Sheet Name Confusion

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George B

I have a workbook which I have created on a single sheet which was
originally titled "Sheet1". I have since changed the name to "Data". I
then added a second sheet, which Excel has titled "Sheet1". As long as I
restrict myself to Excel, there is no confusion. But when I switch to the
Visual Basic Editor, it lists my sheets as Sheet1(Data) and Sheet2(Sheet1).

Apparently, there are two sets of names. Do I need to use one set when
programming in VBA, and the other for formulas in cells? What's going on,
and how does an experienced macro programmer deal with this situation?

George Borrmann
 
Hi George

If you use the code name(the first one) in your code
and protect your VBA code then people can't change this name.
They can only change the tab name

So If you use this
Sheet1.Range("a1").Value = 100
this code will always work

If you use this
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("a1").Value = 100

And you change the Tab name your don't work anymore
 
Create variables for the sheets to avoid the confusion.

Dim sheet1 As Worksheet
Dim data As Worksheet

Set sheet1 = Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
Set data = Worksheets(“Data”)

Data.Cells(1, 1).Value = “Hi there!”

- Pikus
 
Hi

If you want to avoid errors when a user rename a sheet tab use the
code name like in my example Pikus
 
I understand your first post, but I don't see how that relates to whe
someone changes the names of the sheets and/or moves them around. Di
I miss something? - Piku
 
If your VBA code says
Set sheet1 = Worksheets("Sheet1")
and a user renames Sheet1 to say 'Summary', then your code is going to fail.

If you use the codename, this cannot happen as the user in Excel cannot
change the codename. Renaming a sheet has no effect upon the codename.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
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But how do you use that designator in a certain workbook? i.e
"Workbooks(1).Sheet1" doesn't work. Nor doe
"Workbooks.Sheest(Sheet1)" or "Workbooks.Sheets.Sheet1"

Thanks in advance for clearing this up. - Piku
 
No, you don't need to set a worksheet object as you did in your example.
When you want to refer to anything on the sheet, such as a range, you just
use something like

Sheet1.Range("A1")

Personally, I always change my codename properties (you change the name
property in the properties window to have a meaningful name, such as shData,
or shSummary.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
 
Bob,

I'm still not clear on how you specify which workbook Sheet1 is in, as per
pikus's previous post. So, if my code is in Book1, how do I specify Sheet1
in Book2?

Doug

Bob Phillips said:
No, you don't need to set a worksheet object as you did in your example.
When you want to refer to anything on the sheet, such as a range, you just
use something like

Sheet1.Range("A1")

Personally, I always change my codename properties (you change the name
property in the properties window to have a meaningful name, such as shData,
or shSummary.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
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