Error using Workbooks.open

Hello,

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

If I do:

workbooks.open Filename

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

    Dim oWBS As Workbooks
    oWBS.Open Filename

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,

Yona