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Window.ActivePane Property

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Excel Developer Reference

Returns a Pane object that represents the active pane in the window. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ActivePane

expression   A variable that represents a Window object.

Remarks

This property can be used only on worksheets and macro sheets.

This property returns a Pane object. You must use the Index property to obtain the index of the active pane.

Example

This example activates the next pane of the active window in Book1.xls. You cannot activate the next pane if the panes are frozen. The example must be run from a workbook other than Book1.xls. Before running the example, make sure that Book1.xls has either two or four panes in the active worksheet.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Workbooks("BOOK1.XLS").Activate
If not ActiveWindow.FreezePanes Then
    With ActiveWindow
        i = .ActivePane.Index
        If i = .Panes.Count Then
            .Panes(1).Activate
        Else
            .Panes(i+1).Activate
        End If
    End With
End If

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