Paul:

YES! It worked!!
Thanks so much for your patience throughout the 5 responses that you gave
me. You were generous with your time, and I learned a lot.
---Pat
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"PCLIVE" wrote:

Ok. Just expand the range in the line that has ClearContents.

Range("E59:O59").ClearContents

That should do it.


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"Patrick Riley" wrote in message
...
In VB Editor, I widened the right-hand code pane so that the code did not
wrap, that it had exactly the same line arrangement that I received. I
chose
to keep "Admin" (with one cap and four lower-case) as the key word.
I made sure that cell E59 was empty. When I ran the macro, I got an
error:

Run Time error '1004'
Cannot change part of a merged cell

The result was: cell E59 contained "Admin" (that is, E59 did not get
emptied
out).
Cell E59 is a merger of cells that, during the development of the file,
were
originally cells E59 thru O59 inclusive. Can't understand why Excel is
upset
with a merged cell.
---Pat

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Ok,

Let's try this. Be careful of wrap-around. With this code, you can
close
the sheet leaving E59 blank by typing a key word. In this case, the key
word is "Admin". Of course you can change that.

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, _
Cancel As Boolean)

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

If Range("E59").Value = "Admin" _
Then
Range("E59").ClearContents
Exit Sub
Else
End If
Loop

End Sub

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"Patrick Riley" wrote in message
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Paul:

The Input-Box code worked like a charm, with one blip: When I click
"Cancel"
in the Input Box, the Input Box closes (which is expected, and OK), but
then
a Save-File window opens, allowing me to save the file without filling
in
the
name field. (I made sure that the name field truly was blank.)
Does this phenomenon occur when you run the code?

---Pat

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Just to be sure, you are using:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, _
Cancel As Boolean)
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
End Sub

Are you sure E59 is currently empty. The code works when I attempt
saving.
But if there is a space or anything else in E59, no input box is
displayed.
Also, I saw in another post where you were to disable events. Make
sure
they are not currently disabled.

Regards.

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"Patrick Riley" wrote in
message
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Paul:

Thanks for taking the time to respond.
I deleted existing VB code, and used your code. After inserting
your
code,
nothing happened:
I could save file with name-field blank. I did not see an input-box
appear.
I saved file and re-opened, and got the same results: no input box,
could
still save file with name-field blank.

"PCLIVE" wrote:

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

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"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