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Saving a file with time and date at a set time period
What I am aiming for is as follows:-
I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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In a standard code module add this code
Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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Thanks Bob for your reply.
I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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Bob
Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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Mark,
Create a checkbox on the worksheet from the Forms toolbar, and add this macro to a standard code module Sub CheckBox1_Click() If ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes(Application.Caller).Value = 1 Then SaveOften End If End Sub BTW, the line Dim nTime As Double that I gave you previously should be Public nTime As Double -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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Saving a file with time and date at a set time period
Bob,
Sorry to have to come back to you again but I'm now getting this error- Run-time error '1004' Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class ????? I've looked at some other posts about specifying a file name and from them put together the following code- Sub CheckBox1_Click() Dim wb As Workbook Dim ws As Worksheet.Name Dim x As Variant Dim y As Variant Dim z As Variant Dim strFileName As String Set wb = ActiveWorkbook Set ws = wb.Worksheets("idrmterm") x = Format(Date, "dd-mmm-yyyy") y = Format(Time, "hh-mm-ss") z = Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value Dim strPath As String strPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" strFileName = x & " " & y & ws & ".xls" If CheckBox1.Value = 1 Then Application.OnTime Now, ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=strPath & strFileName, Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value, True End If End Sub If I've understood the OnTime correctly this would save the file instantly and allow the process to be repeated in the amount of time specified in cell E1 Only problem is I get a compile error Expected: end of statement with Filename Highlighted In the post I got this from 'Save with dates' on 2/28/2007 CV323 suggests this part works. Have you any ideas as to why this is happening and would this bir of code work? Many thanks once again Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, Create a checkbox on the worksheet from the Forms toolbar, and add this macro to a standard code module Sub CheckBox1_Click() If ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes(Application.Caller).Value = 1 Then SaveOften End If End Sub BTW, the line Dim nTime As Double that I gave you previously should be Public nTime As Double -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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I showed you how to do it in the previous posting.
-- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, Sorry to have to come back to you again but I'm now getting this error- Run-time error '1004' Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class ????? I've looked at some other posts about specifying a file name and from them put together the following code- Sub CheckBox1_Click() Dim wb As Workbook Dim ws As Worksheet.Name Dim x As Variant Dim y As Variant Dim z As Variant Dim strFileName As String Set wb = ActiveWorkbook Set ws = wb.Worksheets("idrmterm") x = Format(Date, "dd-mmm-yyyy") y = Format(Time, "hh-mm-ss") z = Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value Dim strPath As String strPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" strFileName = x & " " & y & ws & ".xls" If CheckBox1.Value = 1 Then Application.OnTime Now, ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=strPath & strFileName, Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value, True End If End Sub If I've understood the OnTime correctly this would save the file instantly and allow the process to be repeated in the amount of time specified in cell E1 Only problem is I get a compile error Expected: end of statement with Filename Highlighted In the post I got this from 'Save with dates' on 2/28/2007 CV323 suggests this part works. Have you any ideas as to why this is happening and would this bir of code work? Many thanks once again Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, Create a checkbox on the worksheet from the Forms toolbar, and add this macro to a standard code module Sub CheckBox1_Click() If ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes(Application.Caller).Value = 1 Then SaveOften End If End Sub BTW, the line Dim nTime As Double that I gave you previously should be Public nTime As Double -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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Bob,
I appologise I didn't mean to cause offence or seem ungrateful. I followed you answers carefully and still got the error I descibed before ( Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class) and I have no idea what that means, but to show that, although I am a novice at VBA, I do read alot of previous post and do have a go myself I tried the code I posted. Once again, sorry if I've caused offence and thank you for you help on this issue and on previous ones you've helped me with. Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: I showed you how to do it in the previous posting. