Activating Workbook
 

HI,

When I start a macro that will work with two or more workbooks, I always
have:
Dim ThisBook as Workbook
Set ThisBook=ActiveWorkbook

When I open a second workbook for data:

Dim DataBook as Workbook
Set DataBook=ActiveWorkbook

Now I simply use the workbook variables to qualify which range form which
workbook to use.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP

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"Jason" wrote in message
...
I am trying to use some code to copy and paste a variety of cells from a
master workbook ("WB1", which contains the code) to a second WB ("WB2").
The
name of WB1 is fixed and will not change. However, WB2 will not always
have
the same filename. I would generally only be doing this one workbook at a
time, i.e. I will have WB1 open along with WB2, and then run the code. Is
there a way using code to reference/activate WB2 while I am in WB1 without
having to use the filename of WB2 (it will not always be the same)?
Thanks.

Activating Workbook
 

Instead of using your own variable ThisBook, you could use VBA's ThisWorkbook.
It'll refer to the workbook with the code.

Rod Gill wrote:

HI,

When I start a macro that will work with two or more workbooks, I always
have:
Dim ThisBook as Workbook
Set ThisBook=ActiveWorkbook

When I open a second workbook for data:

Dim DataBook as Workbook
Set DataBook=ActiveWorkbook

Now I simply use the workbook variables to qualify which range form which
workbook to use.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP

NEW!! Project VBA Book, for details visit: http://www.projectvbabook.com

"Jason" wrote in message
...
I am trying to use some code to copy and paste a variety of cells from a
master workbook ("WB1", which contains the code) to a second WB ("WB2").
The
name of WB1 is fixed and will not change. However, WB2 will not always
have
the same filename. I would generally only be doing this one workbook at a
time, i.e. I will have WB1 open along with WB2, and then run the code. Is
there a way using code to reference/activate WB2 while I am in WB1 without
having to use the filename of WB2 (it will not always be the same)?
Thanks.

--

Dave Peterson