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Hi . I have been asked to creat a back up file of a data base in case the
computer crashes onto a cd and update the back up on a weekly basis. the file
in based in the C:\Program Files\. I am unsure to how to do this. Can
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Are you opening that file? If so , use

Activeworkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:="C:\mybackups\myfile.xls"

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Sorry to being a bit daft, but where do find Activeworkbook?

Bob Phillips wrote:
Are you opening that file? If so , use

Activeworkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:="C:\mybackups\myfile.xls"

Hi . I have been asked to creat a back up file of a data base in case the
computer crashes onto a cd and update the back up on a weekly basis. the
file
in based in the C:\Program Files\. I am unsure to how to do this. Can
anyone help. Thanks


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Activeworkbook is a VBA built-in pointing to the active workbook.

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Sorry to being a bit daft, but where do find Activeworkbook?

Bob Phillips wrote:
Are you opening that file? If so , use

Activeworkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:="C:\mybackups\myfile.xls"

Hi . I have been asked to creat a back up file of a data base in case
the
computer crashes onto a cd and update the back up on a weekly basis. the
file
in based in the C:\Program Files\. I am unsure to how to do this. Can
anyone help. Thanks


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