how do I change the fill collor os a cell using a function in VB

I am trying to us an if then statment in a function to change the fill color
of a cell if the conditions are true. I have tried
"ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 6" that works in subs, but it does not
works in functions.

Hi Jason,

A user defined function (UDF) returns a value; it cannot change formatting
or alter its environment


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Norman



"Jason R Morris" <JasonRMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to us an if then statment in a function to change the fill
>color
> of a cell if the conditions are true. I have tried
> "ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 6" that works in subs, but it does not
> works in functions.

Why not just use conditional formatting? You can set up essentially the same
If/then conditions and get your fill color that way.

"Jason R Morris" wrote:

> I am trying to us an if then statment in a function to change the fill color
> of a cell if the conditions are true. I have tried
> "ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 6" that works in subs, but it does not
> works in functions.

see Conditional Formatting
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/condfmt.htm
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"BekkiM" <BekkiM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote...
> Why not just use conditional formatting? You can set up essentially the same
> If/then conditions and get your fill color that way.
>
> "Jason R Morris" wrote:
> > I am trying to us an if then statment in a function to change the fill color
> > of a cell if the conditions are true. I have tried
> > "ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 6" that works in subs, but it does not
> > works in functions.