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Is there something wrong with the following code?
myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Could you tell us how you declare MGR_SHORT_NAME?
Also, use & instead of + when concatenating strings. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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try myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Per Norman, I have dimensioned it as a string and renamed it
strMGR_SHORT_NAME. The subroutine (where the variable IS picked up in another such filename) calls another subroutine and it is not re-dimensioned there and does not seem to be picked up there. Would that help? I tried the & instead of +, but it doesn't help. Does the & also apply to the + "*.xls", or just the strings in the name? Any other ideas? Dean "Rob van Gelder" wrote in message ... Could you tell us how you declare MGR_SHORT_NAME? Also, use & instead of + when concatenating strings. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Rob suggested the ampersands too, but it did not help. I don't know what
you mean by Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation other than that I should check the spelling. What else did you mean? I did. In fact, I used that same string in another prior filename ands it works there. As I just asked Rob, could it be that it is not re-dimensioned in a subroutine that the main subroutine calls (which is also the first place the macro bombs)? Thanks Grace "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi try myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Rob and Frank,
I tried the re-dimensioning and it did not help. I also changed the name of the filename to start with "Joe" instead of this string, which I input, and changed the subroutine call to use a hard-wired "Joe" instead of this starting string, and it found the file just fine with that. As I mentioned earlier, the file has no trouble naming a file that it "saves as" with this same problematic string. It just can't seem to understand it, when it is trying to find the file to open. What could this be? I used edit search to make sure the spelling was identical and it was. "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob suggested the ampersands too, but it did not help. I don't know what you mean by Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation other than that I should check the spelling. What else did you mean? I did. In fact, I used that same string in another prior filename ands it works there. As I just asked Rob, could it be that it is not re-dimensioned in a subroutine that the main subroutine calls (which is also the first place the macro bombs)? Thanks Grace "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi try myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Hi Grace,
(1) Use the variable: strMGR_SHORT_NAME) (2) Replace the + )maths plus sign) with the & (string concatenation character) (3) Unless it is your intention not to use the standard Excel xls suffix, change ".L00" to (say) "-L00" This would give you : myFilename = StrMGR_SHORT_NAME & _ Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & "L00" & ".xls" (note that this is a single line of code, the underscore character, which precedes Sheets("Inputs"), is a line continuation character). If you have a saved file with the extension: "L00), as opposed to .xls, then you will have to type *.L00 in the FileOpen dialog box to display that and similarly extensioned files. --- Regards, Norman "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob and Frank, I tried the re-dimensioning and it did not help. I also changed the name of the filename to start with "Joe" instead of this string, which I input, and changed the subroutine call to use a hard-wired "Joe" instead of this starting string, and it found the file just fine with that. As I mentioned earlier, the file has no trouble naming a file that it "saves as" with this same problematic string. It just can't seem to understand it, when it is trying to find the file to open. What could this be? I used edit search to make sure the spelling was identical and it was. "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob suggested the ampersands too, but it did not help. I don't know what you mean by Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation other than that I should check the spelling. What else did you mean? I did. In fact, I used that same string in another prior filename ands it works there. As I just asked Rob, could it be that it is not re-dimensioned in a subroutine that the main subroutine calls (which is also the first place the macro bombs)? Thanks Grace "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi try myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Typo,
