I want to copy some cells on a sheet to another workbook, then return to
my original workbook and on another sheet copy some cells there to
another sheet in the second workbook. I can accomplish this once, but
how do I get control back to my original workbook so I can go to the
second sheet and copy the cells? Then how do I make my destination
workbook active again so it can receive the paste the second time?
Below is what I have for the first copy/paste...

Sheets("origin sheet A").Select
Range("b3:c198").Select
Selection.Copy
Workbooks.Open (ThisWorkbook.Path & "\destination file.xls")
Sheets("dest sheet A").Select
Range("b3:c198").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste


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For you to go back to the original Workbook you just have to insert thi
command:

Windows ("Original File.xls").Activate

then you activate the sheet with the new data you have to copy as i
the lines you wrote.

bernardoaf

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You could use some variables to represent each workbook:

Dim OrigWkbk as workbook
dim NewWkbk as workbook

set origwkbk = activeworkbook 'or thisworkbook????
set newwkbk = workbooks.open(ThisWorkbook.Path & "\destination file.xls")

'then don't use .select's.

origwkbk.worksheets("origin sheet a").range("b3:c198").copy _
destination:=newwkbk.worksheets("dest sheet A").range("b3")

'just the top left cell of the destination range is sufficient.

And repeat that as many times as you need.


mwc0914 wrote:

I want to copy some cells on a sheet to another workbook, then return to
my original workbook and on another sheet copy some cells there to
another sheet in the second workbook. I can accomplish this once, but
how do I get control back to my original workbook so I can go to the
second sheet and copy the cells? Then how do I make my destination
workbook active again so it can receive the paste the second time?
Below is what I have for the first copy/paste...

Sheets("origin sheet A").Select
Range("b3:c198").Select
Selection.Copy
Workbooks.Open (ThisWorkbook.Path & "\destination file.xls")
Sheets("dest sheet A").Select
Range("b3:c198").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste

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bernardoafs,

How do I get control back to my destination workbook so I can paste the
second time? I tried entering the following line:

Windows(ThisWorkbook.Path & "\destination file.xls").Activate

But I get a subscript out of range error...


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Dave,

What if I'm copying cells that contain a formula & I want to do a paste
special of values only in the destination. What would my stement look
like then?

Thanks


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This would change from:

origwkbk.worksheets("origin sheet a").range("b3:c198").copy _
destination:=newwkbk.worksheets("dest sheet A").range("b3")

to:

origwkbk.worksheets("origin sheet a").range("b3:c198").copy
newwkbk.worksheets("dest sheet A").range("b3").pastespecial paste:=xlpastevalues

Or you could just assign the values, too:

dim rngtocopy as range
dim destcell as range

set rngtocopy = origwkbk.worksheets("origin sheet a").range("b3:c198")
set destcell = newwkbk.worksheets("dest sheet A").range("b3")

destcell.resize(rngtocopy.rows.count,rngtocopy.col umns.count).value _
= rngtocopy.value

Using the range variables makes that last statement easier to type and makes the
whole thing easier to change.


mwc0914 wrote:

Dave,

What if I'm copying cells that contain a formula & I want to do a paste
special of values only in the destination. What would my stement look
like then?

Thanks

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