Do you actually want to put the formula in the cell?

Sub AB()
ans = Application.Max(Range("C250").Offset(-106).Resize(106, 1))
msgbox "Next available Non Residential number is " & ans
End Sub

if you do:

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 " & [C250]
End Sub

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"melody" wrote in message
...

-- 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 I'm
getting a run time error.
Had programming experience in the past but it's 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