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12-07-2012 at 07:22 AM.
12-07-2012 at 07:22 AM.
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I really like the relaxed nature of 4H (compared to Boy Scouts, our troop is almost like the Army), but the downside is stuff like this.
One of my sons took archery last year.. They had a program, we didn't get the word about it until it was too late (maybe it was our fault as noobies, we didn't track it down) so he ended up doing the program on his own. He still had fun though.

He did about half a year of cub scouts, but he quit when he realized it wasn't camping every weekend, the projects were stupid, and all they talked about was global warming.
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12-07-2012 at 07:26 AM.
12-07-2012 at 07:26 AM.
someone help me with Excel Crying
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12-07-2012 at 07:39 AM.
12-07-2012 at 07:39 AM.
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someone help me with Excel Crying
Wish I could babe. Did you try Excel Forums [excelforum.com] yet?
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12-07-2012 at 07:44 AM.
12-07-2012 at 07:44 AM.
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He did about half a year of cub scouts, but he quit when he realized it wasn't camping every weekend, the projects were stupid, and all they talked about was global warming.
Cub scouts is a hard program to run (boy scouts is better, the kids are older and more independent).

I was a cub scout leader for all my sons .. not for all 4.5 years, but I took a shift.. here's the problem.

Most parents don't want to participate at all. Want to dump their kids and leave.

When I was a kid, if a cub scout did not finish all the requirements for that years' badge (wolf, bear, etc), it was no big deal, he just didn't get the badge.. Now, EVERYONE has to earn the badge every year. I guess it's so there's no hurt feelings.. BUT none of the parents want to work on it at all.. So most of the time, we spent a chunk of the meetings working on the damn badges, doing all the busy work.

We're up north, so not a lot of good weather to do outdoor stuff. In the fall, meet at like 7 pm, gets dark and cold fast.. In the spring, everyone is burnt out and doesn't really want to do anything.

I hope this doesn't feel defensive.. it's not.. but it's really hard (if not impossible) to do a good Cub Scout program. I am sure most of the parents thought my program sucked.
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12-07-2012 at 07:57 AM.
12-07-2012 at 07:57 AM.
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I have a spreadsheet that I just created for a client to start using in January. It's basically just a summary/snapshot of all of my client's resources each day. I have 3 things I'd like to do to this spreadsheet, and I'm hoping they are as simple as I think they are.
  1. Create a macro that runs when you open the sheet and prompts you to clear the data from certain fields.
  2. Create another prompt/pop-up box that asks if you'd like to populate the spreadsheet with values located in another sheet (so this macro will need to access another spreadsheet on our server).
  3. When I save the document (which means I'm done), I'd like it to prompt me and tell me if I forgot to populate certain fields, aka left them blank and without a value in them. It can still save the document, just give me a pop-up box that says "Hey you forgot to populate Cell D7!"
  4. Just because I like #4.
I take it you don't know VBA? The macro recorder could probably get you started for number one, but I can't think of anyway you can accomplish those without using VBA code....
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12-07-2012 at 08:02 AM.
12-07-2012 at 08:02 AM.
Quote from AbbyGabby :
I have a spreadsheet that I just created for a client to start using in January. It's basically just a summary/snapshot of all of my client's resources each day. I have 3 things I'd like to do to this spreadsheet, and I'm hoping they are as simple as I think they are.
  1. Create a macro that runs when you open the sheet and prompts you to clear the data from certain fields.
  2. Create another prompt/pop-up box that asks if you'd like to populate the spreadsheet with values located in another sheet (so this macro will need to access another spreadsheet on our server).
  3. When I save the document (which means I'm done), I'd like it to prompt me and tell me if I forgot to populate certain fields, aka left them blank and without a value in them. It can still save the document, just give me a pop-up box that says "Hey you forgot to populate Cell D7!"
  4. Just because I like #4.
Sounds like you need someone to do some VBA for you. Any time our department gets requests for this, I pawn it off on someone else, so I can't really help.
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12-07-2012 at 08:26 AM.
12-07-2012 at 08:26 AM.
AG I thought you already did this! laugh out loud
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12-07-2012 at 08:28 AM.
12-07-2012 at 08:28 AM.
Quote from AbbyGabby :
someone help me with Excel Crying
I would if I knew anything about it, but I can hardly do a simple spreadsheet because I'm the most untechnical IT guy ever.
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Cub scouts is a hard program to run (boy scouts is better, the kids are older and more independent).

