Save A Workbook In Read Only
Apr 23, 2009i need a way to alter the state of a workbook to "editable" then save and then switch back to "read only"
reason being is i need to hide tabs evertime the workbook is closed
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VBSCRIPT To Read / Update And Save?
Apr 2, 2012All I am trying to do, is read an Excel file looking for the next cell to update, then update it and ultimately save it.
I cannot get it to work - all the checking says it should and yet it doesn't. I have included my simple code but not being a programmer, I just need this to work. The whole Excel VBSCRIPT is a mystery to me as to when methods etc can be used.
here comes the code
Set objXL = CreateObject("excel.application")
Set wbDest = objXL.Workbooks.Open(pathName & xlFile)
Set wksDest = wbDest.Worksheets("SpeedLog")
xlFindColCount = 1
Do Until wksDest.Cells(1, xlFindColCount).value = ""
xlFindColCount = xlFindColCount + 1
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Code:
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My macro code looks a bit like this:
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'
' Macro1 Macro
' Macro recorded 16-02-2009 by ceng
'
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Jan 23, 2012the following scenario.
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