XL5: Cannot Use Visual Basic to Delete Names with Spaces

ID: Q124223

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, if you attempt to access local defined names that exist on worksheets whose names contain spaces by using the Names collection, as in the sample Visual Basic procedure below you will receive this error message:

Run-Time error '1004':
Names method of Workbook class failed
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure


   Sub DeleteName()
       For Each X In ActiveWorkbook.Names
           If X.Name = "'Product List'!test" Then   'Worksheet name
               X.Delete                             'contains a space.
           End If
       Next X
   End Sub


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0, Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c XL5 


Keywords          : kbcode kbprg 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999