Goal Seek Records Incorrectly with Relative References (146057)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0c
- Microsoft Excel for Windows NT 5.0
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q146057 SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro that uses Goal Seek, and the macro was recorded with
relative references turned on, one of the following may occur:
Goal Seek may evaluate the wrong cells
You may receive the error message:
Runtime Error '1004'
Error in Formula
You may receive this error message if a cell reference is offsetting
to a cell outside the valid spreadsheet area:
Runtime Error '1004'
Offset method of Range class failed
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The following macro uses relative references and may cause a run-time error
as described in the "Symptoms" section:
Sub Recorded_GoalSeek()
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Range("A1").GoalSeek Goal:=50, _
ChangingCell:=ActiveCell
End Sub
To avoid the run-time error, correct the macro as follows. Note that it
does not contain any relative references:
Sub Correct_GoalSeek()
ActiveCell.GoalSeek Goal:=50, ChangingCell:=ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0)
End Sub
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
REFERENCES
"User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 6, "Seeking a Value That Solves a
Formula"
For more information about the GoalSeek Method, click the Search button in
Visual Basic Reference Help, and type the following:
For more information about the Offset Method, click the Search button in
Visual Basic Reference help, and type the following:
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/10/2006 |
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