Microsoft KB Archive/159957

= XL97: Run-time Error '1004' Accessing Locally Defined Name =

Article ID: 159957

Article Last Modified on 10/21/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q159957





SYMPTOMS
In a Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you attempt to access a locally defined name using the following syntax in Microsoft Excel 97:

Workbook.Names

where is a locally defined name, you receive the following run-time error:

Run-time error '1004':

Application-defined or object-defined error



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you reference a locally defined name, and you fail to qualify the name with the name of the worksheet. For example, if you create a locally defined name called Sheet1!MyName in Microsoft Excel 97, the following line of code fails: MsgBox Activeworkbook.Names("MyName").Name This syntax is incorrect because the locally defined name is not qualified with the name of the worksheet.

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.

NOTE: Microsoft Excel 5.0 and 7.0 allow this syntax, and they return the expected results if the sheet that contains the name is the active sheet when you run the macro.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, qualify the locally defined name with its worksheet name. The following examples illustrate the correct syntax to use when you reference a locally defined name: MsgBox Activeworkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Names("MyName").Name

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MsgBox Activeworkbook.Names("Sheet1!MyName").Name

Additional query words: XL97 level 8.0 8.00

Keywords: kbprogramming kbdtacode KB159957

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