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Activate another open workbook and sheet

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    Activate another open workbook and sheet

    I have a main spreadsheet that opens another spreadsheet and copies that second workbooks directory to a cell on the main page. I am trying to be on the main workbook and activate a certain sheet on the second workbook, which is determined by a data validation list of the sheet names. I want to have the sheet be selected, and the user clicks a button and it will activate the directory in D6 and the sheet in D8 of this picture.

    I saw somewhere that said something like the code below would work, but i get an error on the Workbook activation line. (error: Run-time error '9': Subscript out of range)

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    Do i need to be using the Workbook object or will this work with strings?
    Last edited by DFrank231; 01-15-2013 at 09:34 AM.

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    Re: Activate another open workbook and sheet

    Not path but name, not workbook but Windows
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    Re: Activate another open workbook and sheet

    Dim Filename, Entry As String
    Filename = Range("D6").Value
    Entry = Range("D8").Value
    Windows(Filename).Activate
    Worksheets(Entry).Activate
    This is what i did based on your response and i am getting the same error. Am i missing something here?


    Windows(Filename).Activate
    (error: Run-time error '9': Subscript out of range)

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