>>>>>Try it.
>>>>>It comes up as "$C$3". Numbers may be easier but how do you insert them into a .range statement?
>>>>>

>>>>>.range(.activecell.address + ":D4").select
>>>>>

>>>>>works for me.
>>>>
>>>>For a range statement, I use, for example: .Range(.Cells(lnRow1, lnCol1), .Cells(lnRow2, lnCol2))
>>>>
>>>>Still easier to work with numbers, for the cases where the range can vary.
>>>>
>>>>However, specifying the range this way is somewhat cumbersome; so I have created a method, in my reporting class, that returns an Excel range, when I pass the four parameters (specifying the upper-left and lower-right corner).
>>>
>>>
>>>And .Cells is a component of what??
>>
>>Of a sheet object, just like .Cells().
>
>Then I would expect
>

>oexcel.Range(oexcel.activesheet.cells(7,3)).Select
>

>would work, but it doesn't.


A selection is expecting an address so you need:

oexcel.Range(oexcel.activesheet.cells(7,3).Address).Select()