I want to require the user to enter his/her name in a specific cell (E59)
before the user can save the file.
I tried using Data Validation where I specified Text Length between 1 and
40, and left blank the check-box for "Ignore Blank". Nope. I never
programmed in VBA, so I hope there is a simple solution (I might be OK with
some simple VBA code).
---Pat
P.S. I posted this yesterday (Mar 19 2008) and someone was kind enough to
respond, but Microsoft's link (in the auto-generated e-mail to me) to the
response did not work. I thank that individual for responding, and ask that
you please re-send your answer.

Put this in your ThisWorkbook code module. To access the VBA editor, press
Alt + F11. On the left you will see the Project window with sheet1, sheet2,
etc. and ThisWorkbook listed. Double click ThisWorkbook then copy and paste
this code into the big window.

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
RETRY:
userName = InputBox("Enter your first and last name.", "USER NAME")
If userName = False Or UserName = "" Then
MsgBox "You must enter your name to close this file."
GoTo RETRY:
End If
Range("E59") = userName
End Sub

When the user attempts to close the workbook, this code will run and will
not let them close until they enter something in the input box. Of course,
they can always use someone else's name.

"Patrick Riley" wrote:

I want to require the user to enter his/her name in a specific cell (E59)
before the user can save the file.
I tried using Data Validation where I specified Text Length between 1 and
40, and left blank the check-box for "Ignore Blank". Nope. I never
programmed in VBA, so I hope there is a simple solution (I might be OK with
some simple VBA code).
---Pat
P.S. I posted this yesterday (Mar 19 2008) and someone was kind enough to
respond, but Microsoft's link (in the auto-generated e-mail to me) to the
response did not work. I thank that individual for responding, and ask that
you please re-send your answer.