The syntax for referring to named ranges is Range("{Name of Named
Range}"). Also, I would strong recommend to work with Option Explicit
which will require you to explicitly declare your variables. That
makes your code easier to read and maintain. Give this a try:
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
Dim c As Range
Dim a As String
With Range("CompNames")
Set c = .Find(Range("A1"))
If Not c Is Nothing Then a = Sheets("Names").Cells(c.Row, 3)
End With
If ActiveSheet.Name <> a Then ActiveSheet.Name = a
End Sub
Hope this helped,
Rolf Jaeger
SoarentComputing
http://soarentcomputing.com/SoarentComputing/ExcelSolutions.htm
On Dec 2, 8:59 pm, Dave Bonallack <davebonall...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi friends,
>
> I am using XL2003.
>
> I am having trouble using a named range in a macro, even after refering the
> Help.
> The named range lives in the active workbook.
> My code is this:
>
> Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
> With [CompNames]
> Set c = .Find(Range("A1"))
> If Not c Is Nothing Then A = Sheets("Names").Cells(c.Row, 3)
> End With
> If ActiveSheet.Name <> A Then ActiveSheet.Name = A
> End Sub
>
> You will see that I have had to resort to using [ ] around the named range,
> which is the only way I could get the code to run.
> I tried With Range("CompNames") which is what the Help seemed to indicate,
> and tried including the sheet name and the workbook name, but none of those
> worked.
>
> I have checked the spelling of the named range, even copied and pasted it
> straight from the name box.
>
> When I use With Range("CompNames") it returns the following error:
>
> Runtime error '1004':
> Method 'Range' of object '_Worksheet' failed
>
> Anyone had a problem with this before?
>
> Regards - Dave.
>
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