Nigel,

Precede this code with

Dim oWb As Workbook

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"Nigel" wrote in message
...
Hi Bob,
thanks for the prompt response. However this seems to error on the
following
if oWB = Nothing Then

there is an error code of 424 object required.

Regards,

Nigel

"Bob Phillips" wrote:


On Error Resume Next
Set oWb = Workbooks("QUOTE REGISTER .xls")
On Error Goto 0
If oWB Is Nothing Then
Workbooks.Open filename:="S:\QUOTE REGISTER .xls"
Else
Workbooks("QUOTE REGISTER .xls").Activate
End If
Activeworkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"Nigel" wrote in message
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Hi,
i have been struggling with a macro to select a workbook if it is
open,
and
open it if it is closed. the details are as follows.
workbook to be opened is S:\QUOTE REGISTER updated
( select sheet year to date )which i can do!!there is a password of
babylon

if the book is closed, then it needs to be opened and sheet selected.
if the book is open, then it needs to be made active and sheet
selected.

i just cannot seem to do it.

Kindest Regards,

Nigel