetNextRow = Row
            Exit For
        End If
    Next Row

End Function