Sorry, I meant to type single quotes.

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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That's a good way to fix the apostrophes in the worksheet name--not the
spaces.

(But it's a good fix!)

- wrote:

Or the modified version to capture single spaces in the sheet:

.name = "'" & Replace(sheet2name,"'","''") & "'!database

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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If there are no gaps in columns or rows, you could try this:

with worksheets(Sheet2Name)
.cells(sheet2firstrownum,1).currentregion.name _
= "'" & .name & "'!database"
end with

In any case, if you want to make the name local (a sheet level name),
you'll
want to add something like:

.name = "'" & worksheets(sheet2name).name & "'!database
or maybe just:
.name = "'" & sheet2name & "'!database

if sheet2name is really the name of the sheet.

Bob wrote:

I select a range by using the following code:

Worksheets(Sheet2Name).Cells(Sheet2FirstRowNum, 1).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select

Is there a way I can "convert" the aforementioned selected range
(which
can
vary) into the required R1C1 format so that I end up with something
like
this:

ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="Database", RefersToR1C1:= _
"=Worksheets(Sheet2Name)!R2C1:R18C11"

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson