Microsoft KB Archive/125960

= Sample Macro to Retrieve Defined Name of the ActiveCell =

Article ID: 125960

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q125960





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

