Excel VBA use localized RC formula for Conditional Formatting?

Question

I\'m using polish Excel so \"R[-2]C\" is \"W[-2]C\".

In every place I tried VBA only accepted RC notation. Which is good since it will work regardless of language ve

Answer 1

In addition to Anonymous Type's answer, here's an actual implementation which you can use as a utility:

' Rewrites the given formula from English to the current locale.
' This can be useful when working with conditional formatting expressions,
' where Excel only accepts localized formulas for some reason.

' For this function to work, you must supply a cell which can be used for
' generating the formula. This cell will be cleared after the operation, so
' avoid cells which contain any meaningful data - use a temporary sheet if
' you already have one.
Public Function ConvertToLocalizedFormula(formulaToConvert As String, _
                                          notationToUse As XlReferenceStyle, _
                                          ByRef tempCell As Range _
                                          ) As String


    If notationToUse = xlR1C1 Then
        tempCell.FormulaR1C1 = formulaToConvert
        ConvertToLocalizedFormula = tempCell.FormulaR1C1Local
    Else
        tempCell.formula = formulaToConvert
        ConvertToLocalizedFormula = tempCell.FormulaLocal
    End If
    tempCell.Clear
End Function

As an example, using this with the Hungarian locale in Immediate gives the following:

Debug.Print ConvertToLocalizedFormula("=SUM($H5:$AE24)", xlA1, ActiveSheet.Range("AJ1"))
=SZUM($H5:$AE24)

Debug.Print ConvertToLocalizedFormula("=SUM(R5C7:R5C9)", xlR1C1, ActiveSheet.Range("AJ1"))
=SZUM(S5O7:S5O9)