Trouble with Automating Naming Ranges (runtime error 424)

[bloodmilksky]

Hi Guys,

I am trying to use the below to run through values in Column A on a Sheet Named "Report" and Create these ranges in a Sheet called "Holidays_Requested" but everytime I it pops up with Object Required Runtime error 424.

can anyone help or know of an alternative way of creating named ranges using VBA.

Sub TransposeRange_new_code()    Dim OutRange As Range
    Dim x As Long, y As Long
    Dim sKey As String
    Dim maxCount As Long
    Dim data, dic, keys, items, dataout()


    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    data = Sheets("Report").Range("A2:E" & Report.Cells(Report.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row).Value2


    Set dic = CreateObject("scripting.dictionary")
    Set OutRange = Sheets("Holidays_Requested").Range("B2")


    For x = 1 To UBound(data, 1)
        If Trim$(data(x, 1)) <> "_" Then
        sKey = Trim$(data(x, 1)) & Chr(0) & Trim$(data(x, 2))
        If Not dic.exists(sKey) Then dic.Add sKey, CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
        dic(sKey).Add x, Array(data(x, 4), data(x, 5))
        If dic(sKey).Count > maxCount Then maxCount = dic(sKey).Count
        End If
    Next


    ReDim dataout(1 To maxCount + 1, 1 To dic.Count * 3)
    keys = dic.keys
    items = dic.items
    For x = LBound(keys) To UBound(keys)
        dataout(1, x * 3 + 1) = Split(keys(x), Chr(0))(0)
        dataout(1, x * 3 + 2) = Split(keys(x), Chr(0))(1)
        For y = 1 To items(x).Count
            dataout(1 + y, x * 3 + 1) = items(x).items()(y - 1)(0)
            dataout(1 + y, x * 3 + 2) = items(x).items()(y - 1)(1)
        Next y
    Next




    OutRange.Resize(UBound(dataout, 1), UBound(dataout, 2)).Value2 = dataout


    For x = 1 To UBound(keys)
        OutRange.Offset(0, (x - 1) * 3).Resize(maxCount, 2).Name = "" & validName(Split(keys(x - 1), Chr(0))(0))
        With OutRange.Offset(0, (x - 1) * 3 + 1)
            .Hyperlinks.Add anchor:=.Cells(1), Address:="mailto://" & .Value2, TextToDisplay:=.Value2
        End With
    Next


End Sub

 

[Jerry Sullivan]

Hi bloodmilksky,

The method that you're using to create names should work.

The Object Required Runtime Error 424, implies there's a problem with the reference to OutRange - typically this happens when the variable is set to Nothing.

I don't see anything in your code that would cause OutRange to lose the assignment to Sheets("Holidays_Requested").Range("B2"), so that might take some debugging to trace why that is happening.

Do you have any event code, such as Worksheet_Change the might be getting triggered when dataout values are written to the worksheet?