I was a cub scout leader for all my sons .. not for all 4.5 years, but I took a shift.. here's the problem.

Most parents don't want to participate at all. Want to dump their kids and leave.

When I was a kid, if a cub scout did not finish all the requirements for that years' badge (wolf, bear, etc), it was no big deal, he just didn't get the badge.. Now, EVERYONE has to earn the badge every year. I guess it's so there's no hurt feelings.. BUT none of the parents want to work on it at all.. So most of the time, we spent a chunk of the meetings working on the damn badges, doing all the busy work.

We're up north, so not a lot of good weather to do outdoor stuff. In the fall, meet at like 7 pm, gets dark and cold fast.. In the spring, everyone is burnt out and doesn't really want to do anything.

I hope this doesn't feel defensive.. it's not.. but it's really hard (if not impossible) to do a good Cub Scout program. I am sure most of the parents thought my program sucked.
Not at all. It was ridiculous how many parents just dropped their kids and left. I wound up in every session, lesson, and whatever just because I stuck around to see what he was doing and the parent leading had never done it before. I found that it was more or less for kids without structure in their lives to teach them structure instead of an extracurricular activity to learn new things.
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12-07-2012 at 08:35 AM.
12-07-2012 at 08:35 AM.
i don't know VBA
i need VBA code
i had to put in a request with someone in another office
he might get to it around Christmas

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12-07-2012 at 08:41 AM.
12-07-2012 at 08:41 AM.
I just steal VBA scripts from somebody's blog when I need one. One of these days that'll probably bite me in the ass if I grab one that doesn't do what it says it does. laugh out loud

Now if you want a .bat script I might be your guy... but I don't think a batch is gonna do what you want to do there. I bet somebody at that Excel forum can figure it out though, seriously. I've sent tons of users there because they always think their IT guy automatically knows everything about every program or piece of software on a computer just because it's on a computer but we don't really. I sometimes tell people I'm just a higher belt in the Google-Fu. Wink
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12-07-2012 at 08:41 AM.
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i don't know VBA
i need VBA code
i had to put in a request with someone in another office
he might get to it around Christmas

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1 and 3 should be pretty simple to do code wise, but for 2 it is best you have someone from the office involved. Are you sending this out to customers? Does that server have unsecured access? Moving the spreadsheet from computer to computer may also break the code in regards to number 2 depending on how the server is set up.

If I had (or find) some spare time I'd take a crack at 1 and 3 for you...
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12-07-2012 at 08:43 AM.
12-07-2012 at 08:43 AM.
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1 and 3 should be pretty simple to do code wise, but for 2 it is best you have someone from the office involved. Are you sending this out to customers? Does that server have unsecured access? Moving the spreadsheet from computer to computer may also break the code in regards to number 2 depending on how the server is set up.

If I had (or find) some spare time I'd take a crack at 1 and 3 for you...
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12-07-2012 at 08:51 AM.
12-07-2012 at 08:51 AM.
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i don't know VBA
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i had to put in a request with someone in another office
he might get to it around Christmas

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I would... But I have class. I just spent a good 4-5 hours on excel last night tinkering with a project.
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12-07-2012 at 08:52 AM.
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Costco or Subway?
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12-07-2012 at 09:04 AM.
12-07-2012 at 09:04 AM.
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Costco or Subway?
Costco

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I would... But I have class. I just spent a good 4-5 hours on excel last night tinkering with a project.
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