If you don't need the MAX formula on your sheet for other reasons, do it all
with a single line

MsgBox "Next available Non Residential number is " & _
worksheetfunction.Max(activesheet.range("c144:c249 "))

"melody" wrote:


-- New to using VB to write macros€¦.trying to get largest number in a column
and display that number within a message box€¦.program will compile but Im
getting a run time error.
Had programming experience in the past but its been quite some time!!!


Sub nextnum()
'
' nextnum Macro
' allows user to see next available number to assign to project
'
' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+n
'
Range("C250").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=MAX(R[-106]C:R[-1]C)"
MsgBox "Next available Non Residential number is " & [ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1]
End Sub

mms