Article ID: 162259
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, when you execute the SolverAdd function to
programmatically add a constraint in your Solver model, the constraint is
not added.
CAUSE
This problem may occur if you use R1C1 notation for the "FormulaText"
argument of the SolverAdd function. In Microsoft Excel 97, the
"FormulaText" argument for SolverAdd will execute successfully only when
specified in A1 notation.
NOTE: In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, when you added a constraint
to a problem with the Visual Basic function SolverAdd, you were required to
specify the right side of the equation (the "FormulaText" argument) in R1C1
notation. If you did not specify the "FormulaText" argument in R1C1
notation, the constraint was not added. This has changed in Microsoft Excel
97 and now the opposite is true.
WORKAROUND
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For example, the following line will not add a constraint to a Solver model
in Microsoft Excel 97:
SolverAdd CellRef:=Range("$A$1"), Relation:=1, FormulaText:="R1C2"
To correct this problem, change the FormulaText argument to A1 notation, as
in the following example:
SolverAdd CellRef:=Range("$A$1"), Relation:=1, FormulaText:="$B$1"
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