XL2000: Sample Macro to Retrieve Defined Name of the ActiveCell

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This article was previously published under Q213432

SUMMARY

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

When you attempt to obtain the defined name from the active cell, you 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 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

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REFERENCES

For more information about the Name object or property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type name in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic forApplications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

226118 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/226118/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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