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Volatile Method [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]

Marks a user-defined function as volatile. A volatile function must be recalculated whenever calculation occurs in any cells on the worksheet. A nonvolatile function is recalculated only when the input variables change. This method has no effect if it's not inside a user-defined function used to calculate a worksheet cell.

expression**.Volatile(Volatile)**

expression Required. An expression that returns an Application object.

Volatile* Optional Variant. True to mark the function as volatile. False to mark the function as nonvolatile. The default value is *True

Example

This example marks the user-defined function "My_Func" as volatile. The function will be recalculated whenever calculation occurs in any cells on the worksheet on which this function appears.

Function My_Func()
    Application.Volatile
    ' 
    '    Remainder of the function
    ">
End Function

Applies to | Application Object