Hello All,

I conduct a daily download of several large queries from a remote Oracle
database. I save these queries as Excel Workbooks for import into an MS
Access database.

The problem I have is that the process is mostly automated with the
exception of the fact that I must go to each WB that I save and open them
and click "Save". This will bring up the dialogue box stating... "myfile.xls
is a Microsoft Excel 2.1 Worksheet. Do you want to overwrite it with the
latest Excel format?", at which point I click yes and it is updated to MS
Excel 2003. I have searched high and low but cannot seem to find a vba
example or instructions on how to write a macro that will

1st: Look in a directory/file path and identify all the files there so code
can be executed on each .xls in the dir.

2nd: Update each of the above identified files "with the latest Excel format"

Has anyone done this, seen code snippets or have more insight than this VBA
newbee to figure out a solution to this.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


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Thanks,

Patrick

look at the FileSearch Object. It has the sample code you need

loop through the files found, then

open each
and then
do a


for i = 1 to .foundfiles(i)
workbooks.Open .FoundFilse(i)
Application.Displayalerts = False
activeworkbook.SaveAs Filename:=ThisWorkbook.FullName, _
FileFormat = xlWorkbookNormal
Activeworkbook.Close Savechanges:= false
Next i

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"PSKelligan" wrote in message
...
Hello All,

I conduct a daily download of several large queries from a remote Oracle
database. I save these queries as Excel Workbooks for import into an MS
Access database.

The problem I have is that the process is mostly automated with the
exception of the fact that I must go to each WB that I save and open them
and click "Save". This will bring up the dialogue box stating...
"myfile.xls
is a Microsoft Excel 2.1 Worksheet. Do you want to overwrite it with the
latest Excel format?", at which point I click yes and it is updated to MS
Excel 2003. I have searched high and low but cannot seem to find a vba
example or instructions on how to write a macro that will

1st: Look in a directory/file path and identify all the files there so
code
can be executed on each .xls in the dir.

2nd: Update each of the above identified files "with the latest Excel
format"

Has anyone done this, seen code snippets or have more insight than this
VBA
newbee to figure out a solution to this.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


--
Thanks,

Patrick