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Activate a template file
Using Office 2003 and Windows XP;
Is there any way to activate a template file after it has already been opened (but not yet saved)? I tried recording the file name and writing it into a hidden sheet, then use that to activate the file, but it doesn't work, I guess because it is not yet saved, but it seems there must be a way to activate it. I also tried setting an object reference to the file on open, but this loses the object reference for some reason, I think because the file being opened is an Oracle ADI template file and certain codes run in the background to connect to Oracle and the object reference is severed in the process. Can I use a window name perhaps? Your example code would be most appreciated. Thanks much in advance. |
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Activate a template file
Do the open with a set statement. After a workbook open the opened workbook
is the active workbook. Set a variable to the active workbook. Later use the variable to activate the book again workbooks.open filename:=MyName.xlt set templ = activeworkbook 'later in the code templ.activate "XP" wrote: Using Office 2003 and Windows XP; Is there any way to activate a template file after it has already been opened (but not yet saved)? I tried recording the file name and writing it into a hidden sheet, then use that to activate the file, but it doesn't work, I guess because it is not yet saved, but it seems there must be a way to activate it. I also tried setting an object reference to the file on open, but this loses the object reference for some reason, I think because the file being opened is an Oracle ADI template file and certain codes run in the background to connect to Oracle and the object reference is severed in the process. Can I use a window name perhaps? Your example code would be most appreciated. Thanks much in advance. |
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Activate a template file
workbooks.open filename:=MyName.xlt
set templ = activeworkbook Or, simpler, Set WB = Workbooks.Open(Filename:="YourTemplate.xlt") -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "Joel" wrote in message ... Do the open with a set statement. After a workbook open the opened workbook is the active workbook. Set a variable to the active workbook. Later use the variable to activate the book again workbooks.open filename:=MyName.xlt set templ = activeworkbook 'later in the code templ.activate "XP" wrote: Using Office 2003 and Windows XP; Is there any way to activate a template file after it has already been opened (but not yet saved)? I tried recording the file name and writing it into a hidden sheet, then use that to activate the file, but it doesn't work, I guess because it is not yet saved, but it seems there must be a way to activate it. I also tried setting an object reference to the file on open, but this loses the object reference for some reason, I think because the file being opened is an Oracle ADI template file and certain codes run in the background to connect to Oracle and the object reference is severed in the process. Can I use a window name perhaps? Your example code would be most appreciated. Thanks much in advance. |
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Activate a template file
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Dim Wkbk as workbook set wkbk = workbooks.add(template:="C:\yourtemplate.xlt") 'then work with the wkbk variable. Wkbk.worksheets(1).range("a1").value = "hi there" (I've never worked with the Oracle stuff, though. Not sure how it would affect you.) XP wrote: Using Office 2003 and Windows XP; Is there any way to activate a template file after it has already been opened (but not yet saved)? I tried recording the file name and writing it into a hidden sheet, then use that to activate the file, but it doesn't work, I guess because it is not yet saved, but it seems there must be a way to activate it. I also tried setting an object reference to the file on open, but this loses the object reference for some reason, I think because the file being opened is an Oracle ADI template file and certain codes run in the background to connect to Oracle and the object reference is severed in the process. Can I use a window name perhaps? Your example code would be most appreciated. Thanks much in advance. -- Dave Peterson |
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Activate a template file
Thanks everyone for your posts; actually the Oracle ADI somehow causes
automation to lose/drop the reference to the template file. So using "Set wrkBook =" did not function in any method tried. However, I did find that I could "manually" get a reference to the template; when the template is opened, the program writes the file name into a hidden sheet, then the following function can re-activate the unsaved template file: Public Function FileTemplateActivate(argFileName As String) 'FUNCTION DETERMINES IF FILE IS CURRENTLY OPEN; Dim wrkBooks As Workbooks Dim wrkBook As Workbook Set wrkBooks = Application.Workbooks For Each wrkBook In wrkBooks If UCase(wrkBook.Name) = UCase(argFileName) Then Workbooks(wrkBook.Name).Activate: Exit Function Next wrkBook End Function Thanks to everyone for trying to help. Maybe this post will help someone else? "Dave Peterson" wrote: One mo Dim Wkbk as workbook set wkbk = workbooks.add(template:="C:\yourtemplate.xlt") 'then work with the wkbk variable. Wkbk.worksheets(1).range("a1").value = "hi there" (I've never worked with the Oracle stuff, though. Not sure how it would affect you.) XP wrote: Using Office 2003 and Windows XP; Is there any way to activate a template file after it has already been opened (but not yet saved)? I tried recording the file name and writing it into a hidden sheet, then use that to activate the file, but it doesn't work, I guess because it is not yet saved, but it seems there must be a way to activate it. I also tried setting an object reference to the file on open, but this loses the object reference for some reason, I think because the file being opened is an Oracle ADI template file and certain codes run in the background to connect to Oracle and the object reference is severed in the process. Can I use a window name perhaps? Your example code would be most appreciated. Thanks much in advance. -- Dave Peterson |
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