XL2000: Macro Fails to Apply Diagonal Cell Borders

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This article was previously published under Q210661

Symptoms

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that applies diagonal cell borders to a workbook, the borders may not be correctly applied.

For example, the following macro includes code to apply diagonal cell borders, but no borders are applied when you run the macro:

Sub format_borders1()

   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlLeft)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With
   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlRight)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With
    
   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlDiagonalDown)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With
   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlDiagonalUp)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With
End Sub

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Cause

This behavior occurs when the macro applies the left or right borders before it applies the diagonal cell borders.

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Workaround

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Sub format_borders2()
   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlDiagonalDown)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With
   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlDiagonalUp)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With

   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlLeft)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With
   With ActiveWorkbook.Styles("Normal").Borders(xlRight)
     .LineStyle = xlContinuous
     .ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
   End With
End Sub

Compare this macro to the macro in the "Symptoms" section. Note that the code that applies the diagonal borders was moved to run before the code that applies the left and right borders.

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