If a workbook is saved when it is hidden it will open hidden. If a workbook
opens hidden it will not be the active window. So ActiveWindow.Visible =
False will operate on another window. Then you have two windows hidden. I
think when you have this problem your Workbook.xls was last saved hidden.

You should specify the window like this:

Workbooks("Workbook.xls").Windows(1).Visible = False

If the window is already hidden this does no harm.

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Jim
"AnthonyJ" wrote in message
...
| Sorry, you're right, I should have been more specific. What I meant is,
| sometimes it works the way I want, meaning the output doucument that I
opened
| opens and is visible, while the source document is opens and is hidden,
and
| the cells update. That is perfect. However, sometimes both documents
open,
| the cells update, but then both of the documents are hidden. I don't want
| that. I need whoever is using the system to be able to see the output
| document. That is the only thing wrong, and like I said, I can't seem to
| figure out a reason for why it works for some documents, but for others
with
| the exact same macros, it hides both. I was just wondering if there was a
| way to specify that I want to hide only the main document, rather than
just
| hiding the active window.
|
| When I added the stop, it worked properly, and has been working since...
why
| on earth would that be... Still, is there any reason why this would happen
| sometimes?
|
| Thanks for taking the time to look at this
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| AnthonyJ
|
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote:
|
| Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't.
|
| You really need to be more specific here. What _exactly_ happens when
it
| doesn't work?
|
| Have you tried adding a Stop just before the ActiveWindow.Visible =
False to
| see what happens?
|
|
| --
| Jim
| "AnthonyJ" wrote in message
| ...
| | With this code in a macro for Excel XP in VBA, I open an 'output'
document
| | and then it in turn opens a source document so that the cells can
update.
| I
| | want to hide the source document when it opens, but leave all other
Excel
| | files, especially the one I just opened, unhidden. Sometimes this
works
| and
| | sometimes it doesn't. Could anyone tell me why, or tell me if there
is a
| | better code to make sure I am just hiding the source document?
| |
| | The code in "This Workbook" object of the 'output':
| |
| | ' Code Purpose: When opening output (slave) document, open main to
update
| | the cells correctly.
| | Private Sub Workbook_Open()
| |
| | Dim wb As Workbook
| | On Error Resume Next
| | Set wb = Workbooks("Workbook.xls")
| | If Not wb Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
| | On Error GoTo 0
| | ' Freeze screen, no screen flickering during the running of the macro.
| | Application.ScreenUpdating = False
| | 'Opening the main document:
| | Workbooks.Open "Workbook.xls"
| | 'Hiding the main document:
| | ActiveWindow.Visible = False
| | Application.ScreenUpdating = True
| | End Sub
| |
| | Thanks a lot!
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| | AnthonyJ
|
|
|