XL: Macro to Copy All Range Names

ID: Q137806

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that copies all range names from the active workbook to another workbook.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

Sub Copy_All_Defined_Names()

   ' Loop through all of the defined names in the active
   ' workbook.
     For Each x In ActiveWorkbook.Names

      ' Add each defined name from the active workbook to
      ' the target workbook ("Book2.xls").
      ' "x.value" refers to the cell references the
      ' defined name points to.
      Workbooks("Book2.xls").Names.Add Name:=x.Name, _
         RefersTo:=x.Value
   Next x

End Sub

To verify that this sample macro code works, follow these steps to create defined names, and then run the macro:

1. In a new workbook, click cell A1.

2. On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define.

3. In the Define Names dialog box, in the Names In Workbook box, type

   "Range1" (without the quotation marks), and click OK.

4. Select cell B1.

5. On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define.

6. In the Define Names dialog box, in the Names In Workbook box, type

   "Range2" (without the quotation marks). Click OK.

7. Save this workbook as Book1.xls.

8. On the File menu, click New.

9. On the File menu, click Save, and save this workbook as Book2.xls.

After you run the macro, when you check the list of defined names in Book2.xls, you should see both "Range1" and "Range2" listed, and both defined names should refer to ranges in Book2.xls.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999