I have a cell that displays the user name and would like the cell to update whenever the file is opened and display the user. Below shows what the VBA module code. The cell has this formula "=Usrname()".
Function Usrname() As String
Usrname = Environ("username")
End Function
how to alert and force second user to quit (i.e. even cannot open the file as "read-only) if the excel file is being opened by other?
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The script below is asking the user to open a file from which data is copied. I am trying to refer back to this open file but as the file name and path are not mentioned in the script, I am not able to.
myMsg = "Please Select Euromcontact Master DISTOPS File"
Response = MsgBox(myMsg, vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, myTitle)
sFileName = Application. GetOpenFilename
Workbooks.Open Filename:=sFileName
Sheets("CL value").Select
Sheets( Array("CL value", "CL Units", "CLC Value")).Select
Range("N12:N37,S12:Z37").Select
Selection.Copy
Windows("Euromcontact Value File TEMPLATE.xls").Activate
Sheets("CLvalueDIS").Select
Sheets(Array("CLvalueDIS", "CLUnitsDIS", "CLCvalueDIS")).Select
Range("R12").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues
Sheets("CLvalueDIS").Select
Sheets(Array("CLvalueDIS", "CLUnitsDIS", "CLCvalueDIS")).Select
Range("R12:R37").Select
Selection.Copy
Range("N12").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues
Range("R12:R37").Clear
Application.CutCopyMode = False
I use the vba to open excel file. like workbooks.open filename:=abc.xlsm but I found that if the file is opened by other. Excel still open the file but it will not notify user that it is opened as read only.
Would you add more line to notify user if the file is opened by other?
Despite setting the "Edit/Links/Startup Prompt/Don't display the alert and update links" option numerous times, my workbook still prompts me to update links every time I open it. The option seems to be set okay (it is preset whenever I go into the "Edit/Links/Startup Prompt" dialog), but it doesn't seem to affect the workbook's startup behaviour. The workbook contains a ComboBox control that is initialized with customer names from another workbook, which is included in the References for this main workbook.
I am using Excel 2003 (from Office Pro 2003) under Windows XP (SP1). I believe this used to work without the prompt when I was working on this app last fall (I'm not sure, as my memory of specific behaviours back that far is fuzzy). However, it has been persistently prompting ever since I started working on this app again this spring/summer. Was there perhaps a bad fix to Office 2003 (that I automatically applied) that broke this feature?
I have made a league table which pulls data from another table - in this example. The actual one i am using pulls data from a different workbook. Any way...In one of my columns i am using the countif formula to count how may times an advisor's name appears. Eg - =COUNTIF(A:A,"Sally A").
Is there another formula i can use to carry out this function. The reason i am asking this is there are multiple links in my league table to the other workbook. Once i open my league table all the data is updated - as the other workbook data is changed. However, for this to work i need to open up the other workbook where the data is , otherwise i will get the VALUE# error. I do not want to open the other workbook just to pull the data over, i need this league to automatically update once opened.
How can I ensure that a cell (A1) is defaulted to the current date each time the file (in which the cell resides) is opened.
A1 is a field of a form in which the user can enter a date. I would like it to default to the current date each time the file is opened.
I want to open a specific sheet and refresh only said sheet when i open another sheet for example x.xls
So opening x.xls will automatically open y.xls
I've tried this in the workbook code area but it doesn't do anything.
[Code] .....
I have used the function = now() to have the most updated time but it updates a workbook when I open it in the first place. How I can avoid this?
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Is it possible to insert the filename automatically in formula after the input from the user?
I want to ask the user to input a filename and afterwards, call that filename in an Index-Match
I have the below formula with the sample filename:
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = _
"=INDEX('[filename1.xlsx]DATA'!C9,MATCH(RC[1],'[filename1.xlsx]DATA'!C32,0))"
Range("A2").Select
Opening it manually the dates in column C are all consistently date numbers. i.e. using the =ISNUMBER() function to test them, they all return True
However when I include the VBA instruction:
I would like to have a message box pop up when a file is opened requiring a user to enter information (Name), that would then put this name into a cell for later use when they are printing.
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I run a macro which runs saves the active file to a different location to ensure that I retain the original like so -
If ActiveWorkbook. Name = "KEY_DATA_CFT77" + ".xls" Then
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:= _
"H:HOME imcEXCELKEY_DATA_2006KEY_DATA_2006_01KEY_DATA_CFT77_01.xls", FileFormat:= _
xlNormal, Password:="", WriteResPassword:="", ReadOnlyRecommended:=False _
, CreateBackup:=False
End If .................................
the small code i'm writing just needs to do the following:
1. open an .xslx file selected by the user
2. copy 2 worksheets from that file to the current one
3. close the selected file without saving it.
This is my code:
VB:
Sub GetData()
MsgBox ("Please select a file"), vbOKOnly
Master = Application.GetOpenFilename(FileFilter:="Excel Files (*.xlsx), *.xlsx", Title:="Please select a file")
[Code]....
Opening the file works, but the last 3 lines don't because i don't understand how to declare "Master": however i dim it (workbook, object, variant...) i get an error on the GetOpenFilename line. If i don't declare it, i get an error while trying to copy the worksheets.
The Macro asks the user to point at the location of a report, it then copies information out of that report and pastes it into a master sheet. The part I am having trouble with is closing the file that data has been copied from.
I have tried different things to close it such as
can group all opened file in 1 excel tab instead if many tabs?
open thru window the file u want...
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While opening one Excel file I get an error message saying that a 2nd file could not be opened because it cannot be found. I do not want this 2nd file to open. WHere do I find the "command" that is telling this 2nd file to open.
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I was working on a tax file yesturday, just a long long list of receipts. and the file is password protected. However, I went to open it today, and I get a message that says: "Filename.xls cannot be opened. the file may be read only, or you may be trying to access a read only location. Or, the server the file is located on may not be responding."
It's on my USB Drive. I've tried copying it to my HD so I can play with a copy, but no dice. When I try that, I get another error message, : Cannot copy Filename.xls. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. I've tried the various fixed suggested in the excel help files to no avail. I did a search on the forum, but didn't find anything that seemed to apply or help me. The computer I'm trying to open it on has Office 2003, the one I most recently worked on the file on has office XP. Not sure if this was a source of the problem. Doesn't seem like it should be. Hasn't been in the past. I'm not even getting to the dialogue box asking for my password yet.
I am using the following code and putting it into a module.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
MsgBox "Hi, thanks for opening me", vbInformation, "Ozgrid.com"
End Sub
when i open the file and click on allow macros it does not run.
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