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Named Range Hic-Up
A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps
changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman |
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I used xl2003 to test and I couldn't get it to include the path if that file was
open. Is there any chance that you've mapped the \\steve\... share to a letter, then opened the mcl6.xls workbook via the drive letter? Maybe that's confusing excel. (I'm not on a network, so I couldn't test that.) But names are pretty nice in excel. You could loop through all the names and inspect each and determine if they should be fixed--or you could just reassign that name once more. (You don't even have to delete it first!) This has a few safety checks in it: Option Explicit Sub Auto_Open() Dim MCLWkbkName As String Dim MCLFilePath As String Dim MCLWkbk As Workbook MCLWkbkName = "MCL6.xls" 'include the trailing backslash! MCLFilePath = "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\" 'my testing location/filename. 'MCLWkbkName = "book99.xls" 'MCLFilePath = "C:\my documents\excel\" Set MCLWkbk = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks(MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then 'try to open it On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks.Open(MCLFilePath & MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not currently open and failed to open!" 'what should happen Else ThisWorkbook.Activate 'give it focus ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", _ RefersToR1C1:="='" & MCLWkbkName & "'!MCL_Name" End If End If End Sub Minitman wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman -- Dave Peterson |
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The refname is a name in a workbook that points at a name/range in a separate
workbook. Well, that's my bet. Barb Reinhardt wrote: I'm confused. Why do you need RefName in the first place if it's based on MCL_Name? "Minitman" wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman -- Dave Peterson |
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Hey Barb,
Thanks for the reply. Good question. The validation list in the monthly workbook cannot access a range in another workbook - it's not allowed, so the work around. Now it seems to be working ??? Not sure what happened On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:18:01 -0700, Barb Reinhardt wrote: I'm confused. Why do you need RefName in the first place if it's based on MCL_Name? "Minitman" wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman |
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Hey Dave,
Thanks for the reply. I just reopened the workbooks and now they seem to be working fine??? I think I may have had 2 or 3 of the monthly workbooks open at the same time when the problem arose. It didn't occur to me that this might be the problem I already have this code in the monthly Workbook_Open sub: On Error Resume Next With Application .DisplayAlerts = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With Set wb = Nothing Set wb = Workbooks("MCL6.xls") If wb Is Nothing Then 'workbook not open, so open it ChDir "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules" Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Set wb = Nothing Else Set wb = Nothing End If With Application .DisplayAlerts = True .ScreenUpdating = True .Calculate End With On Error GoTo 0 -Minitman On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:17:48 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: I used xl2003 to test and I couldn't get it to include the path if that file was open. Is there any chance that you've mapped the \\steve\... share to a letter, then opened the mcl6.xls workbook via the drive letter? Maybe that's confusing excel. (I'm not on a network, so I couldn't test that.) But names are pretty nice in excel. You could loop through all the names and inspect each and determine if they should be fixed--or you could just reassign that name once more. (You don't even have to delete it first!) This has a few safety checks in it: Option Explicit Sub Auto_Open() Dim MCLWkbkName As String Dim MCLFilePath As String Dim MCLWkbk As Workbook MCLWkbkName = "MCL6.xls" 'include the trailing backslash! MCLFilePath = "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\" 'my testing location/filename. 'MCLWkbkName = "book99.xls" 'MCLFilePath = "C:\my documents\excel\" Set MCLWkbk = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks(MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then 'try to open it On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks.Open(MCLFilePath & MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not currently open and failed to open!" 'what should happen Else ThisWorkbook.Activate 'give it focus ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", _ RefersToR1C1:="='" & MCLWkbkName & "'!MCL_Name" End If End If End Sub Minitman wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman |
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Since you're specifying the complete path and file name in the .open statement,
