Rob,

Do your file names on the sheet have .xls at the end?

Perhaps:

Wbdest.SaveAs Filename:=Substitute(RCell.Value, ".xls", ".txt"), FileFormat:=xlText

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"rroach" wrote in message
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I'm new at this. With much help from this forum I've almost finished a
major timesaving macro for our lab. But stuck on following problem. I
load a list of files that are in a worksheet and do a for-next loop on
them,. Before closing each file I want to save it as an XLS file AND as
a text file. I don't understand VBA syntax well enough to know how to
get the filename for the filesave command.

My code now:
Sub File_Cut_Metrics()

Dim wbList As Workbook
Dim wbDest As Workbook
Dim rcell As Range

Set wbList = Workbooks.Open("G:\newlist2")
For Each rcell In
wbList.Sheets(1).Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Columns (1).Cells
Set wbDest = Workbooks.Open(rcell.Value)

NB: IF I PUT IN \"MSGBOX RCELL\" HERE IT SHOWS THE CORRECT FILENAME

do some stuff

wbDest.Save

WBDEST.SAVEAS FILENAME:=RCELL, FILEFORMAT:=XLTEXT, CREATEBACKUP:=FALSE
NOTE: SUB'ING RCELL.VALUE FOR RCELL ABOVE DOESN'T WORK EITHER

wbDest.Close savechanges:=False
Next

End Sub

What do I need to change to send the right filename to the SaveAs
statement?

TIA,

Rob


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