strMGR_SHORT_NAME) should be: strMGR_SHORT_NAME "Norman Jones" wrote in message ... Hi Grace, (1) Use the variable: strMGR_SHORT_NAME) (2) Replace the + )maths plus sign) with the & (string concatenation character) (3) Unless it is your intention not to use the standard Excel xls suffix, change ".L00" to (say) "-L00" This would give you : myFilename = StrMGR_SHORT_NAME & _ Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & "L00" & ".xls" (note that this is a single line of code, the underscore character, which precedes Sheets("Inputs"), is a line continuation character). If you have a saved file with the extension: "L00), as opposed to .xls, then you will have to type *.L00 in the FileOpen dialog box to display that and similarly extensioned files. --- Regards, Norman "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob and Frank, I tried the re-dimensioning and it did not help. I also changed the name of the filename to start with "Joe" instead of this string, which I input, and changed the subroutine call to use a hard-wired "Joe" instead of this starting string, and it found the file just fine with that. As I mentioned earlier, the file has no trouble naming a file that it "saves as" with this same problematic string. It just can't seem to understand it, when it is trying to find the file to open. What could this be? I used edit search to make sure the spelling was identical and it was. "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob suggested the ampersands too, but it did not help. I don't know what you mean by Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation other than that I should check the spelling. What else did you mean? I did. In fact, I used that same string in another prior filename ands it works there. As I just asked Rob, could it be that it is not re-dimensioned in a subroutine that the main subroutine calls (which is also the first place the macro bombs)? Thanks Grace "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi try myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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you may post your complete macro. It sounds like you haven't assigned a value to this variable. So its empty -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Rob and Frank, I tried the re-dimensioning and it did not help. I also changed the name of the filename to start with "Joe" instead of this string, which I input, and changed the subroutine call to use a hard-wired "Joe" instead of this starting string, and it found the file just fine with that. As I mentioned earlier, the file has no trouble naming a file that it "saves as" with this same problematic string. It just can't seem to understand it, when it is trying to find the file to open. What could this be? I used edit search to make sure the spelling was identical and it was. "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob suggested the ampersands too, but it did not help. I don't know what you mean by Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation other than that I should check the spelling. What else did you mean? I did. In fact, I used that same string in another prior filename ands it works there. As I just asked Rob, could it be that it is not re-dimensioned in a subroutine that the main subroutine calls (which is also the first place the macro bombs)? Thanks Grace "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi try myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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I don't know what the problem is. You'll need some debugging info to figure
out what's going on. So your code will read something like: myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" MsgBox myFilename (or even better than MsgBox, Debug.Print) Then you'll see if myFilename is getting set correctly. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Per Norman, I have dimensioned it as a string and renamed it strMGR_SHORT_NAME. The subroutine (where the variable IS picked up in another such filename) calls another subroutine and it is not re-dimensioned there and does not seem to be picked up there. Would that help? I tried the & instead of +, but it doesn't help. Does the & also apply to the + "*.xls", or just the strings in the name? Any other ideas? Dean "Rob van Gelder" wrote in message ... Could you tell us how you declare MGR_SHORT_NAME? Also, use & instead of + when concatenating strings. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Option Explicit Sub testme01() Dim myFilename As String Dim MGR_SHORT_NAME As String Dim testStr As String MGR_SHORT_NAME = "something that you set???" myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & _ "SUMPRF" & ".L00" MsgBox "|" & myFilename & "|" '| may help see extra spaces in the filename testStr = "" On Error Resume Next testStr = Dir(myFilename) On Error GoTo 0 If testStr = "" Then MsgBox "Filename: " & myFilename & " doesn't exist" End If End Sub This assumes that sheets("Inputs") exists in the activeworkbook. (If you have doubts, you may want to include a check for that, too.) Option Explicit Sub a() Dim myFilename As String Dim MGR_SHORT_NAME As String Dim testStr As String Dim testWks As Worksheet MGR_SHORT_NAME = "something that you set???" Set testWks = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set testWks = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("inputs") On Error GoTo 0 If testWks Is Nothing Then MsgBox "It doesn't exist!" Exit Sub '? End If myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & testWks.Range("E11").Value & _ "SUMPRF" & ".L00" MsgBox "|" & myFilename & "|" '| may help see extra spaces in the filename testStr = "" On Error Resume Next testStr = Dir(myFilename) On Error GoTo 0 If testStr = "" Then MsgBox "Filename: " & myFilename & " doesn't exist" End If End Sub Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace -- Dave Peterson |
