Use the setattr command to change it to not read only. then overwrite it.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"lawson" wrote in message
...
i have a program that saves the open spread sheet over the previous
revision
in 4 different locations on the server. the problem is that one of the
locations has the the current file in a read only format, and an error
pops
up that it cant save over it. is there a way around this? its the
'Server-1\Released' folder that has the files in read only format.


Application.DisplayAlerts = False
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:="\\Server-1\Estimator\"
&ActiveWorkbook.Name
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:="\\Server-1\Released\"
&ActiveWorkbook.Name
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:="C:\Documents\" & ActiveWorkbook.Name
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:="C:\Backup\" &ActiveWorkbook.Name
Application.DisplayAlerts = True