Deleting Names in a Workbook

[Bill]

Hello,
I use names a lot in a workbook. When a worksheet is deleted, the names
remain. I would like to delete those that are valid. My thought was to
cycle through the names and try to go to the name. If an error is
caused, then delete the name. I used the code below but every name is
deleted. What am I doing wrong or is there an easier way to do this.

Thanks

Bill

Sub RemoveNamesNotThere()
nm = ActiveWorkbook.Names.Count
On Error GoTo 0
For j = nm To 1 Step -1
On Error Resume Next
NN = ActiveWorkbook.Names(j)
Application.Goto Reference:=NN
If Err <> 0 Then
ActiveWorkbook.Names(j).Delete
End If
On Error GoTo 0
Next j
CS.Activate
End Sub

 

[GKeramidas]

i couldn't get the iserror to work for me

give this a try

Sub name_ranges3()
Dim nm As Name
On Error Resume Next
For Each nm In ThisWorkbook.Names
If Left(nm, 5) = "=#REF" Then
nm.Delete
End If
Next nm


End Sub

 

[Guest]

try this,- delete all names

Sub DelNames()
Dim x
For Each x In ActiveWorkbook.Names
ActiveWorkbook.Names(x.Name).Delete
Next
End Sub

 

[Don Wiss]

I use names a lot in a workbook. When a worksheet is deleted, the names
remain. I would like to delete those that are valid.

Valid? I think you mean invalid. How about something like this?

Sub DeleteOldRangeNames()
Dim RN As Name
For Each RN In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If InStr(1, RN.RefersTo, "#REF", vbTextCompare) Then
RN.Delete
End If
Next RN
End Sub

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you're developing a workbook (a one time thing), you may want to use Jan
Karel Pieterse's (with Charles Williams and Matthew Henson) Name Manager:

You can find it at:
NameManager.Zip from http://www.oaltd.co.uk/mvp

Heck, if you use names, this will make you're life easier.

 

[RB Smissaert]

Sub DeleteInvalidNames()

Dim oName As Name
Dim strAddress As String

On Error Resume Next

For Each oName In ActiveWorkbook.Names
strAddress = oName.RefersToRange.Address
If Len(strAddress) = 0 Then
oName.Delete
End If
Next

End Sub


RBS

 

[Dave Peterson]

There are names that don't refer to ranges that will be deleted with this
routine.

 

[RB Smissaert]

Yes, true, hadn't thought about that.

RBS

There are names that don't refer to ranges that will be deleted with this
routine.

 

[Dave Peterson]

That's one of the reasons I'll use Jan Karel (and others) addin. They have so
many things that I would have never thought about already built in.

The bad news is that sometimes you just have to have your own code clean up a
mess.

 

[Peter T]

Names can refer to multi-areas any one of which might be missing. To cater
suggest change -

If Left(nm, 5) = "=#REF" Then

to
If InStr(nm.RefersTo, "#REF!") Then

I posted a full demo in this ng
subject: "Delete broken named ranges in sheet"
date: 15 August 2005

but for some reason I cannot find it in Google

The best solution though is as referred to by Dave Peterson in this thread.

Regards,
Peter T

 

[Peter T]

but for some reason I cannot find it in Google

Google Groups seems to have lost it, very strange. But Google finds it in
other places, eg

http://www.mailarchive.ca/lists/microsoft.public.excel.programming/2005-08/5
120.html

Regards,
Peter T