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Hi all, I'm writing a small tool in c# that need to read data from a given Excel table. Each column header is assigned with a name as a Named Range. And I need to read thru these names to know which information are stored in each columns. For example in $AR$132, I have a range namely "Txn\10_1\TxnDT", RefersTo: Transaction!$AR$132:$AR$132 which refer to transaction date; In $AS$132, named "Txn\10_1\Txntype", RefersTo: Transaction!$AS$132 which refer to transaction type. And there is another named range which tells the range of all columns. eg. "Txn\10_1\headers" ReferTo $AR$132:$AY$132. I wrote the following code to loop thru the headers and read the columns Excel.Application excel; Excel.Workbook wb; Excel.Worksheet ws; object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; excel = new Excel.Application(); wb = excel.Workbooks.Open(args[0], Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing); try { ws = (Excel.Worksheet)wb.Worksheets.get_Item("Sheet1"); Excel.Range headerRange; headerRange = wb.Names.Item("Txn\\10_1\\headers").RefersToRange; foreach (Excel.Range col in headerRange.Columns) { int i = 1; Console.WriteLine("[" + i.ToString() + "] " + col.Cells[1, i].Value.ToString() + " = " + GetName(col.Cells[1, i])); i++; } } catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.Message); } finally { ws = null; wb.Close(false, Type.Missing, Type.Missing); excel.Quit(); excel = null; GC.Collect(); GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key to terminate..."); Console.ReadLine(); } public static string GetName(Excel.Range range) { try { if (range.Name != null) { Excel.Name name = range.Name as Excel.Name; if (name.Name != null || name.Name.Length != 0) { return name.Name; } return string.Empty; } return string.Empty; } catch (Exception e) { return string.Empty; } } The code works fine if the range.ReferTo only specified with a single cell, eg. $AS$132 but fails if range.ReferTo is $AR$132:$AR$132. Even though they both are refer to a single cell. How can I get the range name of $AR$132:$AR$132? Thank you in advance.