XL98: Worksheet Change Event Error Using Names Property

ID: Q184094

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When the Change event of a worksheet occurs, you receive the following error message:

   Run-time error '1004':
   Application-defined or object-defined error

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you reference the Names property in the Change event procedure as in the following example:

   Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target as Excel.Range)
      Names.Item("Test").RefersTo = "=$a$1"
   End Sub

RESOLUTION

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The Names property returns the Names collection, which is a collection of all the Name objects in the application or workbook. When you use the Names property within a worksheet-level event procedure and do not precede it with the workbook that it refers to, a run-time error occurs. To eliminate this error, include the workbook object or the ActiveWorkbook object before the Names property.

The following sample code accesses the Names collection of the active workbook:

   Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target as Excel.Range)
      ActiveWorkbook.Names.Item("Test").RefersTo = "=$a$1"
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the Names collection, click the Office Assistant, type "Names Collection," click Search, and then click to view "Names Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q179216
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

Additional query words: XL98 fire vbe

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999