Relative Column Absolute Row Code

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SewStage

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Hopefully a quick and easy solution: I have the following code that automatically creates defined names within a certain tab. It works great, but Name Manager continues to show it as $D$56 for instance and I need it to be D$56. I've searched Mr Excel and and the internet but am not a VBA expert at all, so I'm not sure of the correct syntax or where to put it within this code...?

VBA Code: 
Public Sub subCreateNamedRanges()
' https://www.mrexcel.com/board/threads/autofill-naming-defined-names.1234019/
Dim Ws As Worksheet
Dim strMsg As String
Dim rngRangeList As Range
Dim Rng As Range
Dim s As String
Dim NamedRange As Name
Dim strName As String
Dim blnSheet As Boolean
Dim rngAddress  As Range
Dim intRow As Integer
Dim strColumns As String
Dim strCodes As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim arrColumns() As String
Dim arrCodes() As String
Dim WsList As Worksheet
Dim intCount As Integer

    ActiveWorkbook.Save
    
    strMsg = "Do you want to set the named ranges for the '" & ActiveSheet.Name & "' worksheet?"
    
    If MsgBox(strMsg, vbYesNo, "Security Question") = vbNo Then
        MsgBox "Activate the correct sheet before you run this code.", vbOKOnly, "Information"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    Set Ws = ActiveSheet
    
    On Error Resume Next
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    Worksheets("NamedRangeList1234019").Delete
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    On Error GoTo 0
    Worksheets.Add after:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)
    ActiveSheet.Name = "NamedRangeList1234019"
    Set WsList = ActiveSheet
        
    WsList.Range("A2:F20000").Cells.ClearContents
    
    Ws.Activate
        
    strColumns = "D"
    arrColumns = Split(strColumns, ",")
    
    strCodes = Replace("PCBMO", " ", "", 1)
        
    arrCodes = Split(strCodes, ",")
    
    For i = LBound(arrColumns) To UBound(arrColumns)
                    
        For intRow = 1 To 25
        
            strName = arrCodes(i) & intRow
                    
            Set rngAddress = Ws.Cells(55 + intRow, Range(Trim(arrColumns(i)) & "1").Column)
                        
            With WsList
                .Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = strName
                .Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = "'" & Ws.Name & "!" & rngAddress.Address
            End With
            
            ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=rngAddress
            
            intCount = intCount + 1
            
        Next intRow
        
    Next i
    
    ActiveWorkbook.Save
    
    WsList.Activate
    
    With WsList.Range("A1").CurrentRegion
    
        .Font.Size = 16
        .Font.Name = "Arial"
        .EntireColumn.AutoFit
        .VerticalAlignment = xlCenter
        With .Rows(1)
            .Value = Array("Name", "Address")
            .Font.Bold = True
            .Interior.Color = RGB(219, 219, 219)
        End With
        .RowHeight = 28
        With .Borders
            .LineStyle = xlContinuous
            .Weight = xlThin
            .ColorIndex = vbBlack
        End With
        .IndentLevel = 1
        
    End With
    
    WsList.Range("A2").Select
    ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True
    
    strMsg = intCount & " named ranges have been created."
    strMsg = strMsg & vbCrLf & "These have been listed in the " & WsList.Name & " worksheet."
    
    MsgBox strMsg, vbInformation, "Confirmation"
            
End Sub
 

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I believe that is what the Name Manager always does. If you manually create a named range, it does the same thing.
However, if you have a named range that is defined to be $A$1:$C$3 and try to insert a row at row 2, the named range will automatically grow to: $A$1:$C$4

So, I guess the question is why do you think you need it to be $C56 instead of $C$56?
If we fully understand what you are trying to do and why, we may be able to provide alternatives.
 
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Here is an approach you can experiment with:
VBA Code: 
Dim RefStr As String
RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)
ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=RefStr
 
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Joe4 said:
I believe that is what the Name Manager always does. If you manually create a named range, it does the same thing.
However, if you have a named range that is defined to be $A$1:$C$3 and try to insert a row at row 2, the named range will automatically grow to: $A$1:$C$4

So, I guess the question is why do you think you need it to be $C56 instead of $C$56?
If we fully understand what you are trying to do and why, we may be able to provide alternatives.
Click to expand...
Thanks Joe4. To be clear, I need C$56 not $C56. I have a convoluted spreadsheet; bottom line is that I don't want to manually define names to all Jan-Dec columns and 25 rows, which would be 300 manual entries the next time I need to make a change to this range. I know from past defined names that if I enter C$56 it will carry across all 12 columns. This tab tracks the quantities of all the finished products I have; a different tab tracks the quantities of raw materials needed for each product; finally a third tab calculates current/monthly raw materials inventory based on a calculation of the first two tabs. Hopefully that provides more clarity.
 
