Try stepping through this in a general module:

Option Explicit
Sub testme()

Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim ws1 As Worksheet
Dim rng As Range

Set ws = Worksheets.Add
Set ws1 = Worksheets.Add

ws1.Select
'this works
Set rng = ws.Range(ws.Cells(2, 1), ws.Cells(3, 1))

'how about:
Set rng = ws.Range(Cells(2, 1), Cells(3, 1))

'how about
Set rng = Range(ws.Cells(2, 1), ws.Cells(3, 1))
End Sub

Now copy the exact code and put it behind a worksheet and step through it.

You may want to comment out the failing step and rerun to get to the other
lines.


Gary Keramidas wrote:

thanks dave and tom. they all seemed to work for me, but i guess qualifying them
every range is the best bet.

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Gary

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
the summation.

If you qualify one, qualify all. If not, qualify none (choosing something
in between is a waste of time and effort).

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

The top one is my favorite of your 3 choices--only because the bottom two may
fail.

this one:
ws.range(cells(2,1),cells(3,1)).select
didn't qualify the cells().

This one:
range(ws.cells(2,1),ws.cells(3,1))
didn't qualify the range().

It'll depend on where the code is and what the activesheet is and what ws is.
If you hit the perfect storm, you may have to spend time debugging.



Gary Keramidas wrote:

may have asked this before, but which of these is preferable? (disregarding
the
select<g)

ws.range(ws.cells(2,1),ws.cells(3,1)).select
ws.range(cells(2,1),cells(3,1)).select
range(ws.cells(2,1),ws.cells(3,1)).select
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Gary

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson