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Default Using a string variable to change a file name

your code looks ok to me except you have 2 Private Sub
CommandButton1_Click() at bottom. each sub must have diffent name. also
donot use day as variable. this an excel function. it work but not a good
idea. always use name not used by excel like myday.

"Gaz" wrote in message
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|I need to open and paste information from four different files each day of
| the week (ie there is a "MON PERFORM and a TUE PERFORM etc..."- I have
| written this initially seven times in seven separate macros (which works)
| but thought of passing the day value as a string and using a
CommandClick()
| proceedure from seven separate buttons to change the "day" each time but
it
| doesn't work as it stands now (I've never pased an argument before so this
| is new territory for me) - have I done something daft?
|
| Appreciate any help on this - thanks Gaz.
|
|
| Sub Day_Dump(day As String)
| '
| '
| Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & day & " PERFORM.csv"
|
| Cells.Select
| Selection.Copy
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
| Sheets("LSM Performance Report Dump").Select
| Range("A1").Select
| ActiveSheet.Paste
| Windows(day & " PERFORM.csv").Activate
| Application.CutCopyMode = False
| ActiveWindow.Close
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
|
| Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & day & " PROMIS.csv"
|
| Cells.Select
| Selection.Copy
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
| Sheets("LSM Promis Dump").Select
| Range("A1").Select
| ActiveSheet.Paste
| Windows(day & " PROMIS.csv").Activate
| Application.CutCopyMode = False
| ActiveWindow.Close
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
|
| Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & day & " JAMS.csv"
|
| Cells.Select
| Selection.Copy
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
| Sheets("LSM Jams Dump").Select
| Range("A1").Select
| ActiveSheet.Paste
| Windows(day & " JAMS.csv").Activate
| Application.CutCopyMode = False
| ActiveWindow.Close
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
|
| Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & day & " BOX.csv"
|
| Cells.Select
| Selection.Copy
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
| Sheets("LSM Box Monitor Dump").Select
| Range("A1").Select
| ActiveSheet.Paste
| Windows(day & " BOX.csv").Activate
| Application.CutCopyMode = False
| ActiveWindow.Close
| Windows("LSM DUMP v2.3.xls").Activate
|
| ActiveWindow.ScrollWorkbookTabs Position:=xlLast
| Sheets("OEE Input Data").Select
| Calculate
| End Sub
|
|
| Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
| Call Day_Dump("MON")
| End Sub
|
| Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
| Call Day_Dump("TUE")
| End Sub
|