XL: Sample Macro to Retrieve Defined Name of the ActiveCell

ID: Q125960

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
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 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 object or property, choose Contents from the Help menu. Choose Programming with Visual Basic, then select the Search button and type:

   Name

Select the desired topic and choose the Go To button.

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