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Default Copy file and closing original

Hi,

Excel 2000

I'm using VBA to open a text file, this file opens fine but I want to avoid
anyone choosing save or save as and the original text file being over
written. I think I need to open the file and change the property to Read
Only if this is possible.

One way I thought of getting over the issue was to copy the newly opened
file, this new file is then named BOOKn.xls (where n is a number). I would
then close the original text file without saving. I have used VBA to
capture the name and full path of the original text file in a variable named
myFileName and tried using Kill myFileName to close the file, alas this
doesn't work. Also, I'm somewhat lost as to how I copy a whole workbook.

Thanks, Rob


 
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