Different languages issue when inserting formula from VBA

Question

do I understand correctly, that if I use a command like

Set myRange.formula = “=ROW(mySheet!R12)” 

my macro will cause #NAME? error appear in cells if it is run on, say, Russian Excel. I mean that in this case the above formula should be hard-coded like

Set myRange.formula = “=СТРОКА(mySheet!R12)”

where СТРОКА is the Russian analogue of the SUM function. I wouldn't anticipate Excel to be smart enough to translate the formulas in run-time. So is there any way around this and, most importantly, what is the most generic code to make the macro work correctly irrespective of languange ?

Answer 1

VBA is very EN-US-centric. VBA's .Formula and .FormulaR1C1 expect the ROW function. To use regional language function 'flavors' like СТРОКА then the Range.FormulaLocal property or Range.FormulaR1C1Local property should be employed instead.

The same holds true for list separator characters. Use a comma (e.g. ,) to separate the arguments in a function when using .Formula or .FormulaR1C1 regardless of system regional settings. If your system uses a semi-colon (e.g. ;) as the list separator character, this should only be used with .FormulaLocal or .FormulaR1C1Local.

The result on the worksheet will properly reflect the language settings of the Office installation.

myRange.Formula = "=ROW(mySheet!$12:$12)"
myRange.FormulaR1C1 = "=ROW(mySheet!R12)"
myRange.FormulaLocal  = "=СТРОКА(mySheet!$12:$12)"
myRange.FormulaR1C1Local= "=СТРОКА(mySheet!R12)"