Hi jstrater

Try something like this

Sub test()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim SaveDriveDir As String
Dim FileToOpen As Variant
SaveDriveDir = CurDir

MyPath = Application.TemplatesPath
ChDrive MyPath
ChDir MyPath
FileToOpen = Application.GetOpenFilename("Excel Templates (*.xlt),*.xlt")
If FileToOpen < False Then
Sheets.Add Type:=FileToOpen
End If

ChDrive SaveDriveDir
ChDir SaveDriveDir
End Sub


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"jstrater" wrote in message ...
I do this all the time by right clicking on a sheet tab and selecting a template in the Insert Sheet dialog. But I don't see a
way to do this from code. The Sheets and Worksheets.Add method doesn't have a place to specify a template file name, and I don't
see any other methods for doing this. Is this just a glaring omission, or am I missing something? I'm using Excel XP (and
sometimes Excel 97)

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James

Of course this will also work

Sheets.Add Type:=Application.TemplatesPath & "\xxxxx.xlt"


--
Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"Ron de Bruin" wrote in message ...
Hi jstrater

Try something like this

Sub test()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim SaveDriveDir As String
Dim FileToOpen As Variant
SaveDriveDir = CurDir

MyPath = Application.TemplatesPath
ChDrive MyPath
ChDir MyPath
FileToOpen = Application.GetOpenFilename("Excel Templates (*.xlt),*.xlt")
If FileToOpen < False Then
Sheets.Add Type:=FileToOpen
End If

ChDrive SaveDriveDir
ChDir SaveDriveDir
End Sub


--
Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"jstrater" wrote in message ...
I do this all the time by right clicking on a sheet tab and selecting a template in the Insert Sheet dialog. But I don't see a
way to do this from code. The Sheets and Worksheets.Add method doesn't have a place to specify a template file name, and I don't
see any other methods for doing this. Is this just a glaring omission, or am I missing something? I'm using Excel XP (and
sometimes Excel 97)

---
James

Ron,

You seem to be omnipresent here in the world of Excel programming. So the Type parameter is more maleable than the documentation mentions. That's great. Thanks.

James