NamedRange.RefersTo Property
Gets or sets the formula that the NamedRange control is defined to refer to, using A1-style notation.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property RefersTo As String
Get
Set
string RefersTo { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: System.String
The formula that the NamedRange control is defined to refer to. The formula uses A1-style notation and begins with an equal sign.
Remarks
Use the RefersTo property to change the range that a NamedRange control refers to.
Examples
The following code example creates a NamedRange and displays the formula for the NamedRange. It then assigns a new cell to the NamedRange and displays the new formula.
This example is for a document-level customization.
Private refersToRange As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange
Private Sub DisplayFormula()
refersToRange = Me.Controls.AddNamedRange( _
Me.Range("C1", "D2"), "refersToRange")
MessageBox.Show(refersToRange.RefersTo)
refersToRange.RefersTo = "=Sheet1!$C$3"
refersToRange.Select()
MessageBox.Show(refersToRange.RefersTo)
End Sub
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange refersToRange;
private void DisplayFormula()
{
refersToRange = this.Controls.AddNamedRange(
this.Range["C1", "D2"], "refersToRange");
MessageBox.Show(refersToRange.RefersTo);
refersToRange.RefersTo = "=Sheet1!$C$3";
refersToRange.Select();
MessageBox.Show(refersToRange.RefersTo);
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.