I'd appreciate any tips as to a better way to deal with the following:

I am dealing with unprotecting and protecting some data in order to do
some updates to a worksheet. I want to find a way that VBA knows my
current filename so that I can avoid using the following:

Workbooks("Data_Apr2005.xls"). _
Worksheets("Cash Flow").Protect DrawingObjects:=False

Is there a way to specify the path the user opened the file from and
the filename without hardcoding the information?

Thanks!

The ThisWorkbook object will always refer to the workbook that
contains the code. So, you can use code like

ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Cash Flow").Protect
DrawingObjects:=False

The ActiveWorkbook object will refer to the workbook that is
currently active. ThisWorkbook and ActiveWorkbook are often the
same, but not always.

ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Cash Flow").Protect
DrawingObjects:=False

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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com




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I'd appreciate any tips as to a better way to deal with the
following:

I am dealing with unprotecting and protecting some data in
order to do
some updates to a worksheet. I want to find a way that VBA
knows my
current filename so that I can avoid using the following:

Workbooks("Data_Apr2005.xls"). _
Worksheets("Cash Flow").Protect DrawingObjects:=False

Is there a way to specify the path the user opened the file
from and
the filename without hardcoding the information?

Thanks!

Julia, how about ,ActiveSheet.Unprotect
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Paul B
Always backup your data before trying something new
Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it
Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
Using Excel 2002 & 2003

wrote in message
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I'd appreciate any tips as to a better way to deal with the following:

I am dealing with unprotecting and protecting some data in order to do
some updates to a worksheet. I want to find a way that VBA knows my
current filename so that I can avoid using the following:

Workbooks("Data_Apr2005.xls"). _
Worksheets("Cash Flow").Protect DrawingObjects:=False

Is there a way to specify the path the user opened the file from and
the filename without hardcoding the information?

Thanks!

ThisWorkbook refers to the workbook containing the code
ActiveWorkbook refers to the workbook that has the focus

<workbook ref.Path - gives the path of the referenced workbook
<workbook ref.Fullname - gives the path and name of the referenced
workbook
<workbook ref.Name - give the name of the referenced workbook

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


wrote in message
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I'd appreciate any tips as to a better way to deal with the following:

I am dealing with unprotecting and protecting some data in order to do
some updates to a worksheet. I want to find a way that VBA knows my
current filename so that I can avoid using the following:

Workbooks("Data_Apr2005.xls"). _
Worksheets("Cash Flow").Protect DrawingObjects:=False

Is there a way to specify the path the user opened the file from and
the filename without hardcoding the information?

Thanks!