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, Sorry to have to come back to you again but I'm now getting this error- Run-time error '1004' Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class ????? I've looked at some other posts about specifying a file name and from them put together the following code- Sub CheckBox1_Click() Dim wb As Workbook Dim ws As Worksheet.Name Dim x As Variant Dim y As Variant Dim z As Variant Dim strFileName As String Set wb = ActiveWorkbook Set ws = wb.Worksheets("idrmterm") x = Format(Date, "dd-mmm-yyyy") y = Format(Time, "hh-mm-ss") z = Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value Dim strPath As String strPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" strFileName = x & " " & y & ws & ".xls" If CheckBox1.Value = 1 Then Application.OnTime Now, ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=strPath & strFileName, Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value, True End If End Sub If I've understood the OnTime correctly this would save the file instantly and allow the process to be repeated in the amount of time specified in cell E1 Only problem is I get a compile error Expected: end of statement with Filename Highlighted In the post I got this from 'Save with dates' on 2/28/2007 CV323 suggests this part works. Have you any ideas as to why this is happening and would this bir of code work? Many thanks once again Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, Create a checkbox on the worksheet from the Forms toolbar, and add this macro to a standard code module Sub CheckBox1_Click() If ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes(Application.Caller).Value = 1 Then SaveOften End If End Sub BTW, the line Dim nTime As Double that I gave you previously should be Public nTime As Double -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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Mark, I wasn't chiding you mate, just pointing out that those instructions
were in my previous post. Do you still have the problem? -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, I appologise I didn't mean to cause offence or seem ungrateful. I followed you answers carefully and still got the error I descibed before ( Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class) and I have no idea what that means, but to show that, although I am a novice at VBA, I do read alot of previous post and do have a go myself I tried the code I posted. Once again, sorry if I've caused offence and thank you for you help on this issue and on previous ones you've helped me with. Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: I showed you how to do it in the previous posting. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, Sorry to have to come back to you again but I'm now getting this error- Run-time error '1004' Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class ????? I've looked at some other posts about specifying a file name and from them put together the following code- Sub CheckBox1_Click() Dim wb As Workbook Dim ws As Worksheet.Name Dim x As Variant Dim y As Variant Dim z As Variant Dim strFileName As String Set wb = ActiveWorkbook Set ws = wb.Worksheets("idrmterm") x = Format(Date, "dd-mmm-yyyy") y = Format(Time, "hh-mm-ss") z = Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value Dim strPath As String strPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" strFileName = x & " " & y & ws & ".xls" If CheckBox1.Value = 1 Then Application.OnTime Now, ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=strPath & strFileName, Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value, True End If End Sub If I've understood the OnTime correctly this would save the file instantly and allow the process to be repeated in the amount of time specified in cell E1 Only problem is I get a compile error Expected: end of statement with Filename Highlighted In the post I got this from 'Save with dates' on 2/28/2007 CV323 suggests this part works. Have you any ideas as to why this is happening and would this bir of code work? Many thanks once again Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, Create a checkbox on the worksheet from the Forms toolbar, and add this macro to a standard code module Sub CheckBox1_Click() If ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes(Application.Caller).Value = 1 Then SaveOften End If End Sub BTW, the line Dim nTime As Double that I gave you previously should be Public nTime As Double -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Thnaks in advance for any help. |
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Sorry Bob I was having a hard time getting my head around the OnTime thingy
and in particular stopping it. I reposted to get a better understanding of the time variant needed and Chip Pearson pointed me to his site, which I'd read a number of times before but didn't quite get 'calling' a procedure. then the penny dropped so all is rosey now. Just battling with a userform which I want to run 2 Ontime events from, I'm sure I'll need to post on something to do with it! Thanks for you reply. Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, I wasn't chiding you mate, just pointing out that those instructions were in my previous post. Do you still have the problem? -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, I appologise I didn't mean to cause offence or seem ungrateful. I followed you answers carefully and still got the error I descibed before ( Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class) and I have no idea what that means, but to show that, although I am a novice at VBA, I do read alot of previous post and do have a go myself I tried the code I posted. Once again, sorry if I've caused offence and thank you for you help on this issue and on previous ones you've helped me with. Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: I showed you how to do it in the previous posting. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, Sorry to have to come back to you again but I'm now getting this error- Run-time error '1004' Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class ????? I've looked at some other posts about specifying a file name and from them put together the following code- Sub CheckBox1_Click() Dim wb As Workbook Dim ws As Worksheet.Name Dim x As Variant Dim y As Variant Dim z As Variant Dim strFileName As String Set wb = ActiveWorkbook Set ws = wb.Worksheets("idrmterm") x = Format(Date, "dd-mmm-yyyy") y = Format(Time, "hh-mm-ss") z = Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value Dim strPath As String strPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" strFileName = x & " " & y & ws & ".xls" If CheckBox1.Value = 1 Then Application.OnTime Now, ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=strPath & strFileName, Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value, True End If End Sub If I've understood the OnTime correctly this would save the file instantly and allow the process to be repeated in the amount of time specified in cell E1 Only problem is I get a compile error Expected: end of statement with Filename Highlighted In the post I got this from 'Save with dates' on 2/28/2007 CV323 suggests this part works. Have you any ideas as to why this is happening and would this bir of code work? Many thanks once again Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, Create a checkbox on the worksheet from the Forms toolbar, and add this macro to a standard code module Sub CheckBox1_Click() If ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes(Application.Caller).Value = 1 Then SaveOften End If End Sub BTW, the line Dim nTime As Double that I gave you previously should be Public nTime As Double -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() |
