Microsoft KB Archive/116280

= Err Msg:"Cannot Find Macro" Running Macro from Object =

Article ID: 116280

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q116280



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you have a defined name in a workbook that is the same as a macro name on a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications module, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Cannot find macro

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The macro ' ' cannot be found.

where is the name of the macro assigned to the object.



RESOLUTION
To ensure that this message does not occur, do either of the following:  Use unique names for macros as well as names on worksheets. -or-

 Specify the complete path to the macro, as in the following example:

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MORE INFORMATION
Worksheet names or Excel 4.0 Macro sheet names take precedence over the names of macros on module sheets. Because of this order of precedence, the macro name assigned to the object is replaced with the newly defined workbook name (which is not a macro).

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c 7.00a macro XL5 XL7 XL97 XL98 XL

Keywords: kbprogramming kbprb KB116280

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