Btw, if you and your users have Excel 2002 or later you do not need to use a
dummy file. With file B open use Edit, Links, Startup Prompt to control the
message. This setting will not be observed or preserved in earlier Excel
versions however.

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Jim
"ricowyder" wrote in message
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| Dear group,
|
| A former discussion about how to delete the message on opening the file
| (links to other worksheets) was great for my problem. Tom suggested to
| create a dummy file, which opens the other file and which suppresses
| the message. Here's the link:
|
| dummy file: A
| other file (with message to be suppressed): B
|
|
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...bc4642b707c7d7
|
| Now, as I know my users, they will complain that there is another file
| opened. How can I close that one again? It appears that in B Auto_Open
| does not work anymore... so I had to include those lines also in A's
| Auto_Open.
|
| At which point shall I close A? After opening B (disabled Auto_Open in
| B -- how can it be done automatically then?)? Or do you know a way to
| close A when user closes B (automatically closing A).
|
| Thanks for your help.
|
| Best regards,
|
| Rico
|