Fatal Error in Excel with one line in a macro

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Neal Steiner

Dear Experts,

I have a file in Excel 97 that I have been building for
some months. Yesterday, I added just one line of code
that is Range("xyz")=range("abc").end(xldown). When I ran
the macro, I got a fatal error - excel needs to shutdown.
When I made this line a comment line, everything worked.
When I tried to delete the line, excel got hung up. Any
suggestions on how to fix this or delete this? Thanks in
advance since I do not want to lose the entire file.

Neal
 
Neal,

Assuming "xyz" & "abc" are "named ranges", where do they point?

regards,

JohnI
 
If Range("xyz") is greater than 1 range, than that can very easily cause a
problem as VBA in this cause is attempting to have the value of the range =
the value of the cell that has been led to by the End method on the Range of
("abc"). If you trying to copy and past of what at the end of the range of
Range("abc") to the range of Range("xyz"), then the following would suffice

Range("xyz").End(xlDown).Copy
ActiveWorksheet.Paste(Range("xyz"))
 
Ronald,

Thanks for the suggestion and clarification. I will
delete the bad code and try this code instead. I was not
sure if it was the code or if my computer is going bad
(i.e. code written on a bad sector), but I do not know
enough about computers to make that judgement.

Neal
 
Ronald,

Here is the actual code. I tried the code on another
spreadsheet and it works. Something else is messing up
the original file.

Range("EndDate") = Range("MainDate").End(xlDown)

This works in a different file. EndDate is in one sheet
and MainDate is in another sheet on the same workbook.

Neal
 
Okay, if you are after the value as I assume you are and both ranges are 1
cell ranges, you could try the following:

Range("EndDate").Value = Range("MainDate").End(xlDown).Value

If you are trying to refer to a workbook that is different from the workbook
that is currently active, you may have problems. Another thing, are the
range names workbook level or worksheet level? If they are worksheet level,
it is best that you prequalify your range objects with the proper worksheet
object, and the same can hold true with prequalifying your worksheet objects
with the proper workbook object.
 
Ronald,

I forgot about using value. Maybe that is why the first
file is bombing out. Everything is in one workbook, but I
think I will reference it with the worksheets. My only
question is why would this cause a fatal Excel error and
not just a VBA error?
 
I don't think I've seen excel die with a fatal error on a line like this. (My
code could stop processing, but excel itself keeps running.)

But I don't have a guess either.

I would try Rob Bovey's code cleaner (available from: http://www.appspro.com)
to see if that cleaned up the problem.
 
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