Hi Excel users and experts

Excel 2002

From help I get the following to name a workbook. It errors out with a
yellow line. I tried the macro recorder but it give the file name and a
whole string of stuff I don't want using Save As.

Am I missing a menu item that will allow me to record a workbook name
change??? (The AutoFit is just part of the code to format a sheet)

Columns("A:K").Columns.AutoFit
Workbook.Names.Add Name:="The Newest"

Thanks,
Howard

What you got from the macro recorder is going to be closer to what you want.
You can not just change the name of a file. You need to save it. The first
time you save something it is by default a save as operation...

dim wbkNew as workbook

set wbknew = workbooks.add
with wbknew
.saveas "C:\Myfile.xls"
.close 'or whatever you want to do with then new book
end with
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"L. Howard Kittle" wrote:

Hi Excel users and experts

Excel 2002

From help I get the following to name a workbook. It errors out with a
yellow line. I tried the macro recorder but it give the file name and a
whole string of stuff I don't want using Save As.

Am I missing a menu item that will allow me to record a workbook name
change??? (The AutoFit is just part of the code to format a sheet)

Columns("A:K").Columns.AutoFit
Workbook.Names.Add Name:="The Newest"

Thanks,
Howard

This is from the VBA help file:

The Name property returns the workbook name. You cannot set the name by
using this property; if you need to change the name, use the SaveAs method to
save the workbook under a different name.

"L. Howard Kittle" wrote:

Hi Excel users and experts

Excel 2002

From help I get the following to name a workbook. It errors out with a
yellow line. I tried the macro recorder but it give the file name and a
whole string of stuff I don't want using Save As.

Am I missing a menu item that will allow me to record a workbook name
change??? (The AutoFit is just part of the code to format a sheet)

Columns("A:K").Columns.AutoFit
Workbook.Names.Add Name:="The Newest"

Thanks,
Howard

Thanks Jim and JL, that sheds some light on it.

Regards,
Howard

"L. Howard Kittle" wrote in message
...
Hi Excel users and experts

Excel 2002

From help I get the following to name a workbook. It errors out with a
yellow line. I tried the macro recorder but it give the file name and a
whole string of stuff I don't want using Save As.

Am I missing a menu item that will allow me to record a workbook name
change??? (The AutoFit is just part of the code to format a sheet)

Columns("A:K").Columns.AutoFit
Workbook.Names.Add Name:="The Newest"

Thanks,
Howard