Sounds like you could copy the entire sheet (once) and then
delete the columns you don't need from the copied sheet.
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"cereldine"
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Im developing some code that will look for values in about 15
spreadsheets that are provided for us externally (sheet A).
I need to extract about 115 columns of data out of about 123 by
determining the criteria, i can do this fine, i can also declare the
range i want to copy fine and if this code is run on its own it will
loop through to the end in seconds.

The code starts to slow down when i start adding the code to paste the
data into the required spreadsheet (sheet B), this has to be done one
coloumn at a time so as to ommit columns i don't need. the copy code
and paste code work really fast, the code slows down when ive
performed one iteration and am reopening/activating sheet A after
pasteing in sheet b?

I can't understand what the problem is, basically if i choose to i
remove the copy and paste code and just have the sheets open in the
loop 123 times it still goes at snails pace ie 5 seconds a loop! Its
not the sheets that are a problem as i recorded a macro to test this
problem and it runs at the normal speed that i desire.

ive been opening workbooks with following
Windows("intermediate.xls").Activate OR
bkI.Activate - where bki is a declared workbook

Any ideas


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