i am dealing with large number of files, basically, open the file, collect
some fields, then close it.

this process should go unattented, however, some of the files is causing
trouble for me:

1. the file has some links and always pop up a window asking me to
'continue' or 'update'.

this causes my process to stop till i click on ' continue'.

how can i programmingly do this?

i use C# and this happens right after i call workbook.open().

thanks.

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epr

One of the optional prameteres of the Open method is UpdateLinks:=True /
False. if you specify this parameter then the question will not be asked...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"epr" wrote:

i am dealing with large number of files, basically, open the file, collect
some fields, then close it.

this process should go unattented, however, some of the files is causing
trouble for me:

1. the file has some links and always pop up a window asking me to
'continue' or 'update'.

this causes my process to stop till i click on ' continue'.

how can i programmingly do this?

i use C# and this happens right after i call workbook.open().

thanks.

--
epr

thank you Jim.

but i had everything set to false.

also, how do bypass ones that has password protection? there was a very
small amount of files and i don't have the real pwd, so i want to just click
'cancel' and move on.


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epr


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

One of the optional prameteres of the Open method is UpdateLinks:=True /
False. if you specify this parameter then the question will not be asked...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"epr" wrote:

i am dealing with large number of files, basically, open the file, collect
some fields, then close it.

this process should go unattented, however, some of the files is causing
trouble for me:

1. the file has some links and always pop up a window asking me to
'continue' or 'update'.

this causes my process to stop till i click on ' continue'.

how can i programmingly do this?

i use C# and this happens right after i call workbook.open().

thanks.

--
epr

You can try opening it with a dummy password and use that error to
tell your code to skip the file and continue:

Sub way()
On Error GoTo errHandler
Workbooks.Open fileName:="C:\somefile.xls", Password:="pw"
Exit Sub
errHandler:
If Left(Err.Description, 12) = "The password" Then
Resume Next
Else
MsgBox Err.Description
End If
End Sub

Cliff Edwards

very cool. both worked.

thanks guys.


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epr


"ward376" wrote:

You can try opening it with a dummy password and use that error to
tell your code to skip the file and continue:

Sub way()
On Error GoTo errHandler
Workbooks.Open fileName:="C:\somefile.xls", Password:="pw"
Exit Sub
errHandler:
If Left(Err.Description, 12) = "The password" Then
Resume Next
Else
MsgBox Err.Description
End If
End Sub

Cliff Edwards