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two ontime is quite straight-forward as long as you keep two very separate
time variables. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Sorry Bob I was having a hard time getting my head around the OnTime thingy and in particular stopping it. I reposted to get a better understanding of the time variant needed and Chip Pearson pointed me to his site, which I'd read a number of times before but didn't quite get 'calling' a procedure. then the penny dropped so all is rosey now. Just battling with a userform which I want to run 2 Ontime events from, I'm sure I'll need to post on something to do with it! Thanks for you reply. Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, I wasn't chiding you mate, just pointing out that those instructions were in my previous post. Do you still have the problem? -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, I appologise I didn't mean to cause offence or seem ungrateful. I followed you answers carefully and still got the error I descibed before ( Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class) and I have no idea what that means, but to show that, although I am a novice at VBA, I do read alot of previous post and do have a go myself I tried the code I posted. Once again, sorry if I've caused offence and thank you for you help on this issue and on previous ones you've helped me with. Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: I showed you how to do it in the previous posting. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob, Sorry to have to come back to you again but I'm now getting this error- Run-time error '1004' Unable to get the CheckBoxes property of the Worksheet Class ????? I've looked at some other posts about specifying a file name and from them put together the following code- Sub CheckBox1_Click() Dim wb As Workbook Dim ws As Worksheet.Name Dim x As Variant Dim y As Variant Dim z As Variant Dim strFileName As String Set wb = ActiveWorkbook Set ws = wb.Worksheets("idrmterm") x = Format(Date, "dd-mmm-yyyy") y = Format(Time, "hh-mm-ss") z = Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value Dim strPath As String strPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" strFileName = x & " " & y & ws & ".xls" If CheckBox1.Value = 1 Then Application.OnTime Now, ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=strPath & strFileName, Now + Worksheets("DDE Sheet").Range("E1").Value, True End If End Sub If I've understood the OnTime correctly this would save the file instantly and allow the process to be repeated in the amount of time specified in cell E1 Only problem is I get a compile error Expected: end of statement with Filename Highlighted In the post I got this from 'Save with dates' on 2/28/2007 CV323 suggests this part works. Have you any ideas as to why this is happening and would this bir of code work? Many thanks once again Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: Mark, Create a checkbox on the worksheet from the Forms toolbar, and add this macro to a standard code module Sub CheckBox1_Click() If ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes(Application.Caller).Value = 1 Then SaveOften End If End Sub BTW, the line Dim nTime As Double that I gave you previously should be Public nTime As Double -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... Bob Sorted out the error, I'd missed "" form the date and time format. This is sort of working now but as I have the mudule assigned to a hotspot the save only works when I click it. What I would really like to do is allow the user to select a check box to run the macro at the interval entered into a cell, in this case E1. I have tried putting all or part of the module code into a command button code and tried 'Run xlgsnu' in a command button but nothing seems to work! "Mark Dullingham" wrote: Thanks Bob for your reply. I've added the code as you said and added a hotspot to enable the module but I have a choice of 2 macro's to choose from 1- gsnu and 2- SaveOften. I have modified it to add the time, heres the code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My Documents\Work" s2 = "DDE Sheet" & "." & Format(Date, dd - mm - yy) & "." & Format(Time, hh - mm - ss) s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("216 Ground Floor").Range("E1").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub With gsnu assigned, when I click the hotspot I get a 'compile error variable not defined' and the 'dd' of the date format is highlighted. With SaveOften assigned I get a compile error of 'expected function or variable' I have appsolutely no idea what this means. I have tried the help files but with no luck. Your help and advice would be gratefully received Mark "Bob Phillips" wrote: In a standard code module add this code Option Explicit Dim nTime As Double Sub gsnu() Dim s1 As String, s2 As String, s3 As String, s4 As String s1 = "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\" s2 = "FILM " & Format(Date, "mm-dd-yy") s3 = ".xls" s4 = s1 & s2 & s3 ChDir s1 ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=s4 End Sub Sub SaveOften() nTime = Now + Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B5").Value Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu End Sub and in thisworkbook, add Option Explicit Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) Application.OnTime nTime, gsnu, , False End Sub 'This is workbook event code. 'To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet '(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks), 'select View Code from the menu, and paste the code -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Mark Dullingham" wrote in message ... What I am aiming for is as follows:- I have a file with DDE links to an external MDB database and I would like to save the file with the date and time in the file name. I would like this option to have an 'on/off' command button or check box and reference a cell value,say B5, in minutes, as the period at which the file is saved. I have found the following code (by Gary's Student) but I don't know how to trigger it automatically. Sub gsnu() |
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