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Add(String,String) Method

Adds a named reference with a scope of the collection's associated Workbook to the collection.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function Add( _
   ByVal name As String, _
   ByVal formula As String _
) As NamedReference
public NamedReference Add( 
   string name,
   string formula
)

Parameters

name
The name to give the named reference.
formula
The formula to give the named reference.

Return Value

The named reference which was added to the collection.
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription
System.ArgumentNullExceptionname is null or empty.
System.ArgumentExceptionname is longer than 255 characters.
System.ArgumentExceptionname is invalid. The name must begin with a letter, underscore (_), or a backslash (\). All other characters in the name must be letters, numbers, periods, underscores (_), or backslashes (\). The name cannot be a an A1 cell reference (1 to 3 letters followed by 1 to 6 numbers). In addition, the name cannot be 'r', 'R', 'c', or 'C' or start with a row or column reference in R1C1 cell reference mode ('R' followed by 1 to 6 numbers or 'C' followed by 1 to 6 numbers).
System.InvalidOperationExceptionname is used by another named reference which also has a scope of the workbook. Named reference names are compared case-insensitively.
System.ArgumentNullExceptionformula is null or empty.
System.ArgumentExceptionformula is not a valid formula. The inner exception will contain the FormulaParseException describing the reason the formula was not valid.
Remarks

The CellReferenceMode of the owning Workbook will be used to parse the formula.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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