You can't rename it using the macro in Access?

Look at the VBA Name function .

Name "c:\abcd\export.xls" as "c:\abcd\" & format(date,"yyyymmdd") & ".xls"
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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

dtroupe wrote in message
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I am exporting from Access to Excel by using a macro in
Access. Access overwrites the file unless you change the
name of the worksheet the export created in which case it
will create a second worksheet. I can either keep renaming
the worksheet after it is created, (which needs to be
automated without opening the worksheet manually), or I
can just run some kind of auto macro that will look for a
sheet named export.xls at some time in the morning after
the other macro has created the file and name it to the
machine date, i.e. 12032003.xls ? If I can do the later
then I can force the macro in Access to run at 00:10 in
the morning by a Windows Scheduler I am using and then
have that scheduler open this Excel file and close it
after renaming the export.xls file (if it exists). This
way I can enjoy my weekends?