XL97: How to Programmatically Change the Project Name Property

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

By default, when you open a new workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, the Name property for the workbook project is "VBAProject" (without the quotation marks). This naming convention may cause a problem if you manually or programmatically attempt to create a reference from one project to another. If you try to create a reference between two projects that have the same Name property, you receive the following error message:

   Name conflicts with existing module, project, or object library

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1. Close and save any open workbooks.

2. Open a new workbook and start the Visual Basic Editor (ALT+F11).

3. On the Insert menu, click Module.

4. In the module sheet, type the following code:

         Sub Change_Name()
   
             NewName = InputBox("Type your new project name")
   
             If NewName <> "" Then   'You did not click Cancel in the InputBox
                 Application.VBE.VBProjects("VBAProject").Name = NewName
             End If
   
         End Sub
   
   

5. Run the Change_Name macro.

6. When you are prompted, type a name for the project and click OK.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q160647
   TITLE     : XL97: How to Programmatically Create a Reference

   ARTICLE-ID: Q156882
   TITLE     : XL97 Err Msg: "Name Conflicts with Existing Module"

REFERENCES

For more information about References, click the Index tab in Visual Basic for Applications Help, type the following text

   references, adding to project