Hi Albert,

you can name cells or a range of cells in Excel. I've never done it, but I'm sure you can then use the name in Automating it. Check the Excel help for "Name cells in a workbook". Basically, when you have the cell/range selected you just click in the Name box and change the name there. For example if I am in cell A1, I click on the name A1 (to the left of the formula bar) and type in a new name.

Hope this helps

>Hi all,
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>Is there a more maintainable way to code VFP automation of Excel other than "dead reckoning" of cells e.g.
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>oExcel.ActiveWookBook.ActiveSheet.Range("B5").Value = 100
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>My client has given me a very complex template to push data across to - I can see coding in hundreds of lines and then them adding a new row half way down the sheet and I have to then go in and increment every cell reference by 1 row.
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>In Word, I used bookmarks to "tag" a spot in the document and so as long as the bookmark exists, I can find it and insert text. Users can therefore continue to add or change text as long as they leave the bookmarks in.
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>Does Excel have the ability to "tag" a cell with a name (within the template) so that I can find the cell by name and update it's data?
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>Albert