More specifically, write permissions to that directory.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Look at the users' write permissions to that drive.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Michael Bond" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone.

My problem....

I create a template file on a network directory. All users
have read and write access to the directory. Users are
required to enter data on the file. The file contains a
button with code intended to save it back into the same
directory using the contents of a completed cell as the
new file name. The code was created in Excel 2000.

When some users click the button the code behaves exactly
as expected.
When other users click the button it creates two files in
the directory. One named as expected and the second named
randomly with no file extension (the name looks a bit like
the "restore" files you get when Excel crashes during
operation)
And finally a third group of users get only the randomly
named file.

The code itself is not in any way complex :

Dim NewName as String
NewName = cells(1,2)
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:="S:\NameDirectory" &
NewName

We've looked at users configurations. True to say they are
all using different Op systems (NT4, Win 2000, Office2000,
Office97 in any combination.). Some are PowerUsers some
are not.....but we have failed to find a common cause. One
PowerUser with Win2000 SP3 and Office2000 SP2 works and
another with exact same spec does not.

First question....has anyone had a similar problem...

Second question...if I changed code to save to the users
local drive can anyone help with code to move/copy it from
there to the network directory....(we've tested and all
can save as required on to their local drive....so my
thought is this will be a reasonable work-around). At the
moment our guess is that it has something to do with the
users access rights but we are struggling to find the
problem so I need a quick fix while we investigate
further.....there are over 40 different users!

Any help would be much appreciated.

Hope I have provided enough info to explain the problem

Thanks and regards

Michael Bond


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Tom

camped-out on my Tech Support doorstep at the start of
work today. You wont be surprised to learn that the
specific write permission were slightly different with
some users. While all had Read, Write and Execute, only
some had the "modify" option ticked.

Where "modify" was available all worked ok. Where "modify"
was not available and user was Win2000 we got the double
file saved and where "modify" was not available and user
was NT4 we only got the file with the random name.

Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction
and my lesson learned is...."what the Tech Support say may
not always be the full story"....erm...hope you're not
Tech Support.

Regards

Michael Bond
-----Original Message-----
More specifically, write permissions to that directory.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Look at the users' write permissions to that drive.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Michael Bond" wrote in
message
...
Hi everyone.

My problem....

I create a template file on a network directory. All
users
have read and write access to the directory. Users are
required to enter data on the file. The file contains
a
button with code intended to save it back into the
same
directory using the contents of a completed cell as
the
new file name. The code was created in Excel 2000.

When some users click the button the code behaves
exactly
as expected.
When other users click the button it creates two
files in
the directory. One named as expected and the second
named
randomly with no file extension (the name looks a bit
like
the "restore" files you get when Excel crashes during
operation)
And finally a third group of users get only the
randomly
named file.

The code itself is not in any way complex :

Dim NewName as String
NewName = cells(1,2)
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:="S:\NameDirectory" &
NewName

We've looked at users configurations. True to say
they are
all using different Op systems (NT4, Win 2000,
Office2000,
Office97 in any combination.). Some are PowerUsers
some
are not.....but we have failed to find a common
cause. One
PowerUser with Win2000 SP3 and Office2000 SP2 works
and
another with exact same spec does not.

First question....has anyone had a similar problem...

Second question...if I changed code to save to the
users
local drive can anyone help with code to move/copy it
from
there to the network directory....(we've tested and
all
can save as required on to their local drive....so my
thought is this will be a reasonable work-around). At
the
moment our guess is that it has something to do with
the
users access rights but we are struggling to find the
problem so I need a quick fix while we investigate
further.....there are over 40 different users!

Any help would be much appreciated.

Hope I have provided enough info to explain the
problem

Thanks and regards

Michael Bond


Other users create




.

"....erm...hope you're not
Tech Support.

Not me, I can only aspire to a position of such lofty knowledge.

Thanks for sharing the problem and solution.

Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


Michael Bond wrote in message
...
Tom

camped-out on my Tech Support doorstep at the start of
work today. You wont be surprised to learn that the
specific write permission were slightly different with
some users. While all had Read, Write and Execute, only
some had the "modify" option ticked.

Where "modify" was available all worked ok. Where "modify"
was not available and user was Win2000 we got the double
file saved and where "modify" was not available and user
was NT4 we only got the file with the random name.

Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction
and my lesson learned is...."what the Tech Support say may
not always be the full story"....erm...hope you're not
Tech Support.

Regards

Michael Bond
-----Original Message-----
More specifically, write permissions to that directory.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Look at the users' write permissions to that drive.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Michael Bond" wrote in
message
...
Hi everyone.

My problem....

I create a template file on a network directory. All
users
have read and write access to the directory. Users are
required to enter data on the file. The file contains
a
button with code intended to save it back into the
same
directory using the contents of a completed cell as
the
new file name. The code was created in Excel 2000.

When some users click the button the code behaves
exactly
as expected.
When other users click the button it creates two
files in
the directory. One named as expected and the second
named
randomly with no file extension (the name looks a bit
like
the "restore" files you get when Excel crashes during
operation)
And finally a third group of users get only the
randomly
named file.

The code itself is not in any way complex :

Dim NewName as String
NewName = cells(1,2)
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:="S:\NameDirectory" &
NewName

We've looked at users configurations. True to say
they are
all using different Op systems (NT4, Win 2000,
Office2000,
Office97 in any combination.). Some are PowerUsers
some
are not.....but we have failed to find a common
cause. One
PowerUser with Win2000 SP3 and Office2000 SP2 works
and
another with exact same spec does not.

First question....has anyone had a similar problem...

Second question...if I changed code to save to the
users
local drive can anyone help with code to move/copy it
from
there to the network directory....(we've tested and
all
can save as required on to their local drive....so my
thought is this will be a reasonable work-around). At
the
moment our guess is that it has something to do with
the
users access rights but we are struggling to find the
problem so I need a quick fix while we investigate
further.....there are over 40 different users!

Any help would be much appreciated.

Hope I have provided enough info to explain the
problem

Thanks and regards

Michael Bond


Other users create




.