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Suzette[_3_]

referencing the activecell
 
I'm stumped. I am wanting to copy information from cells in workbook A to
workbook B. I want to cycle through several rows but would rather not
bounce back and forth activating each WB. Is there a way to reference the
active cell in each workbook?

I tried setting a variable to the worksheet but it doesn't like it.

Set wb1 = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws1 = wb1.Worksheets(2)

Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open(strDir & strFile)
Set ws2 = wb.Worksheets(2)
ws1.Activecell = ws2.Activecell <---- This is the line I want to
use but this code doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Suzette



Bob Phillips

referencing the activecell
 
Activecell is not a property of the worksheet, it is a property of the
window, so you only have one.

You will need to keep tags of where you are in each worksheet.

--
---
HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"Suzette" wrote in message
...
I'm stumped. I am wanting to copy information from cells in workbook A to
workbook B. I want to cycle through several rows but would rather not
bounce back and forth activating each WB. Is there a way to reference
the active cell in each workbook?

I tried setting a variable to the worksheet but it doesn't like it.

Set wb1 = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws1 = wb1.Worksheets(2)

Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open(strDir & strFile)
Set ws2 = wb.Worksheets(2)
ws1.Activecell = ws2.Activecell <---- This is the line I want to
use but this code doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Suzette




IanKR

referencing the activecell
 
I'm stumped. I am wanting to copy information from cells in workbook
A to workbook B. I want to cycle through several rows but would
rather not bounce back and forth activating each WB. Is there a way
to reference the active cell in each workbook?

I tried setting a variable to the worksheet but it doesn't like it.

Set wb1 = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws1 = wb1.Worksheets(2)

Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open(strDir & strFile)
Set ws2 = wb.Worksheets(2)
ws1.Activecell = ws2.Activecell <---- This is the line I
want to use but this code doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Suzette


As well as what Bob has said, watch out for typos - e.g.:

Set ws2 = wb2.Worksheets(2) and not

Set ws2 = wb.Worksheets(2)

This is why it's best to set Option Explicit, as it'll pick up on
typos/errors like this.



Suzette[_3_]

referencing the activecell
 
Thanks guys. I set it up to reference the cells in both workbooks and it
works perfectly.
"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Activecell is not a property of the worksheet, it is a property of the
window, so you only have one.

You will need to keep tags of where you are in each worksheet.

--
---
HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
addy)



"Suzette" wrote in message
...
I'm stumped. I am wanting to copy information from cells in workbook A
to workbook B. I want to cycle through several rows but would rather not
bounce back and forth activating each WB. Is there a way to reference
the active cell in each workbook?

I tried setting a variable to the worksheet but it doesn't like it.

Set wb1 = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws1 = wb1.Worksheets(2)

Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open(strDir & strFile)
Set ws2 = wb.Worksheets(2)
ws1.Activecell = ws2.Activecell <---- This is the line I want
to use but this code doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Suzette






Bob Phillips

referencing the activecell
 
I must admit, I wondered whether that was a code typo, or a posting typo <g

--
---
HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"IanKR" wrote in message
...
I'm stumped. I am wanting to copy information from cells in workbook
A to workbook B. I want to cycle through several rows but would
rather not bounce back and forth activating each WB. Is there a way
to reference the active cell in each workbook?

I tried setting a variable to the worksheet but it doesn't like it.

Set wb1 = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws1 = wb1.Worksheets(2)

Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open(strDir & strFile)
Set ws2 = wb.Worksheets(2)
ws1.Activecell = ws2.Activecell <---- This is the line I
want to use but this code doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Suzette


As well as what Bob has said, watch out for typos - e.g.:

Set ws2 = wb2.Worksheets(2) and not

Set ws2 = wb.Worksheets(2)

This is why it's best to set Option Explicit, as it'll pick up on
typos/errors like this.





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