Thanks, Doug. I forget why I chose not use the "declare variable
declaration" - it was probably some newbie frustration of mine that I
couldn't stand being reminded of everything I was forgetting! I never knew
about the Ctrl+space - that will come in handy!

Ed

"Doug Glancy" wrote in message
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Tom,

I got an error 404 when I clicked on the link (didn't note exactly what
the
difference was) and then surfed from there. Thanks for the clarification.

Ed,

I believe that setting your VBE to "declare variable declaration" would
have
helped you track this down. It would have generated a compile error
something like "unknown variable name." Ditto using the the VBE's
Autocomplete feature, i.e., typing the first few letters of the function
and
then hitting Ctl-Space to show completion options, which would have
indicated that there was no function with that name.

Just my 2 cents from hours of experience doing it the hard way.

Doug

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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Did you get a stray hyphen in the URL when you clicked it?

(the OP is following JE's advice - believe JE forgot to rename the
function).

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Doug Glancy" wrote in message
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Ed,

When I look at that page I see a funtion called "NextSeqNumber," which
is
different than the name you use below. Is it possible that you are
calling
the function by the wrong name?

hth,

Doug

"Ed" wrote in message
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I'm trying to generate a sequential number. I have a workbook (
..xls)
used
as a "template" to create new order forms. Each form must have a
sequential
number. The number is generated and inserted into the proper cell,
then
the
workbook is SavedAs with the sequential number as part of the new
file
name.
(I was trying to use an incremented CustomDocumentProperty when I
finally
realized the incremented number got saved with the new file, while
the
original number stayed with the original "template" file!)

I copied the text file macro (from
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel*/udfs...ntialnums.html) into the
same
module I have all the other macros for this workbook, and inserted
the
calling line
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1).Range("B2").Value = GetNextSeqNumber
in the macro that inserts the new sequential number.

When stepping through this, the code runs right over that line, and
GetNextSeqNumber stays empty. The code never steps into the
function
to
generate the next number, and the text file that is supposed to hold
the
number is never generated (it does not exist now).

What am I doing wrong?

Ed