I have written a VB application in Excel which automatically draws a diagram based on the data given in a worksheet. The problem I am having is that every time the drawing objects are deleted and a new figure generated, the objects (Lines, textboxes) are automatically named with an increasing number. As the number gets bigger and bigger the application gets slower and slower. Is there any application property which can be reset to allow the drawing object names to be numbered starting at 1 again?