XL2000: How to Programmatically Change the Project Name Property

By default, when you open a new workbook in Microsoft Excel 2000, 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, the following error message appears: You can change the Name property for a project in the Properties window in the Visual Basic Editor, or you can programmatically change the Name property. This article provides sample macro code for changing the Name property of a project.

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1. Close and save any open workbooks.
2. Open a new workbook and start the Visual Basic Editor (press 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.

The Name property for the project is changed to the name you typed in the input box.

For additional information about programmatically changing the Name property, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about references, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type references command(tools menu) in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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