Hello,

How do I find the name of the active workbook and use it in the following
connection string? I have tried several different things and nothing seems
to be working....i believe I have been looking at it for too long now. Any
ideas?


Private Const glob_s_Connect = "Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)}
;DriverId=790;Dbq=" & path_to_open_file & ";DefaultDir=C:\GelcoData;"

'ActiveWorkbook.Name' w/o the quotes gives its name.

But I'm confused. Are you trying to connect from an
application outside Excel, e.g. Access? If not, why
do you need a connection?

Hth,
Merjet

merjet wrote:
'ActiveWorkbook.Name' w/o the quotes gives its name.

But I'm confused. Are you trying to connect from an
application outside Excel, e.g. Access? If not, why
do you need a connection?

Hth,
Merjet

I am using ADO to take data from one sheet and join it with another sheet and
then dump it all into another sheet. If the data was joined already, we
wouldn't be talking. They don't want to use Access or SQL Server. They want
Excel. Kinda sucks for me, but anyway......is that enough help?

I still don't know where your code is.
But try the first item under "Document" he

http://www.erlandsendata.no/english/...php?t=envbadac

If its not on that page, maybe you can find help on
another link there.

Hth,
Merjet