This works for me

Dim FilePath As String

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
FilePath = "K:\My Documents\Finance\Misc\Rear bedroom extension.xls"
Workbooks.Open FilePath
ActiveWindow.Visible = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True


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Bob Phillips

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"cereldine" wrote
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A function i'm producing opens a external workbook to retrieve some
values from there, i would like to keep this workbook either invisible
or minimized when it opens. Is this possible, ive done a similar thing
in access.
ive tried the following approaches but with little joy, any other
ideas

Workbooks.Open (FilePath2).application.visible = false
ActiveWindow.Visible = False
Workbooks.Application.Visible = False

some of these produce errors the other close both workbooks.
thanks


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