I am working on creating a log that will automatically populate a timestamp into Cell D, when data is initially entered into Cell C. Unfortunately I have hit a wall.
<Seems simple enough. Am I missing something? Just check to ensure the cell is blank before you update it.
With rCell.Offset(0, 1)
If .Value <> "" Then
.Value = Now
.NumberFormat = "hh:mm:ss AM/PM mm/dd/yyyy"
End If
End With
The following puts a timestamp into column D if there isn't one there when a value is typed into column C. If the value in column C is cleared, any existing timestamp in column D is also cleared. If an edit is made to an entry in column C, then no change is made to the existing timestamp.
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Columns("C"), Target.Parent.UsedRange) Is Nothing Then
On Error GoTo Safe_Exit
Application.EnableEvents = False
Dim rng As Range
For Each rng In Intersect(Target, Columns("C"), Target.Parent.UsedRange)
If CBool(Len(rng.Value2)) And Not CBool(Len(rng.Offset(0, 1).Value2)) Then
rng.Offset(0, 1) = Now
ElseIf Not CBool(Len(rng.Value2)) And CBool(Len(rng.Offset(0, 1).Value2)) Then
rng.Offset(0, 1) = vbNullString
End If
Next rng
End If
Safe_Exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
This routine will handle multiple cells as Target; typically when several rows of data is pasted into column C. It further restricts Intersection to the worksheet's UsedRange property so that processing is minimized when actions like row deletion are performed.