Copy named ranges to the active sheet - vba

Question

I'm trying to copy named ranges from the Wk1 worksheet to the active sheet in the workbook.
I keep getting error messages when I run the code. They either say an Object is not set or a variable has not been declared.
Sub ChangeNamedRangesOnNewWKsheet()
Dim RangeName As Name
Dim HighlightRange As Range
Dim RangeName2 As String
Dim NewRangeName As String
Dim Ws As Worksheets
Dim cs As Worksheet
Set cs = Application.ActiveSheet
''''' Delete invalid named ranges
For Each RangeName In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If InStr(1, RangeName.RefersTo, "#REF!") > 0 Then
RangeName.Delete
End If
Next RangeName
For Each RangeName In Ws
If InStr(1, RangeName, "Wk1", 1) > 0 Then
Set HighlightRange = RangeName.RefersToRange
NewRangeName = Replace(RangeName.Name, "Wk1", "cs.Name")
RangeName2 = Replace(RangeName, "='Wk1'", "'cs.Name'")
On Error Resume Next
HighlightRange.Copy Destination:=Worksheets("cs.Name").Range(RangeName2)
Range(RangeName2).Name = NewRangeName
On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next RangeName
MsgBox "Done"
End Sub
Ive changed the code to this. Im not getting error messages but the code is still not working. the named ranges are not copying from the Wk1 sheet to the Active sheet. The only thing that happens is that the Message Box Opens
Sub ChangeNamedRangesOnNewWKsheet()
Dim RangeName As Name
Dim HighlightRange As Range
Dim RangeName2 As String
Dim NewRangeName As String
Dim Cs As Worksheet
Set Cs = Application.ActiveSheet
''''' Delete invalid named ranges
For Each RangeName In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If InStr(1, RangeName.RefersTo, "#REF!") > 0 Then
RangeName.Delete
End If
Next RangeName
For Each RangeName In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If InStr(1, RangeName, "Wk1", 1) > 0 Then
Set HighlightRange = RangeName.RefersToRange
NewRangeName = Replace(RangeName.Name, "Wk1", "cs.Name")
RangeName2 = Replace(RangeName, "='Wk1'", "'cs.Name'")
On Error Resume Next
HighlightRange.Copy Destination:=Worksheets("cs.Name").Range(RangeName2)
Range(RangeName2).Name = NewRangeName
On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next RangeName
MsgBox "Done"
End Sub

Answer 1

Took me some time to figure out whats not working when there is no error, but finally I think I managed to figure out the issue.
Replace the following line in your code
HighlightRange.Copy Destination:=Worksheets("cs.Name").Range(RangeName2)
to:
HighlightRange.Copy Destination:=Worksheets(cs.Name).Range(HighlightRange.Address)
This should give you desired result.
Syntax for Copy to destination is Destination:=Worksheets("sheet_name").Range(range). Here sheet_name should be the name of the sheet. So when you write Worksheets("cs.Name") code looks for the sheet named cs.Name which actually does not exist hence just use Worksheets(cs.Name). Second thing here is range (just to explain things better I am using $A$1:$A$5 as range). When you write .Range(RangeName2) code is looking for 'cs.Name'!$A$1:$A$5. Again this is incorrect because range should be written as .Range($A$1:$A$5). So .Range(HighlightRange.Address) will give you the proper range.
You can also play out in the line RangeName2 = Replace(RangeName, "='Wk1'", "'cs.Name'") to get proper address.
Hope this helps.
EDIT :
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example of what i want. copy the named range Wk1Totalhrs from Wk1 sheet to Wk2-Wk7 sheets so that Wk1Totalhrs becomes Wk2Totalhrs,Wk3Totalhrs etc on the corresponding new sheet
Try the following code to achieve what you mentioned as your requirement in comment (or as above).
Sub ChangeNamedRangesOnNewWKsheet()
Dim RangeName As Name
Dim HighlightRange As Range
Dim RangeName2 As String, NewRangeName As String, SearchRange As String
Dim MyWrkSht As Worksheet, cs As Worksheet
Set MyWrkSht = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Wk1")
SearchRange = "Wk1Totalhrs" '---> enter name of the range to be copied
''''' Delete invalid named ranges
For Each RangeName In MyWrkSht.Names
If InStr(1, RangeName.RefersTo, "#REF!") > 0 Then
RangeName.Delete
End If
Next RangeName
'For Each RangeName In MyWrkSht.Names ActiveWorkbook.Names
For Each RangeName In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If RangeName.Name = SearchRange Then '---> search for the named range Wk1Totalhrs
Set HighlightRange = RangeName.RefersToRange
For Each cs In ActiveWorkbook.Sheets
Debug.Print cs.Name
If cs.Name <> "Wk1" Then '---> don't do anything in the sheet Wk1
NewRangeName = Replace(RangeName.Name, "Wk1", cs.Name)
RangeName2 = Replace(RangeName, "='Wk1'", cs.Name)
HighlightRange.Copy Destination:=Worksheets(cs.Name).Range(HighlightRange.Address)
Range(RangeName2).Name = NewRangeName
End If
Next cs
End If
Next RangeName
End Sub

