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Hope that helps,

Phil
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Const MsgString As String = "Enter a name for this category:" & vbCrLf &
vbCrLf _
& "Please make sure that the name does not exceed" & vbCrLf _
& "31 characters including spaces." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
& "Permitted word separators a" & vbCrLf _
& "Spaces [ ], Commas [ , ], Underscores [ _ ]," & vbCrLf _
& "Dashes [ - ] and Ampersands [ & ]." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
& "Make sure that the name does not contain any of the following
characters:" & vbCrLf _
& "/ \ ? * [ ] ! =" _

If CheckName(NewTabName) = True Then
MsgBox Prompt:=MsgString, _
Buttons:=vbCritical + vbOKOnly,
_
title:="Help", _
HelpFile:=ThisWorkbook.Path &
"\"
& "Internet Links Organiser.chm", _
Context:=10004
Else
'.....
end if
Function CheckName(ByVal NewSheetName As String)
Dim NonValidChars(8), j
Dim bFound As Boolean
Dim pos
NonValidChars(1) = "["
NonValidChars(2) = "]"
NonValidChars(3) = "*"
NonValidChars(4) = "/"
NonValidChars(5) = "\"
NonValidChars(6) = "?"
NonValidChars(7) = "!"
NonValidChars(8) = "="
For j = 1 To 8
If InStr(NewSheetName, NonValidChars(j)) 0 Then
bFound = True
End If
Next j
CheckName = bFound
End Function
"Tim" wrote in
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Hi All,

some help would be gratefully appreciated: i have written a small piece
of
vba to create a file name from a mixture of comboboxes (userform) and
cells
(worksheet), then saves the file (saveas).

it works fine, but i want some automated way of making sure no 'illegal'
characters are used in those 'boxes / cells (eg, ':' or '\'). is there a
single instruction that looks for all such charatcers (that i could then
use
in a find-replace or if-then statement?). currently, it causes an error
and
stops the macro or if '\' occurs somewhere in the string, it results in
an
extra directory being formed (named from the contents to the left of the
'\'), which is at best confusing!

tia,

tim