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May 9, 2007

I have 3 workbooks open, the main WB has my command button + code in it, and the other 2 were opened up using the existing code in my main workbook.

Using general code e.g( Thisworkbook, activeworkbook, workbooks(1)), how can I activate one out of the 3?

I know the main workbook can be accessed using "thisworkbook", but when I activate it, I can't activate one of the others in my next line of code using activeworkbook.activate, or workbooks(1).activate.

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From a workbook, I need to open a further workbook called 'transfer' and then switch back to the original workbook. Presumably I need to save the current workbook name to a variable, open transfer with Workbooks.Open Filename:="c:debworkTRANSFER.xls"
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Sub CopyData()
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Basis: Workbook 1 = Invoice, Workbook 2 = Invoicelist
Required actions Macro1:
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Now I get really stuck because I want to use variables instead of multiple copy paste actions.

Required actions Macro2:
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8. Same check if Workbook “Invoicelist” is active as in Macro1.
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1st workbook:

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