Answer 2

I think it's just as simple as this.
Public Sub ShowNames()
Dim Nm As Name
Dim i As Long
For Each Nm In ActiveWorkbook.Names
i = i + 1
Range("A1").Offset(i, 0).Value = Nm
Next Nm
End Sub

Answer 3

Im not getting error messages but the code is still not working.the named ranges are not copying from the Wk1 sheet to the Active sheet.
The following line will return false positives when the named range starts with or contains WK10, WK11, etc.
If InStr(1, RangeName, "Wk1", 1) > 0 Then
A little further down, you are quoting a variable property; this makes it a literal string, not the value of the variable property.
NewRangeName = Replace(RangeName.Name, "Wk1", "cs.Name")
You need a more concrete way to identify the defined names on WK1. After looking closely at your problem, I believe that you may have one or more dynamic named ranges that are defined by formulas. This would explain some of the 'not working' behavior of your code that should be working with more conventional ReferTo: properties.
There is also the problem of whether you should rewrite the RefersTo: of an existing defined named range or add a new named range. One common practise is to simply attempt to delete the named range un On Error Resume Next and then create a new one. I've never liked this method for a variety of reasons; one being that deleting a named range will make dependent named ranges refer to #REF! and I've never considered on error resume next to be a 'best practise'.
The following builds a dictionary of keys containing named ranges to be created and ones that already exist using multiple criteria. I've tested this repeatedly on a combination of conventional and dynamic named ranges with success.
Option Explicit
Sub ChangeNamedRangesOnNewWKsheet()
Dim nm As Name
Dim rtr As String, nm2 As String
Dim w As Long
Dim k As Variant, dict As Object
Set dict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
dict.comparemode = vbTextCompare
With ActiveWorkbook
'Delete invalid named ranges and build dictionary of valid ones from WK1
For Each nm In .Names
If CBool(InStr(1, nm.RefersTo, "#REF!", vbTextCompare)) Or _
CBool(InStr(1, nm.RefersTo, "#NAME?", vbTextCompare)) Then
'Debug.Print nm.Name
On Error Resume Next
nm.Delete
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
ElseIf LCase(Left(nm.Name, 3)) = "wk1" And _
(CBool(InStr(1, nm.RefersTo, "wk1!", vbTextCompare)) Or _
CBool(InStr(1, nm.RefersTo, "'wk1'!", vbTextCompare))) Then
dict.Item(Mid(nm.Name, 4)) = LCase(nm.RefersTo)
ElseIf LCase(Left(nm.Name, 2)) = "wk" Then
dict.Item(nm.Name) = LCase(nm.RefersTo)
End If
Next nm
For w = 1 To Worksheets.Count
With Worksheets(w)
If LCase(.Name) <> "wk1" And Left(LCase(.Name), 2) = "wk" Then
For Each k In dict
If dict.exists(.Name & k) Then
.Parent.Names(.Name & k).RefersTo = _
Replace(LCase(dict.Item(k)), "wk1", .Name, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
ElseIf Left(LCase(k), 2) <> "wk" Then
.Parent.Names.Add _
Name:=.Name & k, _
RefersTo:=Replace(LCase(dict.Item(k)), "wk1", .Name, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
End If
Next k
End If
End With
Next w
End With
dict.RemoveAll: Set dict = Nothing
'MsgBox "All worksheets done"
End Sub
Note that this creates/redefines all named ranges on all worksheets (other than WK1). As far as I can determine, the only chance to have false positives would be to have an existing named range with a name something like WK1wkrange (but that would just be silly).

Answer 4

This code works
Public Sub CopyNamedRanges()
Dim namedRange As Name
Dim targetRefersTo As String
Dim targetName As String
On Error Resume Next
For Each namedRange In ActiveWorkbook.Names
If Left$(namedRange.RefersTo, 6) = "='Wk1'" And Left$(namedRange.Name, 3) = "Wk1" Then
targetName = Replace(namedRange.Name, "Wk1", ActiveSheet.Name)
targetRefersTo = Replace(namedRange.RefersTo, "Wk1", ActiveSheet.Name)
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add targetName, targetRefersTo ' Might error if it already exists
ActiveWorkbook.Names(targetName).RefersTo = targetRefersTo
namedRange.RefersToRange.Copy Range(targetName) ' Remove this line if it's not required
End If
Next
End Sub
How the code works
This part If Left$(namedRange.RefersTo, 6) = "='Wk1'"
makes sure that the range refers to some cells on the sheet called Wk1
The other condition (Left$(namedRange.Name, 3) = "Wk1") would also match named ranges on sheets Wk10 - Wk19.
This part ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add targetName, targetRefersTo will adds a new named range that refers to the cells on the current sheet
This part namedRange.RefersToRange.Copy Range(targetName) copies the contents of the named range on the Wk1 sheet to the current sheet (remove the line if you don't need it)

Answer 5

Dim RangeName As Variant Try changing the variable type