I think the problem is that you are trying to activate by path and name, not
just name

Try

' fname is the (SLAVE) workbook

fname = Application.GetSaveAsFilename
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=fname
fShortName = ACtiveworkbook.Name
Workbooks.Open "MASTER"
Workbooks(fShortName).Activate


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Bob Phillips

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"Craig McK" wrote in message
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Hi

Is it possible to open a workbook, but not activate it

My problem is that I need to open a workbook to get data from (MASTER),
but
I then need to open (SLAVE) again to get the criteria from, but (SLAVE)
has
not been saved at this point. I tried to save the (SLAVE), but with no
luck
as follows


' fname is the (SLAVE) workbook

fname = Application.GetSaveAsFilename
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=fname
Workbooks.Open "MASTER"
Workbooks(fname).Activate

Thanks