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For more help on using the Solver functions in VBA, search for 'solver' using the VBA help system. To keep the Solver Results dialog box from showing up, the userFinish:=True option has been added to the SolverSolve function. The VBA code for the Solver macro that was recorded for Example 2 is shown You can also press Alt+ F11 to open up VBA.Īdd the Solver reference in visual basic (Tools > References., then make (Right-click on the button andīefore the macro will work, a reference to the Solver VBA add-in functionsĮdit the macro you just created (Tools > Macro > Macros. Toolbar is not displayed, right-click on any toolbar and click on 'Forms'.)Īssign the macro you created to the button. ).Īdd a button to the worksheet, using a button from the Forms toolbar. Stop the macro recorder (Tools > Macro > Stop Recording. ).Ĭlear any existing solver settings (Press the Reset All button).Ĭhoose the target cell, design variables, and constraints and press the Open the solver dialog box (Tools > Solver. Start the macro recorder (Tools > Macro > Record New Macro. Let's use the problem from Example 2 above. Is to first record all the steps used to set up and run the solver. Macro that can be run by pressing a single button. Routine a number of times using the same model, it is convenient to create a

If you need to solve the same system of equations or run an optimization For optimization problems, this means that the solution may be only a local optimum. Here is the code that will unhide all the worksheets in the workbook. This could take some time in case there are many hidden sheets.

The solution may depend upon the starting values. If you are working in a workbook that has multiple hidden sheets, you need to unhide these sheets one by one. This example has demonstrated a very important point having to do with the Excel solver and optimization in general.

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Figure 4: Mechanism showing two possible configurations. Macros that make changes to a single cell can be applied to a range of cells by first selecting the full range and then activating the macro.

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