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

Neal,

Assuming "xyz" & "abc" are "named ranges", where do they point?

regards,

JohnI

"Neal Steiner" wrote in message
...
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

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
...
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

Ronald,

Thanks for the suggestion and clarification. I will
delete the bad code and try this code instead. I was not
sure if it was the code or if my computer is going bad
(i.e. code written on a bad sector), but I do not know
enough about computers to make that judgement.

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
...
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


.

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
...
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


.

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
...
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
...
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


.

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
...
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
...
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


.



.

I don't think I've seen excel die with a fatal error on a line like this. (My
code could stop processing, but excel itself keeps running.)

But I don't have a guess either.

I would try Rob Bovey's code cleaner (available from: http://www.appspro.com)
to see if that cleaned up the problem.



Neal Steiner wrote:

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

--

Dave Peterson