you don't have to use ChDir--unless you want to make that the current directory???? Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, Thanks for the reply. I just reopened the workbooks and now they seem to be working fine??? I think I may have had 2 or 3 of the monthly workbooks open at the same time when the problem arose. It didn't occur to me that this might be the problem I already have this code in the monthly Workbook_Open sub: On Error Resume Next With Application .DisplayAlerts = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With Set wb = Nothing Set wb = Workbooks("MCL6.xls") If wb Is Nothing Then 'workbook not open, so open it ChDir "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules" Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Set wb = Nothing Else Set wb = Nothing End If With Application .DisplayAlerts = True .ScreenUpdating = True .Calculate End With On Error GoTo 0 -Minitman On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:17:48 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: I used xl2003 to test and I couldn't get it to include the path if that file was open. Is there any chance that you've mapped the \\steve\... share to a letter, then opened the mcl6.xls workbook via the drive letter? Maybe that's confusing excel. (I'm not on a network, so I couldn't test that.) But names are pretty nice in excel. You could loop through all the names and inspect each and determine if they should be fixed--or you could just reassign that name once more. (You don't even have to delete it first!) This has a few safety checks in it: Option Explicit Sub Auto_Open() Dim MCLWkbkName As String Dim MCLFilePath As String Dim MCLWkbk As Workbook MCLWkbkName = "MCL6.xls" 'include the trailing backslash! MCLFilePath = "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\" 'my testing location/filename. 'MCLWkbkName = "book99.xls" 'MCLFilePath = "C:\my documents\excel\" Set MCLWkbk = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks(MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then 'try to open it On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks.Open(MCLFilePath & MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not currently open and failed to open!" 'what should happen Else ThisWorkbook.Activate 'give it focus ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", _ RefersToR1C1:="='" & MCLWkbkName & "'!MCL_Name" End If End If End Sub Minitman wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman -- Dave Peterson |
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Hey Dave,
It has to do the fact that these files are sitting on a network drive that is accessed from multiple computers on my network. I found the code I was looking for. Here it is: ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", RefersToR1C1:= _ "=MCL6.xls!MCL_Name" I place it right after MCL6.xlt is loaded in the Workbook_Open event. It seems to be working. -Minitman On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:18:32 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Since you're specifying the complete path and file name in the .open statement, you don't have to use ChDir--unless you want to make that the current directory???? Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, Thanks for the reply. I just reopened the workbooks and now they seem to be working fine??? I think I may have had 2 or 3 of the monthly workbooks open at the same time when the problem arose. It didn't occur to me that this might be the problem I already have this code in the monthly Workbook_Open sub: On Error Resume Next With Application .DisplayAlerts = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With Set wb = Nothing Set wb = Workbooks("MCL6.xls") If wb Is Nothing Then 'workbook not open, so open it ChDir "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules" Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Set wb = Nothing Else Set wb = Nothing End If With Application .DisplayAlerts = True .ScreenUpdating = True .Calculate End With On Error GoTo 0 -Minitman On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:17:48 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: I used xl2003 to test and I couldn't get it to include the path if that file was open. Is there any chance that you've mapped the \\steve\... share to a letter, then opened the mcl6.xls workbook via the drive letter? Maybe that's confusing excel. (I'm not on a network, so I couldn't test that.) But names are pretty nice in excel. You could loop through all the names and inspect each and determine if they should be fixed--or you could just reassign that name once more. (You don't even have to delete it first!) This has a few safety checks in it: Option Explicit Sub Auto_Open() Dim MCLWkbkName As String Dim MCLFilePath As String Dim MCLWkbk As Workbook MCLWkbkName = "MCL6.xls" 'include the trailing backslash! MCLFilePath = "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\" 'my testing location/filename. 'MCLWkbkName = "book99.xls" 'MCLFilePath = "C:\my documents\excel\" Set MCLWkbk = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks(MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then 'try to open it On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks.Open(MCLFilePath & MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not currently open and failed to open!" 'what should happen Else ThisWorkbook.Activate 'give it focus ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", _ RefersToR1C1:="='" & MCLWkbkName & "'!MCL_Name" End If End If End Sub Minitman wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman |
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Workbooks.Open Filename: _
