How to set up a function (where its code was obtained from elsewhere) in Excel
1. Copy the function code
2. Open the excel workbook
3. Open Visual Basic Editor (Alt+F11)
4. VBE: Insert > Module > Paste code into "Book1-Module1(Code)" window
Note the name of the function, i.e. If the 1st line is like this:
Function fnConvert2HTML(myCell As Range) As String
Then the name of the function is
fnConvert2HTML
5. Excel: choose a target cell and enter the formula with function and range of cells. In the example above, this would be:
=fnConvert2HTML(A1:B2)
where A1:B2 is the selected range of cells to apply the function to.
Useful Excel functions
This function converts formatted text (say in cell C1) to HTML (say in cell C2). So, in cell C2, enter this "=fnConvert2HTML(C1)", and voila.
Function fnConvert2HTML(myCell As Range) As String
Dim bldTagOn, itlTagOn, ulnTagOn, colTagOn As Boolean
Dim i, chrCount As Integer
Dim chrCol, chrLastCol, htmlTxt, htmlEnd As String
bldTagOn = False
itlTagOn = False
ulnTagOn = False
colTagOn = False
chrCol = "NONE"
'htmlTxt = "<html>"
htmlTxt = ""
chrCount = myCell.Characters.Count
For i = 1 To chrCount
htmlEnd = ""
With myCell.Characters(i, 1)
If (.Font.Color) Then
chrCol = fnGetCol(.Font.Color)
If Not colTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "<font color=#" & chrCol & ">"
colTagOn = True
Else
If chrCol <> chrLastCol Then htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</font><font color=#" & chrCol & ">"
End If
Else
chrCol = "NONE"
If colTagOn Then
htmlEnd = "</font>" & htmlEnd
'htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</font>"
colTagOn = False
End If
End If
chrLastCol = chrCol
If .Font.Bold = True Then
If Not bldTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "<b>"
bldTagOn = True
End If
Else
If bldTagOn Then
'htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</b>"
htmlEnd = "</b>" & htmlEnd
bldTagOn = False
End If
End If
If .Font.Italic = True Then
If Not itlTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "<i>"
itlTagOn = True
End If
Else
If itlTagOn Then
'htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</i>"
htmlEnd = "</i>" & htmlEnd
itlTagOn = False
End If
End If
If .Font.Underline > 0 Then
If Not ulnTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "<u>"
ulnTagOn = True
End If
Else
If ulnTagOn Then
'htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</u>"
htmlEnd = "</u>" & htmlEnd
ulnTagOn = False
End If
End If
If (Asc(.Text) = 10) Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & htmlEnd & "<br>"
Else
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & htmlEnd & .Text
End If
End With
Next
If colTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</font>"
colTagOn = False
End If
If bldTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</b>"
bldTagOn = False
End If
If itlTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</i>"
itlTagOn = False
End If
If ulnTagOn Then
htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</u>"
ulnTagOn = False
End If
'htmlTxt = htmlTxt & "</html>"
fnConvert2HTML = htmlTxt
End Function
Function fnGetCol(strCol As String) As String
Dim rVal, gVal, bVal As String
strCol = Right("000000" & Hex(strCol), 6)
bVal = Left(strCol, 2)
gVal = Mid(strCol, 3, 2)
rVal = Right(strCol, 2)
fnGetCol = rVal & gVal & bVal
End Function
Credit http://stackoverflow.com/a/33796622Tip: To remove rows containing a formula without causing the spreadsheet to hang, delete the cell containing the formula (in that row), then delete the row.
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https://officetricks.com/convert-formatted-cell-excel-html-tag-vba/
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