Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
'do your test and if true
Cancel = True

End Sub

'This is workbook event code.
'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet
'(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks),
'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code



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Bob Phillips

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"Paul" wrote in message
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I have an auto close macro running on a file that demands certain cells
are
complete before closing.

Is there a way of stopping the close method within the auto close macro
when
the data is not present.