Just a note............if you wanted all this done on open then call
it from Workbook_Open or just change it from a macro to a
workbook_open event


Gord

On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:09:31 -0800, Gord Dibben
wrote:

txheart

Have a try with this macro to save current workbook and an incremented
backup with date for name. Make alterations to myExt if running 2007
or 2010.........xlsx or xlsm and also change Len(currfile) -4 to -5


Sub namebooks_increment()
' currfile - 2012-1-3.xls
' currfile - 2012-1-3(1).xls
' currfile - 2012-1-3(2).xls
Dim myPath As String, myFile As String, myExt As String
Dim mySerial, currfile As String
currfile = ActiveWorkbook.Name
mySerial = ""
myPath = "C:\Gordstuff\"
myFile = Left(currfile, Len(currfile) - 4) _
& " - " & Format(Date, "YYYY-MM-DD")
myExt = ".xls"

' create output using sequence 1 to n if file already exists
If Len(Dir(myPath & myFile & mySerial & myExt)) 0 Then

Do While Len(Dir(myPath & myFile & mySerial & myExt)) 0
mySerial = "(" & Val(Mid(mySerial, 2)) + 1 & ")"
Loop

End If

'save a backup
ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=myPath & myFile & _
mySerial & myExt

'save current workbook
ActiveWorkbook.Save

End Sub



Gord

On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 19:22:57 +0000, txheart
wrote:


'Don Guillett[_2_ Wrote:
;992007']This is all you really need. It will save any file to the same
folder
but a subfolder named backup (even if it doesn't exist). You really
don't need the date, etc. You could put this in the Thisworkbook
module under workbook_open and/or assign to a button or shape

Sub Backup()
On Error GoTo BackupFile
MkDir CurDir & "\Backup"
BackupFile:
With ActiveWorkbook
MyWB = .Path & "\BACKUP\" & .Name
.SaveCopyAs MyWB
.Save
End With
End Sub



Don, thank you for your help. I'm a little confused though. I put the
code in as you directed, saved, closed, opened & closed the document.
Went to find the backup but I am not seeing any type of Backup folder. I
did find a backup copy, and I suppose I could just move the copy over to
the folder, but I do want to keep the last 7 backups - that way I can
tell where/how/when a mistake was made if I need to do so. Will this
method name the backup copies consecutively or will it write over the
last one?