Address Property [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]

Address property as it applies to the Hyperlink object.

Returns or sets the address of the target document. Read/write String.

expression.Address

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.

Address property as it applies to the Range object.

Returns the range reference in the language of the macro. Read-only String.

expression.Address(RowAbsolute, ColumnAbsolute, ReferenceStyle, External, RelativeTo)

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.

RowAbsolute  Optional Variant. True to return the row part of the reference as an absolute reference. The default value is True.

ColumnAbsolute  Optional Variant. True to return the column part of the reference as an absolute reference. The default value is True.

XlReferenceStyle

External  Optional Variant. True to return an external reference. False to return a local reference. The default value is False.

RelativeTo  Optional Variant. If RowAbsolute and ColumnAbsolute are False, and ReferenceStyle is xlR1C1, you must include a starting point for the relative reference. This argument is a Range object that defines the starting point.

Remarks

If the reference contains more than one cell, RowAbsolute and ColumnAbsolute apply to all rows and columns.

Example

The following example displays four different representations of the same cell address on Sheet1. The comments in the example are the addresses that will be displayed in the message boxes.

Set mc = Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1)
MsgBox mc.Address()                              ' $A$1
MsgBox mc.Address(RowAbsolute:=False)            ' $A1
MsgBox mc.Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1)        ' R1C1
MsgBox mc.Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1, _
    RowAbsolute:=False,     _
    ColumnAbsolute:=False,  _
    RelativeTo:=Worksheets(1).Cells(3, 3))        ' R[-2]C[-2]

Applies to | Hyperlink Object | Range Collection

See Also | AddressLocal Property