Microsoft KB Archive/175293

= XL97: Worksheet Change Event Error Using Names Property =

Article ID: 175293

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q175293





SYMPTOMS
When the Change event of a worksheet is triggered, 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 demonstrates accessing 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

