Open file with relative reference
 

Hi,

Workbook A and workbook B are two excel files in the same directory,
and always will be however the location of that directory may change
(ie from 'C:\files\excel' to 'D:\programs\data'.

In workbook A, I need a macro that will open workbook B.
I have tried the workbooks.open filename('workbook B.xls'). However,
this only works if the full location of the file is listed and thus
does not work when both the files are shifted to the new directory.

Can you please help me to open a workbook with a relative reference to
the location.

Thannks, Simon


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Thisworkbook.path

returns the path of the workbook. The file must be save for it to have a
path, but that does not sound like an issue here...
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Hi,

Workbook A and workbook B are two excel files in the same directory,
and always will be however the location of that directory may change
(ie from 'C:\files\excel' to 'D:\programs\data'.

In workbook A, I need a macro that will open workbook B.
I have tried the workbooks.open filename('workbook B.xls'). However,
this only works if the full location of the file is listed and thus
does not work when both the files are shifted to the new directory.

Can you please help me to open a workbook with a relative reference to
the location.

Thannks, Simon


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Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply. The ThisWorkbook.path sounds like a good idea,
but I am not sure how to add that information and the filename to the
Workbook.Open Filename=() function.

Thanks, Simon


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