You are dead right Dave, I was basically testing the code and was trying to
save under the same name when , of course the fie was already open.
When I save under the same name of a closed file it does indeed overwrite
it.

Thanks for your assistance
Sandy


"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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I don't think that the existing workbook is causing the trouble.

.savecopyas actually saves a copy of the workbook without any warning
prompts.

You could get that 1004 error if the workbook is in use (already open???).

The error description was: "Cannot access --filenamehere.xls--'.

If that's not the problem, you may want to share the description you see.

And share what's in InputText, too.

And make sure that C:\folder already exists.



Sandy wrote:

ThisWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:="C:\Folder\XXXXX-" & inputText &
".xls"

however if the file already exists I get an error "1004".

I presume I require something like

If 'ThisWorkbook exists' Then
'overwrite the existing file'
Else
ThisWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:="C:\Folder\XXXXX-" & inputText &
".xls"
End If

Can anyone help with the required syntax for 'ThisWorkbook exists' and
'overwrite the existing file' - or if there is a better option.
Many thanks in advance.
Sandy


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