XL98: Sample Macro to Retrieve Defined Name of the ActiveCell

ID: Q192894

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that will retrives the name defined for the active cell.

When you attempt to obtain the defined name from the active cell, you will need to use the Name object with the Name property.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

To retrieve the defined name that has been applied to a range of cells, you must use the Name property of the name object.

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure assigns the defined name of a cell to a variable and displays this name in a message box.

   Sub ShowName()
      Dim Cell_Name As String

      Cell_Name = ActiveCell.Name.Name
      MsgBox Cell_Name
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the Name Property, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "name," click Search, and then click to view "Name Property (Excel 97)."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode xlvbahowto xlvbainfo 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999