passing strings
 

I need some help with argument passing....

I have a macro (let's call it TEST()) that I will run from a Master
file. The results will go in seperate files.

The macro TEST() would be the same for each file with the exception
that the file name would change
ex : Windows("Rider.xls").Activate

the rest of the macro (TEST()) does not varie from file to file.
So from my master file I would have calls to this macro (TEST()) and
pass the name of the file I want to generate (eg. Rider1, Rider2,
Rider3, ect.)

I could then simply call Windows("STRING").Activate from the macro .
STRING being the string I would pass from the master file

What is the easiest (or pretiest) way to do this?


thanks

Pabs


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passing strings
 

Pabs,

Declare the Test macro with an argument like

Sub Test(WinName As String)
Windows(WinName).Activate
' rest of your code here
End Sub

Then, call the code with something like

Test WinName:="Book1.xls"


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"pabs" wrote in message
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I need some help with argument passing....

I have a macro (let's call it TEST()) that I will run from a
Master
file. The results will go in seperate files.

The macro TEST() would be the same for each file with the
exception
that the file name would change
ex : Windows("Rider.xls").Activate

the rest of the macro (TEST()) does not varie from file to
file.
So from my master file I would have calls to this macro
(TEST()) and
pass the name of the file I want to generate (eg. Rider1,
Rider2,
Rider3, ect.)

I could then simply call Windows("STRING").Activate from the
macro .
STRING being the string I would pass from the master file

What is the easiest (or pretiest) way to do this?


thanks

Pabs


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passing strings
 

Sub Main
for each bk in Application.Workbooks
Test bk.Name
Next
End Sub



Sub Test(sStr as String)

' note that sStr does not have double quotes around it.
Windows(sStr).Activate
End Sub

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"pabs" wrote in message
...
I need some help with argument passing....

I have a macro (let's call it TEST()) that I will run from a Master
file. The results will go in seperate files.

The macro TEST() would be the same for each file with the exception
that the file name would change
ex : Windows("Rider.xls").Activate

the rest of the macro (TEST()) does not varie from file to file.
So from my master file I would have calls to this macro (TEST()) and
pass the name of the file I want to generate (eg. Rider1, Rider2,
Rider3, ect.)

I could then simply call Windows("STRING").Activate from the macro .
STRING being the string I would pass from the master file

What is the easiest (or pretiest) way to do this?


thanks

Pabs


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