Hi. I was wondering if there was a way for a macro to detect if there was a
field name already in use for a workbook?

I already tried...
If Exist Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") Then

As well as...
If Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") = True Then


Thanks very much,
Rob

Function NameExist(s As String) As Boolean
Dim n As Name
NameExist = False
If ActiveWorkbook.Names.Count = 0 Then Exit Function
For Each n In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If s = n.Name Then
NameExist = True
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function


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Gary''s Student - gsnu200826


"Rob" wrote:

Hi. I was wondering if there was a way for a macro to detect if there was a
field name already in use for a workbook?

I already tried...
If Exist Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") Then

As well as...
If Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") = True Then


Thanks very much,
Rob

adjust "sth" name to suit yr needs

Sub cus2()
Dim nom As Name

For Each nom In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If nom.Name = "sth" Then
MsgBox "Name 'sth' exists in this workbook"
End If
Next nom

End Sub

On 14 Sty, 14:23, Rob wrote:
Hi. *I was wondering if there was a way for a macro to detect if there was a
field name already in use for a workbook?

I already tried...
If Exist Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") Then

As well as...
If Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") = True Then

Thanks very much,
Rob

Thank You Very Much! That Worked Perfectly!

Cheers.


"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Function NameExist(s As String) As Boolean
Dim n As Name
NameExist = False
If ActiveWorkbook.Names.Count = 0 Then Exit Function
For Each n In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If s = n.Name Then
NameExist = True
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function


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Gary''s Student - gsnu200826


"Rob" wrote:

Hi. I was wondering if there was a way for a macro to detect if there was a
field name already in use for a workbook?

I already tried...
If Exist Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") Then

As well as...
If Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") = True Then


Thanks very much,
Rob

dim myName as Name

Set myName = nothing
on error resume next
set myname = Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1")
on error goto 0

if myname is nothing then
'doesn't exist
else
'does exist
end if



Rob wrote:

Hi. I was wondering if there was a way for a macro to detect if there was a
field name already in use for a workbook?

I already tried...
If Exist Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") Then

As well as...
If Workbooks("Export.xls").Names("DATA1") = True Then

Thanks very much,
Rob

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Dave Peterson