Mac VBA & Excel, auto change image based on a cellClosed

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Hello, 

I'm trying to produce a simple excel spreadsheet on my Macbook which automatically changes the image in cell B3 when I change the name in A3.
A3 contains a filename 'pic1' which is saved in a folder on my desktop 'pictures.'
A1 contains =picturelookup(A3,B3,1)

I'm using this code, which I found on the website exceloffthegrid:



I open a blank spreadsheet, enabled developer, right clicked on the sheet1 tab and clicked 'View Code.'
This opened the VBA where I pasted the code see pic above. The file is saved as a macro enabled worksheet xslm file, also on my desktop.

I'm new to VBA and think that I may have missed some very basic steps as the nothing seems to be happening.

Hope you can help,
Dan

Public Function picturelookup(Value As String, Location As Range, Index As Integer)

Application.Volatile

Dim lookupPicture As Shape
Dim sheetName As String
Dim picTop As Double
Dim picLeft As Double

sheetName = Location.Parent.Name

'Delete current picture with the same Index if exists
For Each lookupPicture In Sheets(sheetName).Shapes
    If lookupPicture.Name = "PictureLookup" & Index Then
        lookupPicture.Delete
    End If
Next lookupPicture

'Get position of cell calling the UDF
picTop = Location.Top
picLeft = Location.Left

'Add the picture in the right location
Set lookupPicture = Sheets(sheetName).Shapes.AddPicture _
("/Users/danielcheetham/Desktop/pictures" & Value & ".png", msoFalse, msoTrue, picLeft, picTop, -1, -1)

'change the picture name
lookupPicture.Name = "PictureLookup" & Index

picturelookup = ""

End Function

System Configuration: Macintosh / Chrome 66.0.3359.181

ac3mark · Answer

Are you danielcheetham?

David · Answer

Having some same issue.

ac3mark · Answer

Do this....

Change the path to the absolute path, and not the relative!

Use:
"C:\Users\"

If your username is not "danielcheetham", you need to got to "C:\Users\" and figure out who you are logged in as!

Understand, this is not even close to portable, and don't try it outside of the machine you built it on!

ac3mark · Answer

So, lets assume the code is correct at this point, ok?  Please show us in your sheet how you are deploying it.  Give us an example of the code in usage on the sheet!

ac3mark · Answer

It works for me... see example:
 
 
In the above example I was not certain if the image would stretch to the RANGE, so I put a large range on it.  It seems that the range can be a single cell, so deployment of:
=picturelookup("eagleBadge",E2,1)
will produce the same result as the posted example!
This is all I changed:("C:\Users\User\Desktop\" & Value & ".png", msoFalse, msoTrue, picLeft, picTop, -1, -1)--

See example of how to deploy it!


It's kind of fun to do the impossible! -Walter Elias Disney

ac3mark · Answer

Here is another example of taking it just one more step, looking up the PNG value in a cell.  The below example shows the same code changing the image based on the value in cell A1. 


 
 Please remember, this code only looks for PNG files, and if you are using a JPG, it is wrong.  You could always just include the file format in the name, and drop the PNG from the static code, if you need the flexibility! See below!

ac3mark · Answer

OK, in the VBA developer explorer, add in a new MODULE and place the code into that module, not on the worksheet.  As so...
 
 If you placed the code onto the sheet itself, it needs to be cut from the sheet in the explorer, and added to the new module.

When you begin a new formula, and you start with "=pictur", does the line predictively finish with picturelookup?  If not, then it is not in the correct location (module!).  The worksheet should see it as a native formula, and try to predict what you want.

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