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  1. 02-24-2012, 11:18 AM #1
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    Unhappy Error using Workbooks.open

    Hello,

    Hope you guys can help me with this easy question...just driving me nuts over here!

    If I do: 
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    , excel will open the file. However the following doesn't work:

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    What I am trying to achieve is open a new excel file from the current one (to read/write some data) so ideally I would like:

    1) to identify my current excel
    2) open a new one and give it a new identifier
    3) be able to go from one to another

    I am just struggling with opening the file while I assign it to a specific object.

    Thanks for your help,

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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    This? 
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    I think you mean
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    Uuhhh....nice, that worked just fine. Thanks so much!
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    Which worked?
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    Silly question...but how do I access my cells then?

    i.e. if I want to read "B5" on Tab "Test1" what should I write?

    oWB2.Sheets("Test1").Range("B5").value won't work.
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    What do you want to do with it?
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    Hi Stephen,

    I just want to load the different spreadsheets (files) on oWB1 and oWB2 and then access the values on each one of them.

    i.e.: oWB1.range("B5") = oWB2.range("A1") <-- I know this is missing the tab but just to simplify.

    thanks
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    If you create a new file there will be no data to access. You said you wanted to open a new one, to me that means a new workbook not a different one
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    This should work:
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    Re: Error using Workbooks.open

    Thanks for this. I believe that the error I was getting was because the Tab I was trying to grab was not present on the file I was opening as a test. So I need one previous IF to check the tab exists or VBA gives an Error.
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