vba - Rename Worksheet Event in Excel

Question

What is the best way to get some VBA code to run when a excel sheet is renamed?

Answer 1

There apparently is no Event to handle this, even using the Application object. How annoying.

I'd probably try to capture it by storing the startup value of the Worksheet and checking it on as many events as possible - which is admittedly a hack.

The following seemed to work for me, Hope it helps.

In the ThisWorkbook module:

Private strWorksheetName As String

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
    strWorksheetName = shtMySheet.Name
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
    Call CheckWorksheetName
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_NewSheet(ByVal Sh As Object)
    Call CheckWorksheetName
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_WindowDeactivate(ByVal Wn As Window)
    Call CheckWorksheetName
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
    Call CheckWorksheetName
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_SheetDeactivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
    Call CheckWorksheetName
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)
    Call CheckWorksheetName
End Sub

Private Sub CheckWorksheetName()
    'If the worksheet has changed name'
    If shtMySheet.Name <> strWorksheetName Then

        DoSomething

    End If
End Sub