SelectCell is a Range object, so this line:

Worksheets("Columns").Range(SelectCell).Value

is returning the value in the SelectCell, not the address.

Because Value is the default property of a Range, the first code line is
equivalent to:

Worksheets("Columns").Range(SelectCell.Value).Valu e

I think what you really want is something like:

Dim SelectCell As Range
Set SelectCell = Application.InputBox(prompt:="Select a cell", Type:=8)
SelectCell.Value = _
Application.InputBox(prompt:="Enter value", Type:=1)

This would also work:

Dim SelectCell As Range
Set SelectCell = Application.InputBox(prompt:="Select a cell", Type:=8)
Worksheets("Columns").Range(SelectCell.Address).Va lue = _
Application.InputBox(prompt:="Enter value", Type:=1)

To see the fully qualified range address referenced by SelectCell:

Debug.Print SelectCell.Address(External:=True)


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Tim Zych
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"Jerry McNabb" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to write a macro in an excel workbook. So far I have the
following:



Sub Initialize()
'Line 1

Dim SelectCell As Range
'Line 2
Dim clrGold As Integer
'Line 3

clrGold = Worksheets("Columns").Cells(13, 2).Interior.ColorIndex
'Line 4

Set SelectCell = Application.InputBox(prompt:="Select a cell", Type:=8)
'Line 5

Worksheets("Columns").Range(SelectCell).Value = _
Application.InputBox(prompt:="Enter value", Type:=1)
'Line 6
Worksheets("Columns").Range(SelectCell).Interior.C olorIndex = clrGold
'Line 7
Worksheets("Rows").Range(SelectCell).Interior.Colo rIndex = clrGold
'Line 8
Worksheets("Areas").Range(SelectCell).Interior.Col orIndex = clrGold
'Line 9

End Sub

Line 4 sets clrGold to 44.
In the InputBox for line 5, I enter B1.
In the InputBox for line 6, I enter 5.
Line 6 flags an error that says the object doesn't exist. I have tried
hard
coding the 5 but get the same result. If I comment out line 6, I get the
same
message on line 7. If I then comment out line 7, I get the same error on
line
8.

Any ideas?
Thanks for the help.