="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Since you supplied the complete path, you don't need to change directories first for the .open statement. ======== I'm confused about your use of the .xlt (a template file) and the .xls extension. Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, It has to do the fact that these files are sitting on a network drive that is accessed from multiple computers on my network. I found the code I was looking for. Here it is: ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", RefersToR1C1:= _ "=MCL6.xls!MCL_Name" I place it right after MCL6.xlt is loaded in the Workbook_Open event. It seems to be working. -Minitman On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:18:32 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Since you're specifying the complete path and file name in the .open statement, you don't have to use ChDir--unless you want to make that the current directory???? Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, Thanks for the reply. I just reopened the workbooks and now they seem to be working fine??? I think I may have had 2 or 3 of the monthly workbooks open at the same time when the problem arose. It didn't occur to me that this might be the problem I already have this code in the monthly Workbook_Open sub: On Error Resume Next With Application .DisplayAlerts = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With Set wb = Nothing Set wb = Workbooks("MCL6.xls") If wb Is Nothing Then 'workbook not open, so open it ChDir "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules" Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Set wb = Nothing Else Set wb = Nothing End If With Application .DisplayAlerts = True .ScreenUpdating = True .Calculate End With On Error GoTo 0 -Minitman On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:17:48 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: I used xl2003 to test and I couldn't get it to include the path if that file was open. Is there any chance that you've mapped the \\steve\... share to a letter, then opened the mcl6.xls workbook via the drive letter? Maybe that's confusing excel. (I'm not on a network, so I couldn't test that.) But names are pretty nice in excel. You could loop through all the names and inspect each and determine if they should be fixed--or you could just reassign that name once more. (You don't even have to delete it first!) This has a few safety checks in it: Option Explicit Sub Auto_Open() Dim MCLWkbkName As String Dim MCLFilePath As String Dim MCLWkbk As Workbook MCLWkbkName = "MCL6.xls" 'include the trailing backslash! MCLFilePath = "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\" 'my testing location/filename. 'MCLWkbkName = "book99.xls" 'MCLFilePath = "C:\my documents\excel\" Set MCLWkbk = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks(MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then 'try to open it On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks.Open(MCLFilePath & MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not currently open and failed to open!" 'what should happen Else ThisWorkbook.Activate 'give it focus ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", _ RefersToR1C1:="='" & MCLWkbkName & "'!MCL_Name" End If End If End Sub Minitman wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman -- Dave Peterson |
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OPPS!!!
..xlt was a typo. ======== This works most of the time. I think I found where the problem originates. I am working on 48 of these monthly schedules at about 2 to 5 at a time. It appears that the named range in a new monthly workbook opens just fine but then changes when I open a new monthly workbook. The named range in the new workbook is ok but, the previous workbooks name range now has the full path again!!! It seems that was the problem all along... Any thoughts on how to fix this? -Minitman On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:27:59 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Since you supplied the complete path, you don't need to change directories first for the .open statement. ======== I'm confused about your use of the .xlt (a template file) and the .xls extension. Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, It has to do the fact that these files are sitting on a network drive that is accessed from multiple computers on my network. I found the code I was looking for. Here it is: ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", RefersToR1C1:= _ "=MCL6.xls!MCL_Name" I place it right after MCL6.xlt is loaded in the Workbook_Open event. It seems to be working. -Minitman On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:18:32 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Since you're specifying the complete path and file name in the .open statement, you don't have to use ChDir--unless you want to make that the current directory???? Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, Thanks for the reply. I just reopened the workbooks and now they seem to be working fine??? I think I may have had 2 or 3 of the monthly workbooks open at the same time when the problem arose. It didn't occur to me that this might be the problem I already have this code in the monthly Workbook_Open sub: On Error Resume Next With Application .DisplayAlerts = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With Set wb = Nothing Set wb = Workbooks("MCL6.xls") If wb Is Nothing Then 'workbook not open, so open it ChDir "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules" Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Set wb = Nothing Else Set wb = Nothing End If With Application .DisplayAlerts = True .ScreenUpdating = True .Calculate End With On Error GoTo 0 -Minitman On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:17:48 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: I used xl2003 to test and I couldn't get it to include the path if that file was open. Is there any chance that you've mapped the \\steve\... share to a letter, then opened the mcl6.xls workbook via the drive letter? Maybe that's confusing excel. (I'm not on a network, so I couldn't test that.) But names are pretty nice in excel. You could loop through all the names and inspect each and determine if they should be fixed--or you could just reassign that name once more. (You don't even have to delete it first!) This has a few safety checks in it: Option Explicit Sub Auto_Open() Dim MCLWkbkName As String Dim MCLFilePath As String Dim MCLWkbk As Workbook MCLWkbkName = "MCL6.xls" 'include the trailing backslash! MCLFilePath = "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\" 'my testing location/filename. 'MCLWkbkName = "book99.xls" 'MCLFilePath = "C:\my documents\excel\" Set MCLWkbk = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks(MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then 'try to open it On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks.Open(MCLFilePath & MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not currently open and failed to open!" 'what should happen Else ThisWorkbook.Activate 'give it focus ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", _ RefersToR1C1:="='" & MCLWkbkName & "'!MCL_Name" End If End If End Sub Minitman wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman |
