Question

I have a VBA macro that validates user entered data (I didn’t use data validation/conditional formatting on purpose).

I am using Worksheet_Change event to trigger the code, the problem I am facing now is, when there are row changes. I don’t know whether it is a deleting / inserting rows.

Is there anyway to distinguish between those two?

Answer 1

You could define a range name such as
RowMarker =$A$1000

Then this code on your change event will store the position of this marker against it’s prior position, and report any change (then stores the new position)

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Static lngRow As Long
    Dim rng1 As Range
    Set rng1 = ThisWorkbook.Names("RowMarker").RefersToRange
    If lngRow = 0 Then
    lngRow = rng1.Row
        Exit Sub
    End If
    If rng1.Row = lngRow Then Exit Sub
    If rng1.Row < lngRow Then
        MsgBox lngRow - rng1.Row & " rows removed"
    Else
        MsgBox rng1.Row - lngRow & " rows added"
    End If
    lngRow = rng1.Row
End Sub