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rlv01 said:
Here is an approach you can experiment with:
VBA Code: 
Dim RefStr As String
RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)
ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=RefStr
Click to expand...
Thank you. I know enough to know where to put the Dim RefStr As String line, but not sure the best place to insert the last two lines. I added them in the positions below in red, and though Name Manager *is* now showing it as D$56, the actual cell within the sheet is not. It also threw a ton of #VALUE! errors on another tab that utilizes these defined names, and I'm pretty sure it's because the words Product Completion by Mo. are included in the name...

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For i = LBound(arrColumns) To UBound(arrColumns)

For intRow = 1 To 25

strName = arrCodes(i) & intRow

Set rngAddress = Ws.Cells(55 + intRow, Range(Trim(arrColumns(i)) & "1").Column)

RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)

With WsList
.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = strName
.Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = "'" & Ws.Name & "!" & rngAddress.Address
End With

ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=rngAddress

ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=RefStr
 
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The only place I see in your code where you are adding/creating names is this statement:

VBA Code: 
        ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=rngAddress


So the way you would add it might be something like this

VBA Code: 
    Dim RefStr As String
    For i = LBound(arrColumns) To UBound(arrColumns)

        For intRow = 1 To 25

            strName = arrCodes(i) & intRow

            Set rngAddress = Ws.Cells(55 + intRow, Range(Trim(arrColumns(i)) & "1").Column)

            With WsList
                .Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = strName
                .Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = "'" & Ws.Name & "!" & rngAddress.Address
            End With

            RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)
            ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=RefStr

            intCount = intCount + 1

        Next intRow

    Next i
 
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rlv01 said:
The only place I see in your code where you are adding/creating names is this statement:

VBA Code: 
        ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=rngAddress


So the way you would add it might be something like this

VBA Code: 
    Dim RefStr As String
    For i = LBound(arrColumns) To UBound(arrColumns)

        For intRow = 1 To 25

            strName = arrCodes(i) & intRow

            Set rngAddress = Ws.Cells(55 + intRow, Range(Trim(arrColumns(i)) & "1").Column)

            With WsList
                .Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = strName
                .Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = "'" & Ws.Name & "!" & rngAddress.Address
            End With

            RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)
            ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=RefStr

            intCount = intCount + 1

        Next intRow

    Next i
Click to expand...
In red below is the first one...

For i = LBound(arrColumns) To UBound(arrColumns)

For intRow = 1 To 25

strName = arrCodes(i) & intRow

Set rngAddress = Ws.Cells(55 + intRow, Range(Trim(arrColumns(i)) & "1").Column)

RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)
 
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rlv01 said:
The only place I see in your code where you are adding/creating names is this statement:

VBA Code: 
        ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=rngAddress


So the way you would add it might be something like this

VBA Code: 
    Dim RefStr As String
    For i = LBound(arrColumns) To UBound(arrColumns)

        For intRow = 1 To 25

            strName = arrCodes(i) & intRow

            Set rngAddress = Ws.Cells(55 + intRow, Range(Trim(arrColumns(i)) & "1").Column)

            With WsList
                .Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = strName
                .Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2) = "'" & Ws.Name & "!" & rngAddress.Address
            End With

            RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)
            ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=strName, RefersTo:=RefStr

            intCount = intCount + 1

        Next intRow

    Next i
Click to expand...
I put your code where you suggested above and it kept the first $ - $D$56.
 
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SewStage said:
In red below is the first one...

For i = LBound(arrColumns) To UBound(arrColumns)

For intRow = 1 To 25

strName = arrCodes(i) & intRow

Set rngAddress = Ws.Cells(55 + intRow, Range(Trim(arrColumns(i)) & "1").Column)

RefStr = Split(rngAddress.Address(1, 0, , 1), "]")(1)
Click to expand...
yes
 
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