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The only time I've seen the full path in a link was when the sending file wasn't
open. I wonder if you're opening a different file with the same name, but in a different folder. The only suggestion I could offer was the code in the previous post. Minitman wrote: OPPS!!! .xlt was a typo. ======== This works most of the time. I think I found where the problem originates. I am working on 48 of these monthly schedules at about 2 to 5 at a time. It appears that the named range in a new monthly workbook opens just fine but then changes when I open a new monthly workbook. The named range in the new workbook is ok but, the previous workbooks name range now has the full path again!!! It seems that was the problem all along... Any thoughts on how to fix this? -Minitman On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:27:59 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Since you supplied the complete path, you don't need to change directories first for the .open statement. ======== I'm confused about your use of the .xlt (a template file) and the .xls extension. Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, It has to do the fact that these files are sitting on a network drive that is accessed from multiple computers on my network. I found the code I was looking for. Here it is: ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", RefersToR1C1:= _ "=MCL6.xls!MCL_Name" I place it right after MCL6.xlt is loaded in the Workbook_Open event. It seems to be working. -Minitman On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:18:32 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Since you're specifying the complete path and file name in the .open statement, you don't have to use ChDir--unless you want to make that the current directory???? Minitman wrote: Hey Dave, Thanks for the reply. I just reopened the workbooks and now they seem to be working fine??? I think I may have had 2 or 3 of the monthly workbooks open at the same time when the problem arose. It didn't occur to me that this might be the problem I already have this code in the monthly Workbook_Open sub: On Error Resume Next With Application .DisplayAlerts = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With Set wb = Nothing Set wb = Workbooks("MCL6.xls") If wb Is Nothing Then 'workbook not open, so open it ChDir "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules" Workbooks.Open Filename: _ ="\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls" Set wb = Nothing Else Set wb = Nothing End If With Application .DisplayAlerts = True .ScreenUpdating = True .Calculate End With On Error GoTo 0 -Minitman On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:17:48 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: I used xl2003 to test and I couldn't get it to include the path if that file was open. Is there any chance that you've mapped the \\steve\... share to a letter, then opened the mcl6.xls workbook via the drive letter? Maybe that's confusing excel. (I'm not on a network, so I couldn't test that.) But names are pretty nice in excel. You could loop through all the names and inspect each and determine if they should be fixed--or you could just reassign that name once more. (You don't even have to delete it first!) This has a few safety checks in it: Option Explicit Sub Auto_Open() Dim MCLWkbkName As String Dim MCLFilePath As String Dim MCLWkbk As Workbook MCLWkbkName = "MCL6.xls" 'include the trailing backslash! MCLFilePath = "\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\" 'my testing location/filename. 'MCLWkbkName = "book99.xls" 'MCLFilePath = "C:\my documents\excel\" Set MCLWkbk = Nothing On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks(MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then 'try to open it On Error Resume Next Set MCLWkbk = Workbooks.Open(MCLFilePath & MCLWkbkName) On Error GoTo 0 If MCLWkbk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Not currently open and failed to open!" 'what should happen Else ThisWorkbook.Activate 'give it focus ThisWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="RefName", _ RefersToR1C1:="='" & MCLWkbkName & "'!MCL_Name" End If End If End Sub Minitman wrote: A reference in the InsertNameDefine menu called RefName keeps changing when I save and reopen a set of workbooks To fix it, I have to go into the InsertNameDefine menu and find the named range called RefName and remove the added directory references. The code for RefName should just read: =MCL6.xls!MCL_Name which works. Instead it is showing: ='\\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\MCL6.xls'!MCL_Name which does not work, even though MCL6.xls is open!!! Every time this workbook is opened, I have to go in and manually remove this segment of the formula: \\Steve\Transfer Items\Recovered Schedules\ to get the code to work. Is there anyway to do this in the Workbook_Open event with vba? If not, is there anyway to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -Minitman -- Dave Peterson |
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