XL2000: Unexpected Results When You Use the SolverAdd Function (213215)
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This article was previously published under Q213215 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 2000, 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 2000, the FormulaText argument for SolverAdd will execute successfully only when specified in A1 notation.
NOTE: In versions of Microsoft Excel earlier than Excel 97, when you add a constraint to a problem with the Visual Basic function SolverAdd, you are required to specify the right side of the equation (the FormulaText argument) in R1C1 notation. If you do not specify the FormulaText argument in R1C1 notation, the constraint is not added. This was changed in Microsoft Excel 97, and now you must specify the FormulaText argument in A1 notation.
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The following line will not add a constraint to a Solver model in Microsoft Excel 2000:
SolverAdd CellRef:=Range("$A$1"), Relation:=1, FormulaText:="R1C2"
To work around this problem, change the FormulaText argument to A1 notation, as in the following example:
SolverAdd CellRef:=Range("$A$1"), Relation:=1, FormulaText:="$B$1"
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/11/2006 |
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