Your question is a little confusing, since the code you posted does
eliminate the hidden sheets. It probably takes a gigasecond for the
compiler to see that a sheet is not visible with the code currently used.


"Rich" wrote in message
...
I need to search for data contained on certain worksheets. My current
method
is this:

dim wks as worksheet
For Each wks in ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
if wks.name like "Data (*)" and wks.visible = xlSheetVisible
***now I collect my data***
.....

My question is....
I have quite a few pages (15 to 18 min...maybe more) that are hidden, but
I
have to cycle thru them because they are part of "ThisWorkbook". Although
this really does not take much time, I'd like to have a cleaner way. Is
there a simple way of creating a collection of only the VISIBLE worksheets
in
the ThisWorkbook - thus reducing the number of worksheets I need to
iterate
thru in the "For Each" loop??

Taking it a step further....creating a collection of visible worksheets
whose name matches the criteria I define??

Thanks!!!