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Default Reference to a variable in windows(???).Activate

Hi:

I am having a minor syntax problem.

I wish to store the name and path of the spreadsheet I am in( which is variable), and copy
some data from a spreadsheet that has a known name and location. I am attempting to save
the file name and path of the sheet I am on, and then switch back and forth between the
two sheets using the windows.activate function. The problem is that i don't know the
correct syntax to refer to a variable in that command. The code is as follows (in part):


Application.ScreenUpdating = False

Sheets("Input").Select
installpath = ActiveWorkbook.Path
installname = ActiveWorkbook.Name
installfile = installpath &/& installname <----VARIABLE NAMED HERE

Workbooks.Open(FileName:="C:\ipt\timesheets\Timesh eet.xls").RunAutoMacros _
Which:=xlAutoOpen


Sheets("input").Select
Range("C5:D7").Select
Selection.Copy
Windows(installfile).Activate <<<<----THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS!
Range("C5").Select


Can someone please tell me the correct way to refer to this variable field?

Incidentally, could I have used "ActiveWorkbook.FullName" and got the whole name and path
in one command?


Thanks a lot

John Baker
 
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