Hi Carl, I am looking for a macro that makes the excel file either self-delete or expire after a set period of time.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

First of all, it is not possible to make an Excel file self delete, Microsoft put in all sorts of safe guards to stop macros being used in bad ways, however there are ways we can make the functionality expire.

Have a look at this macro

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Sub MyMacro()

ExpireDate = #1/1/2011#

If Now() < ExpireDate Then

‘Your macro goes here

End if

End Sub

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What this macro does is it checks today’s data against a predefined date, in this case 1st Jan 2011. If the day the macro is run is before the predefined date, then your macro will run as normal, if not it won’t.

There are some variations you might want to try. Try adapting the macro so it runs when the spreadsheet opens, that way you can use the macro to instantly close the file back down again if it is opened after the expiration date.

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I have sheets that won’t show the colors that I have formatted into them. When I go a cell, it is white.  When I open the color palette the color I chose for that cell is highlighted with the box around the color that is supposed to be there.  When I try to color the same cell with the same or different color, nothing happens.  It’s as though the color generator is turned off.  Help, help. and help.

The most likely cause of this is that the accessibility settings on your PC are wrong. Try this

1. In Windows click “Start” and go to the “Control Panel”
2. Go to “Accessibility Options”
3. Select the “Display” tab and unselect the “Use High Contrast” check box
4. Click “OK” to close the “Accessibility Options” dialog box and to save your settings

If you go back to your spreadsheet you should be able to format the cell color’s as normal.

Let ne know how you get on with this Joe.

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