Microsoft KB Archive/213432

= XL2000: Sample Macro to Retrieve Defined Name of the ActiveCell =

Article ID: 213432

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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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