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<< If you have a saved file with the extension: "L00), as opposed to
..xls,then you will have to type *.L00 in the FileOpen dialog box to display that and similarly extensioned files You are saying that I cannot somehow, by macro, make sure that, when it tries to open a file, it will look at files of all extension types and, if I want a .L00 (or whatever) file type, I cannot get it to find it? If so, I am starting to think that, if it could not find the file, the error message in the dialog box may just be abbreviating the filename that it can't find. It does has a long path. In that case, it IS recognizing the string after all. And this makes sense because it is recognizing that string, just before this point in the macro, when it uses it for a save file as command. If so, I guess the key is to not believe everything you read! So, let me just ask specifically: If you are in EXCEL and want to have a macro open a file of some other file type, for which you know the filename and type, isn't there a way to do this? Actually, what would be even better would be if it could be of any 'text type' file type as I am not sure this L00 extension always gets assigned. Thanks, Grace "Norman Jones" wrote in message ... Hi Grace, (1) Use the variable: strMGR_SHORT_NAME) (2) Replace the + )maths plus sign) with the & (string concatenation character) (3) Unless it is your intention not to use the standard Excel xls suffix, change ".L00" to (say) "-L00" This would give you : myFilename = StrMGR_SHORT_NAME & _ Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & "L00" & ".xls" (note that this is a single line of code, the underscore character, which precedes Sheets("Inputs"), is a line continuation character). If you have a saved file with the extension: "L00), as opposed to .xls, then you will have to type *.L00 in the FileOpen dialog box to display that and similarly extensioned files. --- Regards, Norman "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob and Frank, I tried the re-dimensioning and it did not help. I also changed the name of the filename to start with "Joe" instead of this string, which I input, and changed the subroutine call to use a hard-wired "Joe" instead of this starting string, and it found the file just fine with that. As I mentioned earlier, the file has no trouble naming a file that it "saves as" with this same problematic string. It just can't seem to understand it, when it is trying to find the file to open. What could this be? I used edit search to make sure the spelling was identical and it was. "Grace" wrote in message ... Rob suggested the ampersands too, but it did not help. I don't know what you mean by Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation other than that I should check the spelling. What else did you mean? I did. In fact, I used that same string in another prior filename ands it works there. As I just asked Rob, could it be that it is not re-dimensioned in a subroutine that the main subroutine calls (which is also the first place the macro bombs)? Thanks Grace "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi try myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" Also check the content of the variable 'MGR_SHORT_NAME' you may include the line msgbox myFilename and check the concatenation -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Hi Grace,
You are saying that I cannot somehow, by macro, make sure that, when it tries to open a file, it will look at files of all extension types and, if I want a .L00 (or whatever) file type, I cannot get it to find it? No not at all. You can, of course, specify any (valid) file extension you wish. Using the default xls extension enables a search to return some or all workbooks in a given path. Personally, I use an appropriate folder configuration coupled with a naming convention to store/find my files. That is not to say that I never use a non-standard extension. If, for example, I wish to back up my xlb (toolbar) files I will often use a revised extension. In my reply to you I said: (3) Unless it is your intention not to use the standard Excel xls suffix, change ".L00" to (say) "-L00" The choice is yours, my intention was simply to to alert you . --- Regards, Norman |
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The message box does return the right string. Actually, I am now having a
