I got it to copy QA Template and rename to match employee name. I had to
open the QA Template workbook to do it and close it at the end. THANKS!!!!!!!

Can I switch gears with you for the next question?

Within the QA Master workbook, the boss will also have a list of questions
(criteria) that will be mirrored in all employee workbooks and the QA
Template. If the boss adds a criteria, I need to add it to the QA Template
workbook and all employee workbooks so he does not have to go through 80+
workbooks individually. If you can provide the code to do this for one cell
in QA Master and place it in QA Template, I believe I can figure out how to
get it to the employee workbooks. Also, will I need to open each workbook
in order to place the new criteria into it or can they all remain closed?

Thanks again for your help and patiences!

Les

"JLGWhiz" wrote:

Les, the macro works as it should down to the line to SaveCopyAs. All
variables are properly valued and cells are populated based on those values.
The problem appears to be the workbook name. This can be the causes:

1. Spelling error.
2. Workbook is not open.
3. File extension is incorrect (.xls vs .xlsx or .xlsm)
4. File extension is not visible in system but is used in code, or vice
versa.

Click the FileOpen folder icon and look for this file:

QA Template.xls

If it does not appear exactly like this, then you need to change the code to
reflect the correct name, exactly as it appears in the file folder.

If the file is not open when the macro runs, you will need to open the file
before attempthing the SaveCopyAs.






"WLMPilot" wrote in message
...
Here is the code as is (without the array). When the error occurs, I do a
mouseover of the variables in the code and they are correct, ie Employee
holds the value of the name I entered and mypath is correct.
Workbooks("QA
Template.xls") is valid and in the current directory.

The only workbook opened is the QA Master that the boss would have opened
when he clicks the ADD EMPLOYEE commandbutton that executes this macro.

Option Base 1
'Add Employee to list and create workbook for employee
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Dim Employee, Msg, Title As String
Dim Config, num, k As Integer
Dim Ans1, Ans2, cnt As Integer
Dim rng As Range
myPath = ThisWorkbook.Path
ADDEMP:
Employee = InputBox("Enter Employee's Name (First or Middle, Last Name)",
"ADD EMPLOYEE")
If Employee = "" Or Left(Employee, 1) = " " Then
MsgBox ("Invalid Entry. Please enter employee's name.")
Employee = ""
GoTo ADDEMP
End If
Msg = "Is the employee's name correctly entered?"
Msg = Msg & vbNewLine & vbNewLine
Msg = Msg & Employee
Config = vbYesNo + vbQuestion
Title = "VERIFY ENTRY"
Ans1 = MsgBox(Msg, Config, Title)
If Ans1 = vbNo Then
Employee = ""
GoTo ADDEMP
End If
'Validation of Entry Complete
'Proceed to place data in cells
Set rng = Range("I65536").End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
rng.Select
rng.Value = Employee
rng.Offset(0, -1).Value = Date 'Place DATE employee added into cell
If rng.Offset(-1, -2).Value = "NUM" Then 'Determine if this is first
line
in list
cnt = 1 'If YES, cnt = 1
Else
cnt = rng.Offset(-1, -2).Value 'Pick up last number entered (total
employees to date)
cnt = cnt + 1 'Add one to last count in employee list
End If
rng.Offset(0, -2).Value = cnt 'cnt serves as a count on number of
employees
in list.
'Create workbook for each employee entered
Workbooks("QA Template.xls").SaveCopyAs Filename:=myPath & "\" & Employee
&
".xls"
Msg = "Do you want to enter another employee?"
Config = vbYesNo + vbQuestion
Title = "CONTINUE"
Ans2 = MsgBox(Msg, Config, Title)
If Ans2 = vbYes Then
GoTo ADDEMP
End If
End Sub


Thanks again for your time and effort on this. I did some googling and
wonder if I do not need a FileFormat added to the SaveCopyAs line since I
am
in 2007 and saving in the 97-2003 format? Also, since I am copying and
renaming a different workbook than the one that is opened, is SaveCopyAs
the
correct command?

Les

"JLGWhiz" wrote:

So now, in theory, you should be creating a single workbook for a single
name and then asking if there is a another name to process? Did you make
sure that your InputBox variable is "Employee" ? (without the quotes of
course.) If the variable Employee contains the right value and
Workbooks("QA Template.xls") is a valid workbook,. there should be no
reason
why you would get an error. Why don't you post the complete code again
as
currently written so I can see if there are any fuzzy hands in it?



