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VBA - ambiguous Name?

Hello Experts,

I am trying to use these two VBA codes... But it's giving me an error saying it's an ambiguous name.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    With Target
        If Not Intersect(Target, Range("pmDimensions")) Is Nothing Then
            Range("pmSeal").Value = ""
        End If
    End With
    Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    With Target
        If Not Intersect(Target, Range("pmObject")) Is Nothing Then
            Range("pmDimensions,pmSeal,pmBI").Value = ""
        End If
    End With
    Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

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I don't know enough about the code to fix it.

As you can see, I have the ranges/namecell that I want the code to look at - if that cell changes ,then clear the contents of the other cells.

The first section of code does work - and I basically copied it again, but in more named refs - figuring I could just reuse the code but clearly they don't work together.

Any ideas?

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Bill Prew

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@ bp

I assume we're talking about this line...

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

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I'm not sure what part of that line I need to change?

Bill Prew

Sorry, had to edit my first post, take a look now.

~bp

aikimark

Here's another way to write this:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Select Case False
        Case Intersect(Target, Range("pmDimensions")) Is Nothing
            Application.EnableEvents = False
            Range("pmSeal").ClearContents
            Application.EnableEvents = True
        
        Case Intersect(Target, Range("pmObject")) Is Nothing
            Application.EnableEvents = False
            Range("pmDimensions,pmSeal,pmBI").ClearContents
            Application.EnableEvents = True
    End Select
End Sub

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If this seems cluttered, we can refactor it with a new ClearRange routine, like this:

Public Sub ClearRange(parmRange As Range, Optional parmQuiet As Boolean = True)
    If parmQuiet Then
        Application.EnableEvents = False
        parmRange.ClearContents
        Application.EnableEvents = True
    Else
        parmRange.ClearContents
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Select Case False
        Case Intersect(Target, Range("pmDimensions")) Is Nothing
            ClearRange Range("pmSeal")
        
        Case Intersect(Target, Range("pmObject")) Is Nothing
            ClearRange Range("pmDimensions,pmSeal,pmBI")
    End Select
End Sub

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Martin Liss

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