Automatically update SheetName in workbook sub if SheetName changes

[RichardRosema]

Hi
I'm using a fairly basic code to get a sheet name to equal a cell in a
worksheet.

Private Sub unpro()
Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Unprotect "provision"
ActiveSheet.Name = Range("g3").Value
Protect Password:="provision"
End Sub

However when range G3 changes, the following code (in ThisWorkbook)
fails - particularly at:
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Area").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden

ThisWorkbook code is:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
HideSheets
End Sub


Private Sub Workbook_Open()
UnhideSheets
End Sub


Private Sub HideSheets()
Dim sht As Object
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Warning").Visible = xlSheetVisible
'This sheet contains a message to the user.
For Each sht In ThisWorkbook.Sheets
If sht.Name <> "Warning" Then sht.Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Next sht
ThisWorkbook.Save
End Sub


Private Sub UnhideSheets()
Dim sht As Object
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each sht In ThisWorkbook.Sheets
sht.Visible = xlSheetVisible
Next sht
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Area").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

So of course, what I'd ideally need is for the workbook code to
recognise when the worksheet private sub changes the name of the tab.
E.g. SheetName "Area" might change to SheetName "Zone".

Any help would be appreciated. Please note I'm a VB novice and
knowledge is less than rudimentary.

Thanks

 

[paul.robinson]

Hi
If G3 always has the new sheet name then you could try
1. Put this at the top of your code module
Public NewSheetName as String

2. In the sub that captures the new sheet name do

NewSheetName = Range("G3").Text

3. Now you can use this in other subs like as
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(NewSheetName).Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden

regards
Paul

 

[Mike Fogleman]

Another way is to reference the sheet by it's codename, which will not
change when the tab name does. In the tree view of worksheets to the left of
the code module you see Sheet1(Warning), Sheet2(Area), Sheet3(MySheet)...
you can refer to Sheet2 like this:
ThisWorkbook.Sheet2.Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden

This will address Sheet2 no matter what tab name is assigned to it by the
cell value.

Mike F

Hi
If G3 always has the new sheet name then you could try
1. Put this at the top of your code module
Public NewSheetName as String

2. In the sub that captures the new sheet name do

NewSheetName = Range("G3").Text

3. Now you can use this in other subs like as
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(NewSheetName).Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden

regards
Paul

 

[RichardRosema]

Thanks to everyone. A couple of tweaks here and there to the code
using the suggestions did the trick.