Bug 77437 - Macros: VBA loop While ActiveCell <> "" don't work on Libreoffice
Summary: Macros: VBA loop While ActiveCell <> "" don't work on Libreoffice
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: BASIC (show other bugs)
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Inherited From OOo
Hardware: Other All
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Blocks: Macro-VBA
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Reported: 2014-04-14 15:05 UTC by Alejandro Moreno
Modified: 2022-11-29 15:32 UTC (History)
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Excel with a loop do with While ActiveCell <> "" (38.81 KB, application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroenabled.12)
2014-04-14 15:05 UTC, Alejandro Moreno 		Details
Example with macro loop. (14.50 KB, application/vnd.ms-excel)
2014-04-16 15:33 UTC, Alejandro Moreno 		Details
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Description Alejandro Moreno 2014-04-14 15:05:54 UTC 
Created attachment 97354 [details]
Excel with a loop do with While ActiveCell <> ""

If you have a VBA macro with a loop with code similar to

Range("A1").Select
While ActiveCell <> ""
    'some code
Wend

Libreoffice don't in into the While loop.

I attached a excel with a button with text "First free cell". In Excel this button return a message with result 22. On Libreoffice this button not to do anything.
              
Operating System: All
Version: 4.2.2.1 release
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2014-04-14 19:27:29 UTC 
Once Security is set to "Medium", I tried to click the button, nothing.
Then I tried to "Tools/Macros/Run macro, selected VBA Project/Modulo1/Boton1 and it worked.
It looks like the button has no macro assigned.
Comment 2 Alejandro Moreno 2014-04-16 08:08:06 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Once Security is set to "Medium", I tried to click the button, nothing.
> Then I tried to "Tools/Macros/Run macro, selected VBA Project/Modulo1/Boton1
> and it worked.
> It looks like the button has no macro assigned.

I do the same and it works but there is another error. If you click the button "Fila libre" it return alternately 8 and 15 when the correct answer is 14.
Comment 3 Alejandro Moreno 2014-04-16 15:33:29 UTC 
Created attachment 97477 [details]
Example with macro loop.

I add a new example loop that don't work in Libreoffice calc.

The code contain a loop:

Range("c2").Select
While ActiveCell <> ""
    If parent = ActiveCell.Value Then
        check = check + 1
    End If
    ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
Wend

but the Libreoffice don't in into the while and check is always 0.
Comment 4 raal 2014-08-25 15:04:49 UTC 
I can confirm with Version: 4.3.2.0.0+
Build ID: 25459cb0c9afdf46c3d90ae8ba0b6ffb375f67da
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:libreoffice-4-3, Time: 2014-08-17_22:48:01

Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 30ae83c268125383866d47a7ee3e4a5dfcf59f71
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2014-08-23_22:03:46

BUT weird thing is that this macro works in first run:
 - open file
 - open IDE
 - run macro in step-by-step F8
 - While ActiveCell <> ""   -> works
 - run macro again
 - While ActiveCell <> ""  -> don't work
Comment 5 Alejandro Moreno 2015-07-27 16:08:31 UTC 
Bug is still in Version: 5.0.0.4.

First time works OK but it's like command Select doesn't work OK at second time.
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 10:18:11 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Alejandro Moreno 2016-09-20 11:57:39 UTC 
Bug is still in Version: 5.2.1.2.

First time works OK but it's like command Select doesn't work OK at second time.
Comment 8 Xisco Faulí 2017-09-29 08:52:15 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 Alejandro Moreno 2017-10-02 15:21:31 UTC 
Bug is still in Version: 5.4.1.2
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2018-10-03 02:53:56 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 Alejandro Moreno 2018-11-07 10:17:19 UTC 
Same test that in #4 still don't work with
Versión: 6.1.2.1
Id. de compilación: 65905a128db06ba48db947242809d14d3f9a93fe
Subprocs. CPU: 4; SO: Windows 6.1; Repres. IU: predet.; 
Configuración regional: es-AR (es_ES); Calc: group threaded
Comment 12 himajin100000 2019-08-20 08:27:23 UTC 
When I run 

Option VBASupport 1
Option Explicit
Sub Main
	Dim x As Object
	Set x = ActiveCell
End Sub

and added the variable x to the watch window(or observer),

the type of the property "Value" was Variant/Empty
Comment 13 QA Administrators 2021-08-21 03:50:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 14 Alejandro Moreno 2022-11-29 15:32:20 UTC 
Same test that in #4 still don't work with
Version: 7.4.3.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 1048a8393ae2eeec98dff31b5c133c5f1d08b890
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: es-ES
Calc: threaded