Why not just have an input box that will populate the cell?

If IsEmpty(Sheets("Main").Range("E59").Value) _
Then
Range("E59").Value = InputBox("You must type in your name before " &
_
"this file can be saved.", "Enter Name.")
Else
End If


HTH,
Paul

--

"Patrick Riley" wrote in message
...
Thanks to some generous help from users of this site, I, with no Visual
Basic
knowledge, am using some VB code that requires the user to type his/her
name
into a given cell before the file can be saved, since the name must appear
on
the printed version. The user-name field is intentionally left blank. Upon
attempting to save, the code presents a message to type in the name, if
the
name-field is still blank.
Well, CATCH-22. This very code is preventing me from leaving the name
field
blank when I try to save the file in final form, ready for enduser use.
The code I am using is:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, _
Cancel As Boolean)
If IsEmpty(Sheets("Main").Range("E59").Value) Then
MsgBox "You must type in your name before " & _
"this file can be saved.", 16, "ERROR"
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub

Any suggestions?
---Pat Riley