Try
Application.Workbooks.Open(constant)

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Gary Brown



"Merlynsdad" wrote:

I have an Excel file which needs to access another Excel file on a network. I
want to write the filename as a constant. This works fine when the constant
refers to a file on my local drive, but if the constant refers to a network
drive, when the code gets to "Windows (constant).Activate" it fails. How do I
get this to refer to a file on a network drive?