problem with the earlier, similar, save file as an EXCEL file command fname = StrMGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("INPUTS").Range("B45").Value & Sheets("INPUTS").Range("E11").Value & ".xls" It says object variable or with block variable not set. Can anyone explain this? Thanks, Grace "Rob van Gelder" wrote in message ... I don't know what the problem is. You'll need some debugging info to figure out what's going on. So your code will read something like: myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" MsgBox myFilename (or even better than MsgBox, Debug.Print) Then you'll see if myFilename is getting set correctly. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Per Norman, I have dimensioned it as a string and renamed it strMGR_SHORT_NAME. The subroutine (where the variable IS picked up in another such filename) calls another subroutine and it is not re-dimensioned there and does not seem to be picked up there. Would that help? I tried the & instead of +, but it doesn't help. Does the & also apply to the + "*.xls", or just the strings in the name? Any other ideas? Dean "Rob van Gelder" wrote in message ... Could you tell us how you declare MGR_SHORT_NAME? Also, use & instead of + when concatenating strings. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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Actually, let me clarify my last post (see below). The name is correct on
the first call (a file which is then saved as an XLS file), the one that was working fine and now is not, so please consider the error msg noted below. On the second call (a file open as a non EXCEL file), the one that never worked, the name is blank. So, at least in this second instance, it seems that the strSHORT_MGR_NAME is not being passed from the subroutine where it was defined (via a message box input) to a later subroutine. How do I ensure stuff like this gets passed, anyway. In summary, please answer this question and check the error message in the prior post below. Thanks a lot! Dean "Grace" wrote in message ... The message box does return the right string. Actually, I am now having a problem with the earlier, similar, save file as an EXCEL file command fname = StrMGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("INPUTS").Range("B45").Value & Sheets("INPUTS").Range("E11").Value & ".xls" It says object variable or with block variable not set. Can anyone explain this? Thanks, Grace "Rob van Gelder" wrote in message ... I don't know what the problem is. You'll need some debugging info to figure out what's going on. So your code will read something like: myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & "SUMPRF" & ".L00" MsgBox myFilename (or even better than MsgBox, Debug.Print) Then you'll see if myFilename is getting set correctly. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Per Norman, I have dimensioned it as a string and renamed it strMGR_SHORT_NAME. The subroutine (where the variable IS picked up in another such filename) calls another subroutine and it is not re-dimensioned there and does not seem to be picked up there. Would that help? I tried the & instead of +, but it doesn't help. Does the & also apply to the + "*.xls", or just the strings in the name? Any other ideas? Dean "Rob van Gelder" wrote in message ... Could you tell us how you declare MGR_SHORT_NAME? Also, use & instead of + when concatenating strings. -- Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel "Grace" wrote in message ... Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace |
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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... One mo Option Explicit Sub testme01() Dim myFilename As String Dim MGR_SHORT_NAME As String Dim testStr As String MGR_SHORT_NAME = "something that you set???" myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value & _ "SUMPRF" & ".L00" MsgBox "|" & myFilename & "|" '| may help see extra spaces in the filename testStr = "" On Error Resume Next testStr = Dir(myFilename) On Error GoTo 0 If testStr = "" Then MsgBox "Filename: " & myFilename & " doesn't exist" End If End Sub This assumes that sheets("Inputs") exists in the activeworkbook. (If you have doubts, you may want to include a check for that, too.) Option Explicit Sub a() Dim myFilename As String Dim MGR_SHORT_NAME As String Dim testStr As String Dim testWks As Worksheet MGR_SHORT_NAME = "something that you set???" Set testWks = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set testWks = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("inputs") On Error GoTo 0 If testWks Is Nothing Then MsgBox "It doesn't exist!" Exit Sub '? End If myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME & testWks.Range("E11").Value & _ "SUMPRF" & ".L00" MsgBox "|" & myFilename & "|" '| may help see extra spaces in the filename testStr = "" On Error Resume Next testStr = Dir(myFilename) On Error GoTo 0 If testStr = "" Then MsgBox "Filename: " & myFilename & " doesn't exist" End If End Sub Grace wrote: Is there something wrong with the following code? myFilename = MGR_SHORT_NAME + Sheets("Inputs").Range("E11").Value + "SUMPRF" + ".L00" It keeps bombing out when it goes to find this file, because the actual file, of course, was named so that it has the MGR_short_name in the front part of its name, but the macro doesn't seem to recognize it, i.e., when it responds that it cannot find the file, the name it says it is looking for, does not have this first part. Thanks, Grace -- Dave Peterson |
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