Ronald,

I forgot about using value. Maybe that is why the first
file is bombing out. Everything is in one workbook, but I
think I will reference it with the worksheets. My only
question is why would this cause a fatal Excel error and
not just a VBA error?


-----Original Message-----
Okay, if you are after the value as I assume you are and
both ranges are 1
cell ranges, you could try the following:

Range("EndDate").Value = Range("MainDate").End
(xlDown).Value

If you are trying to refer to a workbook that is
different from the workbook
that is currently active, you may have problems. Another
thing, are the
range names workbook level or worksheet level? If they
are worksheet level,
it is best that you prequalify your range objects with
the proper worksheet
object, and the same can hold true with prequalifying
your worksheet objects
with the proper workbook object.

--
Ronald R. Dodge, Jr.
Production Statistician
Master MOUS 2000
"Neal" wrote in message
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Ronald,

Here is the actual code. I tried the code on another
spreadsheet and it works. Something else is messing up
the original file.

Range("EndDate") = Range("MainDate").End(xlDown)

This works in a different file. EndDate is in one sheet
and MainDate is in another sheet on the same workbook.

Neal


-----Original Message-----
If Range("xyz") is greater than 1 range, than that can
very easily cause a
problem as VBA in this cause is attempting to have the
value of the range =
the value of the cell that has been led to by the End
method on the Range of
("abc"). If you trying to copy and past of what at the
end of the range of
Range("abc") to the range of Range("xyz"), then the
following would suffice

Range("xyz").End(xlDown).Copy
ActiveWorksheet.Paste(Range("xyz"))

--
Ronald R. Dodge, Jr.
Production Statistician
Master MOUS 2000
"Neal Steiner" wrote in message
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Dear Experts,

I have a file in Excel 97 that I have been building
for
some months. Yesterday, I added just one line of
code
that is Range("xyz")=range("abc").end(xldown). When
I
ran
the macro, I got a fatal error - excel needs to
shutdown.
When I made this line a comment line, everything
worked.
When I tried to delete the line, excel got hung up.
Any
suggestions on how to fix this or delete this?
Thanks
in
advance since I do not want to lose the entire file.

Neal


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