Microsoft KB Archive/161214

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XL97: How to Programmatically Change the Project Name Property

Article ID: 161214

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 Q161214

SUMMARY

By default, when you open a new workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, the Name property for the workbook project is "VBAProject" (without the quotation marks). This naming convention may cause a problem if you manually or programmatically attempt to create a reference from one project to another. If you try to create a reference between two projects that have the same Name property, you receive the following error message:

Name conflicts with existing module, project, or object library

You can change the Name property for a project in the Visual Basic Editor Properties window in the Visual Basic Editor, or you can programmatically change the Name property. This article provides sample macro code for changing the Name property of a project.

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To programmatically change the Name property of a project, do the following:

1. Close and save any open workbooks.
2. Open a new workbook and start the Visual Basic Editor (ALT+F11).
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.

4. In the module sheet, type the following code:

         Sub Change_Name()
   
             NewName = InputBox("Type your new project name")
   
             If NewName <> "" Then   'You did not click Cancel in the InputBox
                 Application.VBE.VBProjects("VBAProject").Name = NewName
             End If
   
         End Sub
                           

5. Run the Change_Name macro.
6. When you are prompted, type a name for the project and click OK.

The Name property for the project is changed to the name you typed in the input box.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

160647 XL97: How to Programmatically Create a Reference

156882 XL97 Err Msg: "Name Conflicts with Existing Module"

REFERENCES

For more information about References, click the Index tab in Visual Basic for Applications Help, type the following text

references, adding to project

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "References Command (Tools Menu)" topic.

Additional query words: 97 for Windows XL97

Keywords: kbdtacode kbprogramming KB161214

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