Hi Hansol

See the VBA help for Workbooks.open
look at the UpdateLinks argument


For point 2
Try to use this and see if it work


Dim FName As Variant
Dim wb As Workbook

your chdir code

FName = Application.GetOpenFilename(filefilter:="Excel Files (*.xls), *.xls")
If FName < False Then
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(FName)
MsgBox "your code"
wb.Close
End If



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Regards Ron de Bruin
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"Hansol" wrote in message ...
Hi,
I have 2 questions that I hope someone can help me with;

1) Is there any way to turn of the update links box that appears in a workbook that references another workbook. I have tried
looking at the links box under editlink, but the manual button is greyed out.

2) I have the code;

chdir "\\Fs8\ssd-css-fin\eco\eco 2004-2005\eco_0405\SystemFiles\eco\"
Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show

The first line is simply a ' virtual ' network set-up on my hard drive to imitate my work set-up. But sometimes the open file
dialogue box points to the right path and sometimes it does not. This is true even if I use a simple path such as c:\.
Is there a reason why it is so temperamental?

All help is greatly appreciated.

H.