"WLMPilot" wrote in message
...
Oops! In my last post, I failed to mention one important item. I am
still
getting the same error.

As I indicated, I removed the neccessity for an array by moving the
SaveCopyAs line to the section in the code just prior to asking if
another
name needs to be entered. This way, everything that needs to be done
with
an
employee's name is done prior to either exiting or looping back to get
another name.

Here is the section that holds the code as it currently is:

Here is the section of the macro that contains the SaveCopyAs code now
so
you can see the new placement:

End If
rng.Offset(0, -2).Value = cnt 'cnt serves as a count on number of
employees
in list.
'Create workbook for each employee entered
Workbooks("QA Template.xls").SaveCopyAs Filename:=myPath & "\" &
Employee
&
".xls"
Msg = "Do you want to enter another employee?"

The error is indicated as occurring at the point of trying to copy and
rename the new workbook.

Les

"JLGWhiz" wrote:

Well, I worked up this little test case and it seemed to work OK.

Option Base 1
Sub multWB()
Dim i As Long, myPath As String, myNames
myPath = ThisWorkbook.Path
myNames = Array("Joe", "George", "Ralph")
For i = 1 To UBound(myNames)
Workbooks("TestBook.xls").SaveCopyAs _
Filename:=myPath & "\" & myNames(i) & ".xls"
Next
End Sub


Chip pointed out something that I overlooked in my earlier post, and
that
is
that using just SaveAs will change the name of the active workbook and
effectively closes the original workbook that was copied. But using
the
SaveCopyAS method leaves the original workbook intact and saves the
new
workbooks as a closed file. The setup above captures the essence of
what
your code did to build the array of names, using option base 1, so
that
when
the For ... Next loop runs, it is using the same parameters that your
code
was using and it worked. I don't know if it was a typo when you made
the
last post, but in this:

Workbooks("QA Template.xls").SaveCopyAs Filename:=myPath & "\" &
Employee
&
".xls"

the (x) is missing from Employee, to indicate which item of the array.
Your
actual code probably has it included, but if it doesn't that would
keep
it
from working.



"WLMPilot" wrote in message
...
Well, back to square one. I have made a couple of changes:

1) Changed SaveAs to SaveCopyAs
2) Removed the need of an array by creating the workbook for the
employee
at the point the name is placed in the spreadsheet.

Workbook("QA Template.xls") does have the file ext .xls. It is in
the
same
directory as the QA Master.xls workbook which is where mypath gets
the
path.

FYI...The explanation previously given that sts the error may have
been
caused because of the SaveAs renaming the template workbook
apparently
was
not true in this case. The QA Template workbook was never renamed
on
the
first pass of the loop.

Here is the section of the macro that contains the SaveCopyAs code
now
so
you can see the new placement:

End If
rng.Offset(0, -2).Value = cnt 'cnt serves as a count on number of
employees
in list.
'Create workbook for each employee entered
Workbooks("QA Template.xls").SaveCopyAs Filename:=myPath & "\" &
Employee
&
".xls"
Msg = "Do you want to enter another employee?"

Thanks for your efforts. I await other options.

Les


"JLGWhiz" wrote:

For k = 1 To num
Workbooks("QA Template.xls").SaveAs Filename:=myPath & "\" &
Employee(k)
& ".xls"
Next k

Les, if this is where you are getting the error, then be sure that
your
workbook name, including the file extension is correct. You
mentioned
that
you are working in xl07 and saving as xl97 - xl03. If so, your QA
Template
file could have .xlsx or .xlsm file extension which would throw the
error.





"WLMPilot" wrote in message
...
The workbooks and macros used are being created in Excel 2007,
but
saved
in the
97-2003 format.

I have a macro that the boss will use to enter employees and
place
the
names, date added, and count (sequential) into a worksheet. It
loops
in
case
there is more than one name to be added.

NOTE: The boss will be in workbook(QA Master.xls)

Once the boss is through entering names, the macro will then loop
and
create
a workbook, copying the Workbook("QA Template.xls") and renaming
it
with
the
employee name that was entered.